New analysis of data shows that the twin effects of inflation and the rising price of jet fuel has mitigated an increase in services from the major carriers.
April 2023: It was during this time that Qatar Airways revealed that it would be acquiring Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft that were made undeliverable to their original Russian customers. This, of course, was due to sanctions imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.All of these jets had been ordered by S7 but would be delivered to Qatar Airways around mid-2023. So what did the airline do with them?
The survey, which comes amid negotiations on a new enterprise agreement, saw responses from 180 of Virgin’s 1,100 pilots and claimed nearly half would be likely to quit if a proposal to cut rostered days off by six per year goes through, while 93 per c…