Reading Time: < 1 minute The UK has made it a criminal offense for Russian aircraft to enter British airspace as part of further sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced via Twitter on Tuesday. The tweet goes with an image of a Department for Transport (DfT) document signed by Shapps, which detailed the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute After a two-year gap, all international flights from India resume fully from March 27. „After having recognised the increased vaccination coverage across the globe and in consultation with stakeholders, the Government of India has decided to resume scheduled commercial international passenger services to and from India from 27.03.2022, i.e. start of Summer Schedule 2022,“ the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aeroflot will cancel international flights from March 8 with one exception for Belarus. All airlines in the Aeroflot group, including Rossiya and Aurora, will be affected. The airline’s flights have also been removed from Sabre, a global distribution system monitoring ticket purchases and other transactions. An Aeroflot statement on the “temporary suspension of all international […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Vistara, a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines, is looking to increase its total number of employees to 5,000 by the end of 2022. Currently, the airline has around 4,000 people. Last week, Vinon Kannan, Vistar’s CEO, said: “While we had resumed recruitment and ramp-up of resources on various fronts buoyed by optimism in […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The world’s largest plane, the Antonov AN-225, was destroyed by Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials confirmed on Sunday. The enormous airplane, named “Mriya,” or “dream” in Ukrainian, was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when it was attacked by “Russian occupants.” Weapons manufacturer Ukroboronprom estimated that restoring the “Mriya” would cost […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ukrainian airspace was restricted for civilian flights as Russia started attacking Ukraine early in the morning on Thursday. Airlines including Qatar Airways, Wizz Air, Turkish Airlines and others have canceled Kyiv flights scheduled for Thursday. The flights were restricted “due to potential hazard for civil aviation,” said the notice posted on a Federal Aviation Administration […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it is going to resume regular flights between Vietnam and Russia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, with the first flight departing today. The national flag carrier will operate its first flight to Europe from Hanoi to London in the U.K. on Monday and another flight from […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bamboo Airways will resume its international flights in January. Shortly after, it will add regular flights to Frankfurt and Munich. Bamboo plans to start with a weekly flight between Hanoi and Tokyo-Narita, Taipei and Seoul. At the same time, the Ho Chi Minh City – Tokyo-Narita and Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City – Osaka […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A new Australian startup Bonza that will only start flying in the middle of 2022, says it has been swamped with job applications. “There are some wonderful and experienced aviation professionals available out there who are looking to get themselves back into the industry,” the airline’s CEO, Tim Jordan, said. Bonza requires candidates to be […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute On Christmas, VietJet took delivery of its first A330-330, preparing for considerable growth. Before that, the aircraft was operated by Malaysian AirAsia X (D7). The 13-year-old airplane has 12 business class seats and 365 economy class seats. It will operate medium and long-haul flights, servicing Hanoi, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City to Moscow. […]