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AirAsia wins best budget carrier award

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Malaysia-based AirAsia - part of Capital A - has won Skytrax's World’s Best Low-Cost Airline award.

TSA screens 2.99 million to set one-day record

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it screened a record 2.99 million airline passengers on Sunday, June 23.

Qatar tops Skytrax rankings

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Doha-based Qatar Airways has taken top spot at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, taking the title from last year’s winner Singapore Airlines.

DoJ still considering criminal charges for Boeing

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

US plane maker Boeing could face criminal charges after US prosecutors reportedly told the Department of Justice (DoJ) that the manufacturer violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX jet.

Boeing close to Spirit buyback?

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Reuters reports plane maker Boeing is 'close to achieving a deal' to buy back Spirit Aerosystems' plants that provide fuselage and other structural components for Airbus A350 and A220 aircraft as well as most of the Boeing 737.

Qatar Air wins most 2024 Skytrax accolades

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Doha-based Qatar Airways has been awarded the ‘Airline of the Year’ title by Skytrax for an unprecedented eighth time.
The carrier also received three other awards: ‘World's Best Business Class’, ‘World's Best Business Class Airline Lounge’, and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’ - and becomes the first aviation group to win Best Airline, Best Airport and Best Airport Shopping in the same year in Skytrax history
Qatar Airways’ Doha hub, Hamad International Airport, was named ‘World’s Best Airport’ in 2024 by Skytrax for the third time.

Most airline stocks trail the market, says AltIndex.com

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Although the airline industry aims for a new record with nearly five billion scheduled flights and almost US$1 trillion in revenue in 2024, most airline stocks still trail the market.

SIA boosts Beijing capacity

: Health & Leisure; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch daily B787-10 flights between Singapore and Beijing’s Daxing International Airport on 11 November 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.

Digital moves to save easyJet

: BTN News; Tuesday, 25 June 2024

UK-based airline easyJet is digitising its onboard aircraft logs to cut down on paper use and weight, saving more than 300,000 sheets of paper that currently are printed and stored annually.

Qantas launches domestic sale

: BTN News; Monday, 24 June 2024

Australia's Qantas has put nearly one million domestic flights on more than 30 routes on sale until 11.59pm, Sunday June 30, with fares starting from A$109 for a one-way ticket between the Gold Coast and Sydney.

European pilot 'flew for two'

: BTN News; Monday, 24 June 2024

UK-based Virgin Atlantic says one of its pilots - first officer Danica Theuma - also flew for Malta’s new state-funded carrier KM Malta Airlines from at least December 2023 and thus broke her rest and duty limitations.

Aer lingus pilot strike sees 244-plus flights cancelled

: BTN News; Monday, 24 June 2024

The Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA) president Mark Tighe claims Aer Lingus has not "repeatedly sought" to engage with the union and in fact, "we've asked repeatedly to meet them".

Wow offers US$99.99 Europe return fares

: BTN News; Monday, 24 June 2024

Icelandic budget carrier Wow Air is offering travellers US$49 one-way flights from various US cities to a number of cities in Europe, with fares including all taxes and carrier charges.