Delta CEO Explains Why Travelers Can Fly With Confidence

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian believes travelers can «fly with confidence» right now. In a recent appearance on the «Conversations with Mike Milken» podcast, Bastian outlined all of the ways that the airline is working to ensure passenger safety amid the coronavirus pandemic. «In my opinion, consumers can fly with confidence and safety today,» […]

Latin America Must Restart Air Travel by July to Avoid Bankruptcies: Trade Group

Latin American countries should quicken steps for airlines to renew domestic flights no later than July before more companies are forced to declare bankruptcy or close, a high-ranking official of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The trade group estimated losses for airlines in Latin America at $4 billion this year, with […]

GOL to restore 20% of network

Brazil’s largest domestic airline GOL Linhas Aéreas plans to add additional capacity to its network in June, as well as reopening five more bases. The carrier operated 13 aircraft during May, with flight operations down by about 93% on the same month a year ago. However, there has been a steady increase in activity in […]

Delta exits low demand routes from 11 airports

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has confirmed plans to halt service to 11 mid-sized US cities as part of efforts to lower costs and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Flights from the 11 airports, which make up approximately 5% of the domestic destinations Delta serves, will cease from July 8. The US Transportation Department […]

China’s recovery continues as daily passengers top 1 million

The number of daily passengers carried by airlines in China topped the 1 million mark on June 5—the first time in four months the figure has been achieved. According to figures released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the total number of passengers flying during the day was 1.04 million. This is the […]

Aerodom: airlines will operate in the DR “as soon as possible”

Álvaro Leite, commercial director of Dominican Airports Siglo XXI ( Aerodom ), said that he hopes that the country’s borders will be reopened so that the airlines restart their operations in the airports operated by the company with a lower initial offer that will grow to adapt to demand over the course of the next […]

Frontier expands from Philadelphia

Denver-based Frontier Airlines will debut six services out of Philadelphia International (PHL) this year after firming plans for three new routes, in addition to three announced last week. Flights to Boston Logan (BOS) and Chicago O’Hare (ORD) will begin in July, followed by Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) in November. The BOS and ORD services will […]

TAP Air Portugal to restart transatlantic flights

Portugal’s flag-carrier TAP Air Portugal will operate transatlantic service from June 4 for the first time since late March when COVID-19 travel restrictions came into force. The airline will start with flights between Lisbon (LIS) and New York Newark (EWR). It has plans to launch additional services to Boston (BOS), Miami (MIA) and Toronto (YYZ) […]

Airlines reinstate flights to US vacation spots as cities re-open

As traditional US summer holiday spots like Florida and Las Vegas begin loosening restrictions after an almost-three-month coronavirus-forced hibernation, airlines are seeing passenger interest rise to these destinations, but also across their networks. The Walt Disney collection of amusement parks, located near Orlando in central Florida, and gaming hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada are some […]

Nuremberg Airport leaders explain incentives scheme

Nuremberg Airport (NUE) has unveiled a new incentive scheme to support airlines in the recovery period following COVID-19. Routes spoke to MD Michael Hupe and head of route development Christian Kaeser to find out more about the strategy. Can you explain about the incentive scheme Nuremberg has launched? Hupe: “We know that airlines will be […]