Passenger health over profits as AirAsia ends duty free cigarettes
Airlines are known for small margins and high fees, so it is unusual to see a carrier walk away from revenue. But AirAsia is doing just that... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Ethiopian Airlines
IATA: Airlines face challenges of regulatory rift beyond MAX grounding
The decisions surrounding the global grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet created an unprecedented rift between the world’s civil aviation ... Continue Reading
Opinion: Boeing must give maximum assurance on 737 MAX airworthiness
With the global grounding of the 737 MAX fleet Boeing faces what is possibly the greatest crisis of confidence in the company’s history. The... Continue Reading
Press Release: Ethiopian Airlines picks Immfly digital services platform
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, announced that it has established a new partnership with Immfly, an on-board digit... Continue Reading
MAX pain could see some suppliers gain, but nobody is celebrating
The preliminary report published last week by Ethiopian investigators that Flight 302 crew followed the MCAS fault recovery procedures table... Continue Reading
Podcast 065: Max Flight and Mary Kirby on why no-MAX flight
Welcome to Episode 065 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world... Continue Reading
Canada, US ban 737 MAX flights citing new data
Updated on the afternoon of 13 March Declaring that safety “has to be paramount in our considerations” and “caution has to... Continue Reading
Opinion: Passengers scheduled on MAX forced into impossible decision
Following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 after takeoff from Addis Ababa this weekend, as an aviation journalist who writes reg... Continue Reading
North American carriers express confidence in MAX; union wants probe
Updated on 12 March The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) is calling on the FAA to temporarily ground the Boeing 737 MAX fleet in t... Continue Reading
PaxEx odds and ends: BA brings pain and Ethiopian 767 no longer plain
Just because you know something is coming doesn’t make it hurt any less when it actually arrives. We have known for nearly a year that Briti... Continue Reading
Women graduates flying high at Ethiopian Aviation Academy
In November 2015 Ethiopian Airlines made headlines around the world when it flew with an all-female flight crew from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia t... Continue Reading
Airline body appeals for calm over Ebola fears
Fears that international air travel could spread the deadly Ebola virus beyond West Africa are being met with an appeal for calm from IATA, ... Continue Reading
Are background checks strict enough in aviation?
Background checks for airside employees have changed beyond recognition since 9/11. But the recent hijacking of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing... Continue Reading
Ethiopian sees fire-damaged 787 home for Christmas
The heck with Santa and his reindeer. You know who else will soon be in the skies? Ethiopian’s Queen of Sheba, with her shiny nose and... Continue Reading
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