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Amid escalating export limitations from the United States on cutting-edge technology and limits on international travel, China's top airline has launched a joint venture with British aerospace company Rolls-Royce in Beijing for engine service. According to a press release from the British aerospace business on Thursday at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, the joint venture between Air China and Rolls-Royce will build a new maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in the Chinese capital. Beijing Aero Engine Services, a recently founded company, will maintain the Trent 700, Trent XWB-84, and Trent 1000 engines for widebody passenger planes. All three engine types are included in the fleet of Air China. According to Rolls-Royce, its engines curren...

An online petition to keep polluting cruise ships out of Marseille has received more than 50,000 signatures. The cruise port in the French city, which receives about 2 million visitors annually, is one of the busiest in all of Europe. However, many residents have had enough as the air pollution gets worse. Mayor Benoît Payan started a petition in July to forbid the dirtiest ships from docking. He tweeted last month that the Mediterranean is progressively dying, but the big cruise ship lobbyists want to keep polluting it. We will keep fighting in Marseille, whether they like it or not. https://twitter.com/BenoitPayan/status/1564270074260856837?s=20&t=UG_POe3uOEYl6hd_kF7G5w To date, more than 52,000 people have signed the petition to stop the Mediterranean from 's...

With effect from 03 September 2022, all inbound travellers are exempted from presenting a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test result during entry into South Korea, regardless of vaccination status. This will include travellers who will depart from a 3rd country on 02 September 2022 and arrive in Korea on 03 September 2022, 0000hrs onwards. All travellers are still subjected to an on-arrival PCR test within 1 day of arrival and required to upload the test result on Quarantine COVID-19 Defence (Q-code) website. However, travelers are strongly encouraged to self-test before departure, to avoid getting a positive test after arrival and being stuck in a 7-day quarantine. Highlights of the relaxed entry restrictions: Travelers are encouraged to register their travel and health info...

Boeing, a US-based aircraft manufacturer, anticipates Indian airlines would increase their capacity by at least 25% during the upcoming year. Even if it may progressively slow down, the plane manufacturer nevertheless predicted that the nation's aviation market would grow at the fastest rate, at 7% annually, through 2040. At the moment, customers of Boeing include SpiceJet, Aksa Air, and the Air India group. "We are forecasting airlines to rebound quickly and add 25%-plus percent annual seats back into the market," Dave Schulte, the managing director for regional marketing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes said. Through 2040, Indian airlines will see the fastest rise in aviation traffic, increasing at a 6.9% annual pace. According to a presentation by Boeing, the market in South Eas...

Independent statistics demonstrate that Ryanair has risen in the world rankings to reaffirm its position as the largest airline outside of the United States. In its yearly rankings of the world's airlines by number of passengers, communications expert Cirium ranks Irish behemoth Ryanair Holdings as the fifth largest airline in the world. This places Ryanair as the largest airline in Europe and the biggest outside of the US, which is home to the top four airlines according to Cirium: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines. By flying about 120.6 million passengers in 2021, Ryanair rose three spots in the company's global rankings, from ninth to fifth. The Irish business, managed by group CEO Michael O'Leary, finished ahead of Emirates in seventh pl...

Domestic aircraft ticket costs in Indonesia will be reduced by 15% beginning the following week in order to support the growth and recovery of the tourism industry, Indonesia's Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has announced. The minister praised the decision to reduce airfares in a relatively short period of time and predicted that the decrease will give the tourism sector a breath of fresh air. According to the minister, airlines including Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, and Lion Group have increased their aircraft fleets to help drive down ticket rates. Additionally, AirAsia and other international airlines are backing this program, which may lower airfares, particularly during the busiest travel time of the year around the holidays. The reduction will start...

With its global hotel booking website performing far better than pre-pandemic levels, online travel operator Webjet is on course to resume its pre-pandemic revenues in the current financial year. However, the inability of the carriers to resume their pre-Covid-19 results is hurting the company's airline booking division. Webjet's managing director John Guscic stated in a trade update on Wednesday that all of the company's businesses are now profitable for the 2023 fiscal year and that the company anticipates a $100 million cash surplus from operations for the six-month period ending September 30. But he discovered that the epidemic had significantly altered hotel booking trends. Travelers are selecting shorter trips, two- and three-star hotels instead of luxurious lodging, and wa...

For a better onboard experience for passengers and crew, Royal Caribbean Group has become the first company in the world's cruise industry to utilize SpaceX Starlink's high-speed, low-latency Internet services. Along with all newly built ships for each of the brands, all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises ships will have the Elon Musk-run company's broadband internet service installed. According to a statement from the Royal Caribbean Group, the fleet-wide use of Starlink technology will start immediately. The installation is slated to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2023. "This technology will provide game-changing internet connectivity onboard our ships, enhancing the cruise experience for guests and crew alike. It will im...

In late September, Disney Cruise Line indicated that it would ease the COVID-19 testing requirements for the majority of its ships. Its position on vaccinations, which was already evolving to allow more unvaccinated youngsters to sail, has not changed as a result of the modification to its health safety procedures that was made public on Monday. But as far as pre-cruise testing is concerned, beginning on September 23, vaccinated guests sailing on the new Disney Wish, Disney Fantasy, Disney Dream, and Disney Wonder out of Port Canaveral, PortMiami, and the West Coast, will be able to board without it. The same is true for Disney Magic, which will return to the United States on November 7 after being in Europe. As previously stated, DCL continues to require vaccinations for passeng...