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Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plan to launch COVID-tested flights between Atlanta and Amsterdam, as carriers look to speed up the restart of international travel.

Aviation consultancy ASM analyzes the current state of the North American market and projects how traffic will recover in 2021.

Joint-venture partners Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic have separately announced COVID-19 testing trials on specific transatlantic routes.

Pilots at Delta Air Lines have approved an agreement to avoid furloughs of more than 1,700 pilots scheduled for the end of November.

This week one-way seats between the US and Mexico are down just 12% year-on-year.

U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have pulled the plug on a planned joint venture (JV) that would have seen the airlines deepen their existing codeshare partnership and coordinate schedules on transborder routes.

As airlines and airports around the world deal with the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes’ latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

The airlines have blamed “arbitrary and capricious” conditions imposed by the US Department of Transportation for the decision.

Delta Air Lines became the only U.S. carrier to commit to blocking off middle seats into next year, as the airline announced plans to continue

Ireland’s flag-carrier has secured provisional clearance to join a transatlantic alliance that includes American Airlines and British Airways.

Delta Air Lines officially retired the last of its former widebody workhorse, the Boeing 777, following the final flight of a 777-200LR from New York JFK to Los Angeles International Oct. 31.

Delta Air Lines has reached a tentative deal with the union representing its pilots to avoid more than 1,900 previously planned furloughs through at least January 2022.

Salt Lake City International Airport has opened the latest portion of its $4.1 billion expansion project.

Airbus delivered the first U.S.-assembled A220 to Delta Air Lines, marking the onset of a new era of stateside aircraft production for the European OEM, as well as the first delivery of the larger A220-300 variant to a U.S. operator.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at ZIPAIR Tokyo’s second passenger service; the latest connection planned between Seattle and London Heathrow; and a new leisure destination joining airBaltic’s network.

CEO Scott Kirby has confirmed the airline plans to return to New York John F Kennedy next year and compete aggressively on routes to the US West Coast.

Delta Air Lines will defer $5 billion in expected deliveries through 2022, after reaching an agreement with Airbus to delay the arrival of 77 new airliners.

American passengers will be able to transfer to China Southern Airlines flights at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Delta Air Lines announced tentative plans to introduce the Airbus A220-300 into scheduled service beginning in November, setting it up to become the first airline in the U.S. to operate the stretched variant of the smaller A220-100.

Delta Air Lines will retire its Boeing 717s by the end of 2025 and speed up planned removals of its 767-300s and Bombardier CRJ-200s, parking the remainder of those-in service fleets by the end of 2025 and 2023, respectively.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Recovery from pandemic will 'be choppy,' CFO of rival Delta says.

Delta Air Lines will delay plans to furlough nearly 2,000 pilots until Nov. 1, as talks between management and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) continue over proposed cost-cutting measures.

The airlines are still seeking US government approval for the full JV.

Delta Air Lines will seek to raise $9 billion in debt backed by its SkyMiles frequent-flier program, amounting to a nearly 40% increase from previous plans to raise $6.5 billion.