Articles tagged “airline weekly”

No airline has succeeded in linking the entire African continent, although many have tried. Now, with a multi-million dollar investment from Qatar Airways, RwandAir hopes to build a continent-spanning network.

Emirates President Tim Clark is flouting the conventional wisdom to predict business travel will return to its pre-pandemic level by the end of this year, when many of his peers think it will take a couple of years for it to recovery fully? Wishful thinking, or is he on to something?

There's a "beauty contest" on for new Italian carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo's (ITA) loyalty. Delta and Lufthansa are jockeying for its allegiance, and a greater slice of Europe's fourth largest airline market.

French leisure carrier French Bee expects "huge" U.S. demand once the Biden administration sets its new guidelines for vaccinated travelers. To gear up, the airline is resuming flights to San Francisco and increasing service to New York.

Air France-KLM is renewing its European fleet with new Airbus A220 jets. The plane's are a key pillar of the group's aim to improve efficiency and cut carbon emissions per passenger in half by the end of the decade.

U.S. regional carrier Republic Airways isn't in a rush to go public, despite chatter earlier this year that it was planning to do so. The carrier, which operates flights for American Airlines and United Airlines, believes its long-term future is secure.

Delta Air Lines could be close to a deal with Boeing for the 737 Max. An order would end a decade-long order drought for Boeing at the airline — and come at a good price.

When the Biden administration said it would relax entry requirements for vaccinated travelers to the U.S., airlines saw booking surge. Latam, for example, reported bookings rose 350 percent right after the announcement.

Airline consolidation has gone too far, or that's what the Biden Justice Department says by suing to undo the American Airlines-JetBlue Northeast Alliance. The airlines, of course, say the alliance helps, not harms, consumers.

Airbus’ entry into the electric air taxi race brings the aircraft closer to reality. The airframer's long and close relationships with global regulators — unlike many of the new startups in the space — gives further credibility to its aggressive 2025 entry-into-service timeline.