American Airlines expects the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to continue to weigh on demand and schedules into 2021, the carrier’s president said Tuesday. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline is flying about 45% of its 2019 schedule this month,…
As the year of the unimaginable came to close, Ontario International Airport (ONT) took stock of the challenges of 2020 and expressed a sense of optimism for the possibilities of the New Year. In the closing days of the…
American Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to fly commercial passengers on the Boeing 737 Max Tuesday, ending a two-year saga to fix the controversial aircraft that crashed twice and set off a worldwide reexamination of how planes are…
Delta Air Lines has launched its newest Caribbean route, with its first flights between Minneapolis-St Paul and St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new route is operating three times each week, with flights…
The arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta and jurisdictions around the world this month means light at the end of a long tunnel for Calgary-based WestJet Airlines. The company was brought to its knees in 2020 by a…
Qatar Airways has announced that the first stage of a codeshare cooperation with China Southern Airlines has begun with the Chinese carrier placing its code on Qatar Airways flights between Guangzhou and Doha. Flights started on Dec. 27 and…
As part of their regional strategies for COVID-19 response and aviation recovery, ICAO’s two Regional Offices for the Americas (SAM and NACC) have contributed to the development and emergence of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC)’s new multilateral…
Officials from American Airlines are applauding the decision to allow Aer Lingus to join the trans-Atlantic joint business between American, British Airways, Iberia and Finnair. The decision was made by the United States Department of Transportation and granted antitrust…
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started trials on a new digital health verification process, which will be the first in the world to be based on the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass framework. This will offer customers the…
With not one but two COVID-19 vaccines now approved and being distributed across the country, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is optimistic that recovery for the financially impacted airline industry will take place next year. “Throughout the challenges…
