Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Aug 28 (ANI): Another month of extremely weak international air passenger volumes continued amid an unrelenting rise in Covid-19 infections across Asia and elsewhere, preliminary July traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show.
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): The US has started using commercial flights to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
Washington DC [US], August 23 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered US airlines to provide 18 aircraft to support evacuation missions from Afghanistan, the Pentagon informed on Sunday.
Washington [US] August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The administration of US President Joe Biden could activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) in order to have commercial aircraft help evacuate people from Afghanistan, US officials told The Wall Street Journal.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 19 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday urged governments to abide by international agreements and treaty obligations to enable airlines to repatriate close to nearly one billion dollars in blocked funds from the sale of tickets,
Washington DC [US], August 17 (ANI): United Airlines on Tuesday said that they have begun re-routing affected flights around Afghanistan airspace due to the dynamic nature of the situation there.
Beijing [China], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): China's civil aviation regulator has announced the suspension of a Philippine Airlines flight and a Cambodia Airways flight after passengers tested positive for COVID-19.
Vladivostok [Russia], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eight survivors were found at the Mi-8 helicopter crash site in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Territory, the rest are still being looked for, a spokesman for the Vityaz Aero airline told Sputnik.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): To quote legendary Olympian sprinter Milkha Singh, "Hard work, willpower, and dedication. For any person with these qualities, sky is the limit."
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 6 (ANI): The results of International Air Transport Association's (IATA's) latest survey of airline CFOs and heads of cargo show that second quarter brought some relief to airlines' financials as air travel demand started to slowly recover in some markets.