Southwest Airlines will end service at Newark Liberty International airport on 3 November in response to constraints created by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, the airline says on 25 July. Southwest will consolidate its New York operations…
American Airlines will add four seasonal routes from Phoenix Sky Harbor this winter. Starting Dec. 18, the airline will offer nonstop, daily service to Fort Lauderdale, Colorado Springs, Fargo and Cincinnati. Also this winter, the airline will launch additional…
Boeing reported a $3.4 billion quarterly loss on Wednesday as costs related to its grounded 737 Max continued to rise. The company said it recorded $15.8 billion in sales in the quarter, down 35 percent from the same time…
Passengers travelling between Tokyo and Los Angeles on American Airlines got the option of flying in a first class cabin from June 6 this year after the US carrier switched the metal from a three-class B787-9 Dreamliner to a…
Airports Council International (ACI) World reports that global passenger traffic continued to grow in May 2019 while the air freight market fell again. The global passenger market gained +3.1% in May, up from +2.9% in April, with a year-to-date…
The US Department of Transportation has approved the proposed joint venture between American Airlines and Qantas, clearing the final barrier to the carriers’ plans to coordinate transpacific flights. «We have concluded that, overall, the alliance and [joint business agreement]…
Over the last three years Delta Air Lines has invested four times the amount that it spent in the preceding ten years to develop its cargo business. Delta Air Lines vice president of cargo Shawn Cole tells Air Cargo…
New Zealand’s decision to increase air navigation charges (ANS) has been met with disappointment by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The country’s ANS provider Airways New Zealand raised charges by 12.7% at the start of July, with further…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on European governments and air navigation service providers (ANSPs) to make urgent improvements to European air traffic management. The priority should be to cut carbon emissions and address the unnecessary costs and…
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air has launched biometric boarding using Vision-Box technology at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US. The technology enables passengers to board aircraft without showing their boarding passes or passport. Norwegian Air first used the…