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For the term "COVID-19".

Shanghai cargo operations affected by COVID-19 lockdowns

Shanghai and its air traffic continues to be a victim of the staggered lockdown that the city is currently undergoing. City officials are trying it all to contain one of the biggest waves of COVID-19 since the pandemic started. And on that list, now it’s the turn of cargo to be affected by the closures....

Airlines cut down summer schedules over pilot shortage

The airlines in the United States can definitely not cope with the flow of passengers and the demand for travel that has been created after the Covid-19 pandemic. The airlines are simply not prepared to handle the demand, so what’s next? The answer… make the crews grow and reduce the schedules. These measures are without...

Alaska Airlines offers incentives to combat Flight Attendant shortage

The staffing challenges in the US Airline industry seem to continue, and to fight their own issues, Alaska Airlines is offering pay incentives to flight attendants with the aim of tackling the shortage during this next summer travel season. In a statement, Alaska Airlines said that, like many airlines they are facing staffing challenges, in...

3,200 flights! India ready to restart international flights

Two years of lockdown! That’s what the airline industry was forced to endure in India due to the restrictions derived from the Covid-19 pandemic. And after those strenuous 24 months, finally the Airlines in India will be allowed to return to the skies, full force. After 24 months, scheduled international travel is set to resume...

AIRBUS-HELICOPTERS-NH90

Airbus Helicopters bounces back in 2021

In 2021, Airbus Helicopters logged 419 gross ordersshowing solid signs of recovery from the 2020 market situation which was heavily impacted by the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. (2020 – 289 gross/ 268 net orders). The increase in orders for light helicopters, H125 and H130, reflects the recovery of the civil and parapublic market....

United Officially Opens Flight Academy And Welcomes Historic Inaugural Pilot Class

United, the only major U.S., airline to own a flight training school, officially opened United Aviate Academy today and welcomed a historic inaugural class of future pilots, 80% of whom are women or people of color. United Aviate Academy is a key part of the airline’s goal to train about 5,000 new pilots at the school...

Pilots sue Southwest Airlines over vaccine mandate

This past weekend was one full of frustration and bitter moments for all of those who found themselves stuck in one of the dozens of airports affected by the flight cancellations of Southwest Airlines. The company at the time was very fast to blame all of it’s woos on weather, ATC issues and other miscellaneous...

GOP: President Biden, stop “bullying” the airline industry

GOP lawmakers on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee warned President Joe Biden that his vaccine mandates could have adverse effects on the airline industry, and demanded they be reversed immediately to prevent further damage on an already hurt industry. The demands were made via a letter to the president by ranking member of the House...