Rex adds mainline Brisbane services
- BTN News
- Friday, 19 November 2021
Australia's Regional Express (Rex) will fly between Melbourne and Brisbane from December 17 and Sydney and Brisbane from 20 December using its B737s.
Virgin Australia grows fleet, adds staff
- BTN News
- Friday, 19 November 2021
Virgin Australia is adding seven Boeing 737-800NGs and says it will need another 600 staff, including in engineering, cabin crew and corporate, with the roles advertised nationally.
SpiceJet set to resume MAX deliveries
- BTN News
- Friday, 19 November 2021
Indian budget airline SpiceJet says it now has a settlement agreement with US planemaker Boeing, covering outstanding claims related to the grounding of its 737 MAX aircraft.
Major US carriers more than double September loads
- BTN News
- Friday, 19 November 2021
The 20 largest US airlines carried 58.4 million passengers in September, the US Transport Department says, more than twice the 25.1 million passengers carried in September 2020.
That compares to 72.6 million carried in September 2019.
Global business travel tipped to surge next year
- BTN News
- Thursday, 18 November 2021
Business travel recovery in 2021 proceeded at a slower, more cautionary pace than expected from a year ago. However, global business travel spending is expected to surge in 2022 with full recovery expected in 2024 –ending the year on pace with the 2019 pre-pandemic spend of US$1.4 trillion, and a year sooner than previously forecast according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) results of its latest business travel index–the BTI Outlook, an annual study of business travel spending and growth covering 73 countries across 44 industries.
Automechanika Shanghai delayed
- MICE News
- Thursday, 18 November 2021