The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a massive half-year loss for Cathay Pacific, but there are some positive signs emerging as the airline gradually adds back capacity and transit traffic increases.
American Airlines and JetBlue are forming a partnership that is designed to boost each other’s networks in the ultra-competitive US Northeast and pave the way for new and expanded routes from New York and Boston.
Emirates Airline returned the Airbus A380 to its active fleet on July 15, operating the aircraft for the first time since March on routes from Dubai (DXB) to London Heathrow (LHR) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
As capacity steadily returns to Canada’s market, the country’s flag carrier has reiterated calls for the government to help quicken the pace of recovery by easing COVID-19 travel measures.
To help the aviation industry weather the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has announced there will be no service fee hikes for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is eliminating 500 positions, or 27% of its potential workforce, to cope with reduced traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at KLM’s new service to Cork; WestJet’s transatlantic resumption; and Air Albania’s decision to enter the crowded Tirana-London market.
In a move to promote tourism spending in Bali, Garuda Indonesia is exploring new long-haul flights from the resort island to Europe, India and the U.S. even though the routes would be unprofitable ones.
London Stansted Airport is to appeal against a decision by the local planning authority to block it from increasing the number of passengers it handles.
Ryanair is calling on the Republic of Ireland to withdraw its 14-day quarantine, which has triggered the Irish LCC to cut up to 1,000 Ireland-UK flights in August and September.
Several US states have reported increases in the number of people with the virus, which has negatively impacted bookings and tempered third-quarter expectations.