US carriers Silver Airways and Frontier Airlines said they will end service to Cuba, citing excess capacity and other challenges in the newly reopened US-Cuba market.
French ATC strike causes more than 1,500 flight cancellations
CDB Aviation Lease Finance, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has ordered 30 Boeing 737 MAXs. Pictured: Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Kevin McAllister, CDB Aviation Lease Finance president & CEO Peter Chang, Global Sales & Marketing VP-commercial airplanes Ihssane Mounir and Northeast Asia Sales VP Rick Anderson.
Emirates begins Athens-Newark service
Credit: Rob Finlayson
Emirates Airline operated the first rotation of its controversial fifth-freedom Dubai-Athens-New York-Newark service March 13, following a weekend of protests by US airlines’ staff.
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