CZECH AIRLINES The carrier's Prague-New York service is out and some European destinations are to be axed or served less frequently as part of a "drastic" cost-cutting move that will also pull its long-haul fleet - a pair of Airbus A310s - from scheduled service this winter. SkyTeam partner Delta Air Lines will maintain the link to New York. Airline president Radomir Lasak recognises the "emotions that will accompany the unpopular optimising steps".
Source: Flight International
US airlines are working to get their operations back into gear after a global computer outage forced some carriers to halt all departures overnight.
Virgin Atlantic will drop its Shanghai service this winter after 25 years as it further cuts its Asia-Pacific network amid the longer flying times necessitated by not being able to overfly Russia.
Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation have signed a memorandum of understanding to create air taxi networks in and around cities in California served by the carrier.
