French maritime transport and logistics specialist CMA CGM has agreed to take a stake in Groupe Dubrueil Aero, the parent company of Air Caraïbes and French bee, with an eye on the air freight sector.
Singapore Airlines will not refit its SilkAir Boeing 737-800s with new lie-flat business class seats, as the regional unit reintegrates with the parent carrier.
Executives from four LCCs believe air travel demand is being suppressed by national COVID-19 restrictions, but there is a lack of solid trend data for airline planning.
Avianca will restart international flying from Colombia Sept. 28 and gradually increase destinations while enforcing strict protocols for passengers to guard against the spread of the novel coronavirus, the airline said Sept. 25.
Hawaiian Airlines will launch pre-travel COVID-19 testing for passengers at two U.S. west coast airports beginning Oct. 15, in anticipation of the relaxation of Hawaii’s 14-day quarantine order for out-of-state arrivals.
Central and Eastern European ULCC Wizz Air now plans to operate 50% of its prior-year capacity in October and potentially all winter, after recovering 80% of its former schedule in August.
The air cargo industry, after being thrown into the spotlight earlier this year as the world watched freighters transporting cargoes of medical supplies around the globe, has been hit much less hard than the passenger business by the COVID-19 crisis.
Air New Zealand confirmed its intent to raise additional capital in 2021, while the government expects to remain the company’s largest stakeholder following the process.
Lufthansa CEO and IATA chairman Carsten Spohr believes substantial global long-haul networks could be re-established by the second quarter of 2021 if there is broad COVID-19 testing of passengers and crew.
With its aircraft still grounded and borders closed, Thai Airways is trying to think out of the box, introducing a host of new alternative revenue streams with wheels still firmly on the ground.
AirAsia is turning to its digital and e-commerce portfolio as an alternate revenue stream while the Malaysia-based LCC group’s network remains disrupted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Star Alliance members Austrian Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) are resuming scheduled services to China eight months after they were suspended following the outbreak of the coronavirus.
United Airlines said Sept. 24 that it will start a pilot testing program for exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for passengers traveling to Hawaii, declaring itself the first U.S. carrier to make testing available.
Danish Air Transport (DAT) plans to cut back its domestic routes in the face of continuing weak demand and what the company’s boss said was the failure of the European Commission (EC) to provide adequate financial support.
United Airlines will delay the planned furlough date of nearly 3,000 pilots until Oct. 31, in a bid to buy more time for negotiators to hammer out an agreement to keep the entire workgroup in place until summer 2021.
IATA, which represents some 290 airlines globally, has changed plans to hold its 2020 AGM as a live event and is making it virtual for the first time in 76 years of annual meetings.
With international leisure travel still not on the horizon, high net worth Chinese travelers—and those with pent up desire to fly—are now looking to spend the “Golden Week” within China.
After a Colombian court blocked a $370 million government loan for Avianca, the airline has lined up $2 billion in financing in its bankruptcy reorganization.
While India’s domestic traffic is showing signs of recovery, the weakened state of the airline industry is exacerbating the government’s headaches regarding the sale of flag carrier Air India.
Wet-lease specialist WDL phased out the last of its six British Aerospace 146 regional jets on Sept. 22 as it replaces the fleet with Embraer E190-100LRs.
