Ireland-based budget airline Ryanair has said its passenger numbers slumped to be down 64 per cent year-on-year in September, a hard blow following a moderate improvement in August. Ryanair flew 5.1 million passengers in September compared with 14.1 million a year earlier. The airline linked the dip in passenger figures to ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions
Despite the challenge presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis, JetBlue Airways has managed to accelerate its Airbus A220 deliveries and renewed its commitment to the aircraft. Here’s why. Air travel demand plunged earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it isn’t expected to recover fully for years. In response, airlines have negotiated
Japan Airlines has implemented a new policy to replace the term “ladies and gentlemen” in both its in-flight and airport announcements, in favour of gender-neutral expressions. The airline has said it will use phrases such as “all passengers”, “good morning” and “good evening” in its English language announcements, in efforts to be more inclusive of
Boeing has officially announced that it will move the rest of its 787 Dreamliner production from its Seattle-based Everett plant to its factory in South Carolina by mid-2021. The cost-cutting move casts doubt on the future of Boeing’s iconic Everett plant, which was built in 1967 to house the 747 program. Since then, the factory
Airlines will need to meet a “harmonised” standard of health measures as air travel returns following the global pandemic, according to the CEO of Etihad Airways. “I can see that wellness certification will become a necessary function of how the whole of the world comes back to flying,” Tony Douglas told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble last
A French fighter jet broke the sound barrier above Paris on Wednesday, as it scrambled to assist two commercial airliners that had both lost contact with air traffic control. The warplane had climbed to around 34,000 feet when it was permitted to break the sound barrier, with the noise amplified thanks to cloud cover. The
