Air New Zealand-owned Ansett has won a five-month battle with Qantas for control of regional carrier Hazelton Airlines after securing Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approval for the take-over on 9 March after Ansett agreed to concessions primarily relating to surrendering 80 slots at Sydney.
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.
