US Airlines Warn 5G Wireless Network Could Wreak Havoc on Air Travel
Major U.S. airlines have warned that plans by telecommunication giants AT&T and Verizon Communications to use spectrum for 5G wireless… Read More »
US Travelers Have a New Low-Cost Flight Option to Europe
PLAY, a new Icelandic, low-cost airline has announced it will begin operating flights connecting the U.S. and several European destinations… Read More »
JetBlue, American Airlines Announce Record-Setting Summer Schedule Out of Northeast
JetBlue’s and American Airlines’ newly-expanded Northeast Alliance (NEA) is poised for a record-breaking summer in 2022, the two carriers announced… Read More »
Southwest Airlines’ Full Summer Schedule Is Now Available for Booking
Southwest Airlines has made its full summer 2022 flight schedule available to book at Southwest.com. Travelers can now book travel… Read More »
KLM, Transavia order A320neo jets, Air France eyes A350Fs
Air France-KLM says it has selected Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for its narrowbody fleet renewal and expansion drive as well… Read More »
ALC agrees lease, delivery changes for Vietnam Airlines
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed an agreement to cut leasing costs and alter aircraft deliveries for Vietnam Airlines (VN,… Read More »
Romanian CAA grounds Rom Cargo Airlines
The Romanian civil aviation authority (Autoritatea Aeronautică Civilă Română – AACR) suspended the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of Rom Cargo… Read More »
Latvia’s airBaltic to open Tampere, Finland base in 2Q22
airBaltic (BT, Riga) will open a base at Tampere in southern Finland on May 1, 2022, its first outside its… Read More »
Qantas selects A220, A320neo for narrowbody fleet renewal
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has placed a tentative order for twenty A220-300s and twenty A321-200NX(XLR)s, with a further 94… Read More »
Canada’s Flair Airlines to lease 14 more 737 MAX
Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna) has announced a significant fleet expansion that will see the Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier lease fourteen additional… Read More »
US DOJ pushes for American, Jetblue anti-trust suit
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has told a judge to reject a bid by American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort… Read More »
CNMI’s Star Marianas Air resumes shuttle flights
Star Marianas Air (Tinian) has reportedly resumed on-demand and air taxi operations between Saipan, Tinian, and Rota Int’l in the… Read More »
Airline CEOs explain flight cancellations to Congress after taking $54 billion in taxpayer aid
Top airline executives on Dec. 14 told a Senate panel that a tight labor market and difficulty convincing some workers… Read More »
Travelport, Aeromexico Agreement to Include NDC Content
Global distribution system operator Travelport and Aeromexico renewed their partnership with a multi-year distribution agreement that eventually will channel New… Read More »
Frontier Launches Holiday Buy One, Get One Free Offer
Frontier is offering a buy one Discount Den fare, get one free offer, called the Santas Fly Free sale, to… Read More »
Appeals Court Upholds United Airlines Vaccine Mandate
In a divided decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has upheld the employee vaccine mandate enacted… Read More »
Delta Names Chief Sustainability Officer
Delta Air Lines today named Pamela Fletcher as its new Chief Sustainability Officer in 2022, CEO Ed Bastian announced in… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines concedes 787 delays may impact recovery
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has admitted that the suspension of B787 deliveries due to recently discovered manufacturing issues may impact… Read More »
British Airways to debut BA Euroflyer ops from 2Q22
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has started selling seats for BA Euroflyer (BA, London Gatwick), its new London Gatwick-based short-haul… Read More »
IAG, Globalia confirm talks to halt Air Europa acquisition
IAG International Airlines Group is in advanced talks with Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) parent Globalia to halt the… Read More »
Switzerland’s Chair Airlines adds first A320
Chair Airlines (GM, Zurich) took delivery of its first A320-200, its largest type yet, on December 12, 2021, after HB-JOK… Read More »
Singapore Airlines inks LOI for 7+5 A350 freighters
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for the purchase of… Read More »
United Airlines moots hydrogen-powered CRJ550s
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has taken a USD35 million equity stake in hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia (Hollister) and has… Read More »
Air New Zealand receives another $338mn state loan
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has been given access to another NZD500 million New Zealand dollars (USD338 million) in… Read More »
American Airlines will equip its A321XLR, 787-9 jets with 4K in-flight entertainment displays
American Airlines will feature a new line of 4K in-flight entertainment (IFE) seat-back screens developed by Samsung and Thales on… Read More »
Four charts show what the travel industry looks like 2 years into the pandemic
After a year of heavy losses, the travel industry is finally showing some signs of bouncing back — even as… Read More »