United Airlines

For a third consecutive year, Delta Air Lines has come out as the leader for on-time performance in among the “Big 4” U.S. operators.

In a recent incident at Newark, the captain attempted to use the rudder to keep the aircraft on the runway centerline but could not move the rudder pedals.

Three new routes across three continents are being added by United Airlines, with new services to Cebu, Philippines; Marrakesh, Morocco; and Medellin, Colombia.

SkyWest is expanding its Embraer E175 operations with partner United Airlines with the addition of 20 aircraft flown under a four-year contract.

Of the 191 contractual aircraft deliveries originally slated for 2024, United Airlines expects to receive just 88 this year.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

United Airlines will work around Boeing’s delivery delays to keep its growth plan moving.

On top of the committed corporate capital, the fund has raised nearly $500,000 from United customers through contributions made during the booking process.

FAA proposals mandating Boeing 737NG nacelle changes have some operators concerned about the agency’s plan to mitigate the risk of maintenance errors.

Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.

Three carriers are growing their European networks during the upcoming summer season.

As many challenges begin the year, carriers anticipate high labor and maintenance costs, delivery delays and air traffic control shortages in the rest of 2024.

Due to the low seat counts on regional jets, emissions are high, and this pulls overall results higher across the board.

An event-saturated January followed a year not short on its own challenges, and during recent earnings calls airlines projected which issues might spill over.

Brisbane will become the second city in Australia to be served by American Airlines.

United has urged the U.S. Transportation Department to award it nighttime slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport that are being relinquished by Hawaiian Airlines.

American Airlines has received tentative approval to launch nonstop service between New York JFK and Haneda Airport, while Hawaiian is stopping night flights to the Tokyo airport.

United Airlines is adding a third seasonal route to Athens and boosting service to Alaska and Canada.

As groundings of the Boeing 737-9 affect its first quarter outlook, the airline is taking existing orders for the larger -10 variant out of its internal plans.

Mesa has taken steps to pay down debt and shore up revenue through aircraft sales and an increase in the amount United pays its regional partner per block hour.

The Hawai’i Seaglider Initiative has been launched to advocate for the adoption of electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicles.

Problematic Spirit AeroSystems-supplied 737-9 panels evaded Boeing quality checks and may have caused a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines accident.

“We’re not going to point fingers,” the Boeing CEO said. “Because, yes, it escaped their factory; but then it escaped ours too. So, we’re all in this together.”

With European carriers beefing up summer 2024 capacity, the threat of oversupply across the Atlantic could change the market’s dynamics.

Alaska Airlines flight attendants will vote on strike authorization in January.