Transat to Lease Aircraft Short Term Due to Airbus Delays
Transat's ambitious plans for the summer are running into Airbus' manufacturing travails, forcing the Canadian carrier to wet-lease aircraft to fulfill its summer schedule.
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Why the Biggest Pilots Union Is Saying There’s No Pilot Shortage
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has reiterated its belief that no pilot shortage exists in the U.S, and instead blamed airlines’ scheduling exuberance and a failed regional carrier model…
Hong Kong Loan Extension Illustrates Cathay Pacific’s Troubles
The Hong Kong government has given Cathay Pacific another year to draw down a HK$7.8 billion ($1 billion) loan, in a sign that the carrier's business remains tenuous even as…
JetBlue Ups Hostile Offer for Spirit Airlines to $3.4 Billion
JetBlue Airways has been spurned not once but twice by Spirit Airlines but it remains undeterred in its attempt to take over the largest U.S. ultra-low-cost-carrier.
Iberia CEO Says Now Is the Time to Invest and Expand
Iberia is leading the recovery at International Airlines Group (IAG). The carrier continues to outperform its group peers in terms of the financial recovery, but CEO Javier Sánchez-Prieto does not…
Pandemic Confirms Value of Strong Hub to KLM CEO Pieter Elbers
At the start of the pandemic and through 2020 and much of 2021, industry observers predicted airlines without domestic markets — like Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, KLM, and Singapore Airlines…
Delta Air Lines Revenues Fully Recovered From Pandemic
Delta Air Lines revenues are back from their two-year pandemic-driven dip as travelers, from leisure to corporate and international, rush back to planes this summer.
SAS Threatens Administration Unless It Gets a Deal on Cost Savings
SAS CEO Anko Van der Werff has threatened to take the airline through a court-led restructuring process after little progress was made on the strategic plan it unveiled earlier this…
Airbus, Qatar Airways Dispute to Go to Trial Next Year
The drama between Airbus and Qatar Airways over the A350 will head to trial, a UK High Court judge ruled this week. The three-month trial is expected to begin next…
Delta Air Lines Cites Sick Staff, Air Traffic Control in Summer Schedule Reductions
Delta Air Lines will trim its schedule, beginning over the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend and into August, as it faces numerous operational challenges from air traffic control to sick…