The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that while international and domestic travel demand showed improvement in July 2021 compared to June, it still remained far below pre-pandemic levels due to extensive government-imposed travel restrictions. Total demand for air travel in July 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or

Delta Air Lines said it would hire 1,500 new flight attendants in anticipation of an increase in demand for air travel next summer. The announcement comes as many airlines struggle to keep up with a recovery in air travel and are grappling with staff shortages. Southwest Airlines last week said

India’s aviation turbine fuel demand is expected to remain subdued in the near-term as fears of a third wave of COVID-19 infections lurk in the country ahead of the upcoming festival season, S&P Global Platts Analytics said. Industry sources anticipate jet fuel prices to be weighed by fresh movement restrictions

Ryanair said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August, 75 per cent of the number the budget airline carried in August 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic hammered the industry. Chief Executive Michael O’Leary had told Reuters that the airline was on target to exceed its 10.5 million target for August

Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it was filing for bankruptcy in the United States to slash $2bn in debt as it tries to survive an industry gutted by the coronavirus pandemic. The national carrier of the Philippines said the filing will allow it to restructure contracts and cut debt by at

KABUL – At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why the flights weren’t able to take off as pressure increases on the

WASHINGTON – A top White House official pledged Sunday that the United States would find a way to get the remaining Americans out of Afghanistan if they want to leave, but a key Republican foreign affairs lawmaker said Taliban insurgents are blocking easy passage out of the Kabul airport. White

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) and Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA), yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen co-operation and facilitate the development of a business cluster in the country’s Free Zones, dedicated to advanced agriculture technology and the food industry. This step comes in line

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) announced that the largest expansion project for the fishing ports in the State of Qatar, in Al Wakra, Al Khor and Al Ruwais and the Fishermen’s Terminal with Al Thakhira, is nearing completion. It is expected to see the light of day soon

The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist Houthi militias’ attempts to attack civilians and civil objects in Eastern Region, Jazan, and Najran, Saudi Arabia, with ballistic missiles and bomb-laden drones which were intercepted by the Coalition Forces’ Air Defence and resulted in the injury of two children and damage to