Airlines Prepare for U.S. Government Shutdown that Could Snarl Flights, Delay Upgrades
Airlines are bracing for the increasing likelihood that the U.S. government will shutdown at a minute past midnight Sunday morning.
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Mexico’s Viva Aerobus Announces Major U.S. Expansion
Viva Aerobus, a low-cost airline in Mexico, has announced six new routes to the U.S. from Monterrey, its busiest airport. The move follows the long-anticipated U.S. government decision to upgrade…
Breeze Sees Softer Bookings as Airline Growth Outpaces Fall Travel Demand
U.S. airlines have scheduled too many flights this fall for the number of travelers, Breeze Airways founder and CEO David Neeleman said. This is pushing down airfares just as fuel…
Hawaiian Airlines Defends Tokyo Haneda Flight Rights as United Seeks to Expand
Hawaiian Airlines plans to resume all of its flights to Tokyo Haneda this winter that were suspended during the pandemic, CEO Peter Ingram said. The move comes as United Airlines…
U.S. Airlines Expect Further Easing of China Flight Limits this Winter
U.S. and Chinese airlines are eager to resume nonstop flights between the two countries following a diplomatic accord in August doubling the number allowed. They have proposed 63 weekly flights…
The Good and the Bad of Mexico's Airline Market
Time to try again. Selling TAP Air Portugal is hardly new and novel for the Portuguese government. It once sold a stake to the old Swissair. It more recently sold…
KLM CEO Rebukes Dutch Proposal to Tax Transit Passengers at Schiphol
KLM CEO Marjan Rintel offered a firm rebuke of a proposal in the Netherlands' legislature to tax transfer passengers at the airline's hub, Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
TUI Bullish on European Leisure Travel this Winter
TUI is bullish winter travel demand with bookings exhibiting “positive momentum," the European travel conglomerate said Thursday. The outlook comes after summer bookings came in well ahead of last summer's…
U.S. Government Shutdown Could Worsen Air Traffic Controller Shortage
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had bleak words for House members Wednesday on the impact of a potential federal government shutdown to the country's air transportation system.
Why Are Airlines so Eager for a Piece of TAP Air Portugal?
TAP Air Portugal is seemingly the apple of every European airline group's eye these days. That's because the state-owned airline in the southwestern corner of Europe is about to come…