When Alitalia filed for bankruptcy in 2017 few would have predicted that five years later some of the biggest players in aviation would be battling it out to buy a stake in the Italian flag-carrier’s successor.
The union representing Southwest Airlines’ flight attendants called on the Biden administration to end the federal mask mandate on aircraft “as soon as practicable.”
Russian airlines have very limited capacities for international services despite the government forcing airlines to relocate most of the Western-made airliners to the domestic registry, Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev said March 22.
Cathay Pacific is preparing to add back more international routes, although it will keep frequencies low to avoid the risk of further flight suspensions.
A senior U.S. NTSB investigator and technical advisors from three key stakeholders will be among the U.S. representatives supporting the probe into the March 21
The largest U.S. pilot association called on the U.S. Transportation Department to block SkyWest Airlines from halting service to 29 small communities, calling the proposed cuts an “egregious miscarriage” of the Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
European carriers are moving cautiously when it comes to imposing fuel surcharges as a result of sharply rising oil prices, apparently wary of damaging the accelerating revival in passenger numbers.
Over the past year Latin American carriers have worked diligently to rebuild their fleets into competitive forces as COVID-19 moves from pandemic to endemic.
Lufthansa will base four additional Airbus A350-900s in Munich over the summer season, meaning the airline will be operating a total of 26 long-haul aircraft from the German hub.
Three months after terminating its takeover agreement for Air Europa, International Airlines Group (IAG) has provided a convertible loan to the carrier’s owner Globalia which gives the London-based group the option of buying up to 20% of Air Europa’s equity.
Royal Air Maroc canceled the two remaining Boeing 737-8s that it had on order amid the worst of the pandemic but the airline is now looking to press ahead with its fleet renewal program providing market conditions stabilize.
Oneworld says it is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine but will not tell its constituent carriers how they should respond to the sanctions imposed on the alliance’s Russian member S7 Airlines.
Latvian flag-carrier airBaltic faced a 30% drop in bookings when Russia invaded Ukraine, but the carrier is confident it will compensate for lost revenue with other destinations.
Taiwan’s China Airlines is forecasting that demand for its air cargo services will benefit from increased congestion at sea ports and persistent labor shortages that continue to disrupt the supply chain.
