Etihad Airways will continue to offer complimentary meals in economy class, but will add drinks, snacks and amenity kits as onboard purchase items as it continues to experiment with new products.
Delta Air Lines canceled 1,375 flights Dec. 8-9 as a late-autumn storm dropped more than 2 in. of snow on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the carrier’s largest hub.
Air New Zealand secures aircraft on short-term leases to cover for Boeing 787s grounded due to engine issues and reduced some operating parameters for the rest of its 787 fleet.
Virgin Australia plans to keep its international service focused on the Pacific Rim, despite the ambitions of its nearest rivals to launch ultra-long-haul routes further afield.
Chinese mainline airlines show no sign of being satisfied with what has become an extraordinary web of connections between their country and Australia and New Zealand.
The EU and China are set to sign two agreements that aim to strengthen their aviation cooperation by facilitating market access and boosting the competitiveness of the EU’s aeronautical sector.
Air New Zealand is facing significant disruption its international network due to problems with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on its Boeing 787-9 fleet.
Adding to the scores of similar projects already in the works, Erik Lindbergh—grandson of Charles Lindbergh and long-time advocate for electric flight—has formed a company to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
U.S.-based Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet Airlines have signed a preliminary memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture (JV) that will include coordinated schedules and pricing on U.S.-Canada trans-border flights.
