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Strikes hit France, number of flights reduced

In order to avoid chaos and confusion among passengers who despite the news about strikes decided to keep travelling, the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation has recommended airlines to reduce the number of flights during 6th-10th of March, according to LeFigaro. Some carriers have followed DGCA’s advice and have already reduced the numbers of […]

Boeing has nearly 2000 workers take voluntary layoffs

Boeing accepted a total of 1880 voluntary layoffs, from machinist and engineer union members working in different facilities around Seattle, according to union representatives. Most of the voluntary layoffs – around 1575 – came from the machinists union. The cuts had been announced at the end of 2016, with the application deadline being February 1st, […]

Etihad Airways signs codeshare partnership with EgyptAir

Etihad Airways and EgyptAir, the flag carrier of Egypt, have announced a new codeshare partnership. Under the initial phase of the agreement, Etihad Airways will place its ‘EY’ code on EgyptAir operated flights between Abu Dhabi and Cairo, while EgyptAir will place its ‘MS’ code on Etihad Airways flights between the two capital cities. During […]

Ryanair to expand presence on Lufthansa territory

Next winter, Ryanair Holdings intends to increase the amount of jets based at Frankfurt airport to seven, uplifting the low-cost carrier’s position in Lufthansa’s main hub, according to Bloomberg. The airline will expand the destinations from the airport from 4 to 24, including business-oriented flights to London, Madrid, Milan, and traditional leisure routes. Ryanair seeks […]

India thinks of selling 51% stake in Air India

India is thinking of selling a bigger share in Air India to an investor. Prior to this, a $3.6 billion bailout could not fix the situation of the loss-making airline, according to Bloomberg. Unnamed industry sources said that the proposition should recover the airline within five years of selling a 51% share. The negotiations are […]

New international travel retail digital exhibition to be launched

Duty free and travel retail industry association Tax Free World Association (TFWA) is set to launch a new digital exhibition at the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes in October 2017. Called TFWA DIGITAL VILLAGE, the exhibition will showcase creative digital solutions and services to the 12,000 duty free and travel retail professionals attending […]