Riyadh Air finally reveals its network! What's happening over at Spirit Airlines? How will IndiGo respond to a change of leadership?

Finally, Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض reveals their network, or more accurately, what routes they will take over from Saudia, so hardly a revolution of destinations. All pretty predictable except for Madrid, which seems a bit left field. In total, 15 destinations of the 100 they are targeting by 2030, will they get to that magic number, or will that be adjusted closer to the time?

Spirit Airlines is once again calling back furloughed pilots. It feels a bit like a story that’s on repeat for those more people, sometimes they are wanted and then a few months later as the latest recovery plan stutters, they get dropped.

Surprising news from India with the departure of Pieter Elbers. It will be interesting to see if there are any strategic changes in the next few months, or, is the oil tanker that is IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) too large for turning?

Expect travel disruption in the USA over the next few weeks as TSA employees are once again not being paid for working as a “partial shutdown” hits Government departments, this time over a dispute on immigration funding. Once again, airlines and passengers are hit by factors outside of their control in one of the largest markets in the world.