Tourism and pilots’ organizations have welcomed an easing of the strict quarantine measures imposed on air passengers arriving in England, but argue more has to be done.
JetBlue Airways has secured slots at London Gatwick (LGW) and London Stansted(STN), but was denied slots at London Heathrow (LHR), the UK’s largest airport.
El Al Israel Airlines plans to begin service to Dubai before the end of the year following the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
IATA downgraded its economic outlook for 2020 and 2021 further as the recovery of air travel has been much slower than expected, but there is renewed hope as a recovery in 2021 appears a lot more viable with the imminent arrival of COVID-19 vaccines.
Over 560 flights from Shanghai Pudong (PVG) were canceled as thousands of staff at the airport undergo COVID-19 tests after some cargo handlers contracted the virus.
COMAC and AVIC, China’s two major commercial aircraft manufacturers, are reportedly on a list of 89 Chinese companies that will face new sanctions from the White House for allegedly having ties to the Chinese military.
CDB Aviation, the Dublin-based arm of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, will convert a pair of Airbus A330-300 into freighters to meet expected future demand.
Southwest Airlines warned its mechanics of more than 400 potential furloughs, cautioning that job losses will be unavoidable unless they agree to further cost-cutting measures.
Transborder routes between the U.S. and Mexico have performed better during the last couple months as Mexico’s more relaxed travel policies have resulted in airlines bolstering their capacity from the U.S. to Mexico’s leisure markets.
Alaska Airlines agreed to lease 13 new Boeing 737-9s from Air Lease Corporation (ALC), providing a vote of confidence in Boeing less than a week after the FAA rescinded its grounding of the 737 MAX family.
Just weeks before a new Dutch passenger tax comes into effect, proposals have emerged to cut night flights at Amsterdam Schiphol by 20% and to replace six short-haul routes with rail links.
With the Boeing 737 MAX’s return to service (RTS) now under way, and at least a portion of the world’s grounded fleets of airliners scheduled to start flying again in 2021, EASA has published detailed guidelines for operators bringing their aircraft out of storage.
The European Commission (EC) has called off an investigation into Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum after changed circumstances rendered the inquiry redundant.
JetBlue Airways flight attendants voted to reject their first ever contract with the airline, setting the stage for another round of negotiations expected sometime next year.
U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have pulled the plug on a planned joint venture (JV) that would have seen the airlines deepen their existing codeshare partnership and coordinate schedules on transborder routes.
Chinese airlines generally expect the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to withdraw its grounding order on the Boeing 737 MAX no later than March 2021, industry sources said.
The opening of a highly anticipated air travel bubble between Singapore (SIN) and Hong Kong (HKG) was deferred by two weeks, a day before the first ATB flight was set to depart on Nov. 22.
