Vistara, a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines, is looking to increase its total number of employees to 5,000 by the end of 2022. Currently, the airline has around 4,000 people.

The world's largest plane, known as the "Mriya" ("Dream") has been destroyed in Ukraine, video footage has confirmed.

MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Russia has closed its airspace to airlines from 36 countries, including all 27 members of the European Union, in response Ukraine-related sanctions targeting its aviation sector.

Further UK connections from Bristol and Leeds to San Francisco via Dublin will follow daily from April 15th.

BA apologised for the cancellations, caused by ongoing technical issues.

Russia has decided to ban all UK carriers to fly through its airspace, this decision follows yesterday's suspension of Russian carriers into UK's airspace.

Lille airport announces three new destinations with the airline Volotea. Calvi (Corsica), Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and Varna (Bulgaria) are now part of the list of destinations. Flights will begin in May.

A UK Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson said: "Following the announcement by the Prime Minister in Parliament today, the UK Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the foreign carrier permit held by Aeroflot Russia Airlines (Aeroflot) until further notice.

China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of a pair of Airbus A319neos, becoming the first airline operator of the smallest and least-popular Neo variant.

Lufthansa is the latest airline to take the precaution of not flying to Ukraine, as rumors of war grow louder. It is still not clear whether it is the insurance firms for the carriers that are driving these decisions by threatening to drop coverage of those flying within Ukrainian airspace.

Niceair is a new airline based, not in Nice, southern France, but in Akureyri, North Iceland. It will fly its first scheduled flight on 2 June, Icelandic news outfit mbl.is reports. The name, Niceair, has a reference to North Iceland, where the company will serve a growing market for local residents as well as foreign tourists.

When ultra-low-cost carriers Allegiant and Viva Aerobus announced plans in December to form a joint venture, it was not quite clear what that would look like for customers.

American Airlines will suspend flights between Sydney and Los Angeles from May 5, citing "ongoing delays" to the delivery of new Boeing 787 jets.

Aeromexico will resume operations to London from Mexico City as of April 1st with five weekly flights.

Bamboo Airways to ink $60 million deal with SR Technics and purchase Boeing 777X