New Delhi : Air India earlier eyed to vaccinate its entire staff by the end of May following threats of employee unions to stop flying if the airline did not begin vaccinations. However, due to shortage of vaccines, the plan got deferred.
The carrier cancelled vaccina...

Doha : Qatar Airways expressed its interest in purchasing a stake in India's low-cost carrier IndiGo. The Doha-based airline at present has a codeshare agreement with IndiGo to connect more destinations. Despite the challenges of last year, Qatar sees IndiGo as a valuabl...

Montreal : The Internatio-nal Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to ensure that high costs for Covid-19 testing do not put travel out of reach for individuals and families.
To facilitate an efficient restart of international travel, Covid-19 te...

Karachi : The Cabinet of Pakistan has approved restructuring at Pakistan International Airlines. The restructuring plan has been drawn up by the governmental Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in which the national carrier of Pakistan will halve its staff numbers and cut ...

Dhaka : Private carrier US-Bangla Airlines has resumed its regular flights to Kuala Lumpur from May 4. 
Flights are being operated on the Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route just two days a week.
The flights depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capita...

Dhaka : The civil aviation authority of the country is ready to include new features in the proposed third terminal project at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital without increasing the budget. All credit goes to the changes in the piling method that has sa...

Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia Airlines has become the latest entry to phase out the Airbus A380. The airline plans to retire its Airbus A380s over the coming months. Given the poor second-hand market for the jet, the airline is still figuring out its gameplan to retire the type.&n...

London : British Airways is prepared to trial a new intelligent queuing technology to manage the flow of travellers at the airport.
The digital queuing technology from Qmatic would allow customers to virtually queue at check-in by pre-booking a slot time in advance of...

Hong Kong : Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has raised USD 650 million in its first US dollar bond in 25 years, according to reports on May 10.
The deal consisted of 5.25-year senior unsecured notes priced at 4.875 per cent, the term sheet showed.
The final pric...

Dhaka : Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started operating regular flights on Dhaka-Rajshahi-Dhaka route. 
One flight of the airlines operates on the route everyday from May 16, according to a notice issued in this regard.
Passengers can visit Biman sales off...