Alitalia successor ITA Airways has added two new codeshare partnerships with Etihad and KLM, building on other recent agreements with Air Europa, Air Malta, Air Serbia and TAP Air Portugal.
South African Airways (SAA) is pressing ahead with rebuilding its network and has signed a new interline agreement with privately owned South African regional carrier CemAir.
The airline portfolio includes HNA's flagship carrier Hainan Airlines as well as Air Changan, China Xinhua Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, Lucky Air, Shanxi Airlines and Urumqi Air.
The Biden administration is skeptical about the benefits of immunized joint ventures (JVs), but even it will be hard-pressed to deny the merits of the proposed tie-up between Allegiant Air and Viva Aerobus.
The poor rate of recovery of African passenger traffic–and thus revenues–“is a direct threat to the survival of the African aviation industry,” according to its main representative body.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, arguably the architect of modern airline consolidation in the U.S., is retiring in March 2022, the company announced Dec. 7.
Qantas is seeing another surge in domestic travel as more interstate borders reopen, and the carrier is also optimistic about international demand with the return of many overseas routes.
Hawaiian Airlines views the restart of its Australian flights as a major step in its international recovery, although CEO Peter Ingram warns the omicron coronavirus variant could still cause more setbacks in the slowly recovering Asia-Pacific region.
The European Cockpit Association surveyed pilots on criteria including contractual arrangements, union relations, collective bargaining and work-life balance.
Airline executives attending the World Aviation Festival in London say officials of smaller companies are returning to the air quicker than those of larger corporations, which remain bound by travel restrictions.
Some of the airline executives attending the World Aviation Festival in London say officials of smaller companies are returning to the air quicker than those of larger corporations, which remain bound by travel restrictions.
Aeromexico is encountering resistance to its plan to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its unsecured creditors committee, which believes the proposed financing will benefit certain stakeholders at the expense of other creditors involved in the bankruptcy process.
Even before the pandemic, U.S. ULCC Sun Country had a unique model, diversifying its revenues with cargo and charter operations, and a significant focus on seasonality from its headquarters in Minneapolis.
