While Republicans are maneuvering to link the vaccine mandate directly to the Democratic president and frame it as an infringement of individual freedom, vaccination programs at U.S. airlines are well on their way to being accomplished.
Addressing delegates at World Routes 2021 in Milan on Oct. 10, de Oliveira comments from Willie Walsh at IATA’s AGM in Boston were disappointing, describing them as “not proactive” or “part of the good spirit of the industry.”
Fiji Airways intends to resume flying scheduled international services starting Dec. 1 following the Fijian government’s decision to relax inbound travel restrictions.
Aspiring startup Northern Pacific Airways sees its sister airline Ravn Alaska as a key part of its plan to lure passengers to Anchorage as well as a candidate for expanding the group’s footprint elsewhere in the U.S., the company’s senior executive said.
SAS Group’s new President and CEO Anko van der Werff says the carrier has to reach a lower cost structure to be able to sustain the new competition coming to its Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) base.
United Airlines pushed back against a proposal from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to reassign 16 peak-time slots at Newark Liberty International (EWR) to a LCC or ULCC, arguing that doing so would exacerbate congestion at the airport.
A team of American Airlines pilots and safety executives is expanding a three-year-old program that tracks routine flight deck behavior and gleans insights designed to improve crew performance.
United Airlines plans to operate its largest domestic schedule since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic this December, part of an effort to accommodate an expected surge in holiday travel.
Airlines and manufacturers are urging industry players to be patient on the relatively gradual recovery in Asia-Pacific, and to prevent borders from going into a “start-stop-start” scenario, which in turn would be more detrimental for airline and supply chain operation.
TAAG Angola Airlines must undergo a major restructuring and reduce its workforce by a third to stay viable as demand remains in the doldrums, its CEO has indicated.
The world’s airlines gathered in Boston this week for the IATA AGM after a bruising last 18 months that has also seen sustainability rise up the agenda. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss what they were hearing at the event.
Once the IATA resolution for the global air transport industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 was approved at the IATA AGM in Boston, it was almost immediately met with the realization of the huge challenges ahead.
Nearly 60% of women in aviation management and leadership positions have considered leaving, according to a new study from Oliver Wyman and the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA). Who—besides older, white men—is surprised?
British Airways (BA) plans to remove four of its Airbus A380s from storage and return them to service as favorable revisions to U.S. air travel restrictions edge closer to fruition.
The gap in profitability between airlines in North and Latin America will widen next year, driven by a strong domestic market in the U.S. and financial weakness among legacy carriers in Latin America.
Lebanon-based Middle East Airlines (MEA), launch customer of the Airbus A321XLR, is targeting more routes to Africa when the aircraft enters service with the SkyTeam alliance member in 2024.
Emirates is in negotiations with both Boeing and Airbus about potential shifts in deliveries for its 777X, 787-9 and A350 fleets, and is criticizing Boeing for its lack of transparency vis-à-vis customers on its proposed schedule.
FedEx Express believes there’s still a significant gap between supply and demand in cargo operations that will continue to drive momentum in the freight business.
