All Airlines articles – Page 244
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NewsCommission draws up emergency measures to maintain UK-EU air transport
European Commission regulators are preparing contingency measures for air transport in the increasingly-likely event of the UK’s failing to reach an agreement on a future relationship with the remaining European Union member states. While the UK formally left the EU earlier this year, a transition period – during which the ...
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Airline BusinessHow might air travel recovery shape up?
CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry writes that there is not an existential threat to the industry as a whole, though there may be for some individual airlines, and that the opening up of markets will be a multi-paced affair
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NewsCebu Pacific steadily restores capacity in complex Covid-19 era
Cebu Pacific Air has highlighted the bewildering array of coronavirus-related protocols as it works get passengers flying again.
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NewsLawmakers propose second round of airline funding
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed a second coronavirus relief package that would provide airlines and airports with another round of pandemic-relief funding.
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NewsBA CityFlyer launches 11 routes from Southampton
British Airways regional subsidiary BA CityFlyer is launching a flurry of new summer season routes from the UK’s Southampton airport to leisure destinations across Europe.
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NewsBOC Aviation seeks to enforce UK court judgement on AirAsia X
BOC Aviation has taken action to enforce a UK court judgement for AirAsia X to pay it $23.4 million in relation to aircraft leases.
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NewsBoeing resumes Max deliveries as United receives new jet
Boeing has resumed deliveries of the 737 Max, with United Airlines receiving an aircraft on 8 December, the carrier confirms.
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NewsIATA presses governments to stimulate travel markets
IATA is urging governments to launch programmes that stimulate demand for air travel and help the aviation industry recover from the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsQatar Airways to launch Seattle service in March
Qatar Airways will add Seattle to its network in March, and has entered a frequent-flyer partnership with Alaska Airlines.
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NewsNorwegian files for formal restructuring in Norway
Cash-strapped low-cost carrier Norwegian has filed for financial restructuring under Norwegian law in parallel to a similar process already under way in Ireland. Norwegian initiated a formal financial restructuring for its Norwegian Air International subsidiary and aircraft leasing unit Arctic Aviation Assets, under an Irish examinership process, on 18 November. ...
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NewsIATA, pilots’ union protest onerous Covid-19 testing for crews
IATA and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) have protested some countries’ practice of imposing Covid-19 test regimes intended for passengers on flight crew.
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NewsMontana to succeed Weir as American Airlines’ treasurer
American Airlines’ former assistant treasurer Meghan Montana has succeeded Tom Weir as vice-president and treasurer, the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline says.
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NewsLiquidity still US carriers’ focus despite vaccine news
US airline executives’ attempts during their third-quarter earnings calls to shift the narrative from liquidity levels to visions of a cash-positive recovery had an air of wishful thinking. Such visions have since become slightly more grounded in reality: Pfizer and Moderna in November announced efficacy rates above 90% for their ...
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NewsRyanair’s competitors are ‘squatting on slots’: O’Leary
Ryanair Group chief executive Michael O’Leary believes that Europe’s legacy carriers will seek to undermine competition and push up fares by holding on to their unused slots into summer 2021 and even 2022. Speaking to air traffic manager Eurocontrol for its Aviation HardTalk webcast series, the outspoken airline chief warned ...
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NewsEasyJet promotes Dekkers after chief commercial officer resigns
EasyJet has promoted Sophie Dekkers as it new chief commercial officer following the resignation of Rebert Carey with immediate effect.
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NewsCargo recovery continues amid capacity crunch: IATA
Air freight demand continued its recovery in October, IATA figures show, as global cargo tonne-kilometres expanded 4.1% month on month. As a result, global demand as measured by CTKs was just 6.2% below the same month last year, after a 7.8% drop in September. Source: KLM Capacity, ...
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NewsGol makes second attempt to merge with Smiles loyalty programme
Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol has for the second time proposed merging its Smiles loyalty programme with the airline.
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Airline BusinessHow cargo revenue has offered a lifeline to carriers
The shortage of air freight capacity amid the coronavirus pandemic has offered opportunity for airlines, lessors, and cargo carriers to eke out some precious revenue. Half of global air freight in 2019 was carried in the bellies of passenger aircraft, so the grounding of thousands of aircraft this year depressed ...
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NewsJAL 777-200 engine loses panel, suffers blade damage after takeoff
Japanese authorities are investigating a significant engine failure aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing 777-200, which involved the loss of large panel and fan blade damage.
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NewsOpportunistic Wizz eyes UK leisure market chance
Wizz Air’s move to launch leisure routes from Cardiff airport next summer marks a further demonstration of how its UK unit is pivoting to take advantage of opportunities that have emerged in the past year.