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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicAirline industry

Topic: airline industry

‘Zoom fatigue’ – what airlines are hoping will revive business flying

Even as air travel slowly rebounds with the rollout of vaccines gathering pace in most major economies, getting business travel back on track is a key objective for airlines.

How India’s airline sector troubles with Covid surge are spilling into global travel market

Carriers in India had reached 87% of their pre-pandemic seat capacity through early April, which has now unraveled domestic flights are pulled back due to rising cases.

US travel industry prepares for a rebound with arrival of Covid vaccines

After months of deep discounts — with hotels offering lavish perks and airlines dangling fares — prices are set to make up at least part of the ground they lost.

Emirates’ fleet of jumbo A380 jets could return by 2022 as demand for air travel increases

The Dubai-based airline is the largest customer of the Airbus A380, whose sheer size has made it particularly unviable to maintain during the pandemic.

Airlines are making money selling everything but tickets

With international flights running at 12% of their levels a year ago, the usual path for companies to bring in cash is blocked. Still, there are many ways to provision your army.

Pakistan’s PIA tops list of airlines that are close to shutting down due to Covid crisis

Airlines in jurisdictions where there is scant support from up high are most likely to go bust, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News.

Cathay Pacific to cut more than 5,000 Hong Kong jobs as ‘future remains highly uncertain’

The Hong Kong-based airline is also closing Cathay Dragon unit as part of a sweeping restructuring of the city’s flag carrier triggered by the hit to air travel from the pandemic.

Malaysia Airlines may shut down if restructuring talks fail, says carrier’s CEO

The company has cut salaries for management and pilots, offered unpaid leave to employees, has sought payment deferrals and contract renegotiations since March.

Anti-Covid coating, fabric barriers – innovations in the works to make your flight safe

Airlines are considering a range of modifications to keep passengers apart to reassure public that their health won't be at risk on a flight.

Global aviation job losses could touch 5 lakh by the end of the year

More than 50,000 positions were eliminated across the sector in August, with the trend line suggesting that there are many more to come.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.