Daily Airline News

If there's one leitmotif in the airline industry's pandemic narrative it's that cargo is helping airlines keep the lights on. The latest numbers from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)…

Southwest Airlines has famously not laid off or involuntarily furloughed a single worker in its almost 50 years of operation. That may change. The carrier told more than 6,800 employees…

European low-cost carrier Ryanair placed an order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a signal of faith in the jet despite its remaining grounded in Europe. The order, and its…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives has proposed $908 billion in emergency pandemic fiscal aid, of which $21 billion could go to airlines and…

The Southeast Asian low-cost airline certainly is thinking its future is digital. It may be too soon to say it's a digital company that runs an airline, as AirAsia chief…

The year will be even worse for airlines than anyone could have projected. IATA now says the global industry is on track to record $119 billion in losses this year.…

Willie Walsh, the former head of IAG, will be the next director general of the IATA, effective April 1. Alexandre de Juniac, who currently leads the association, announced he is…

It's official. The U.S. and the UK formally signed an open skies agreement, allowing unlimited flights between the two countries. The countries intend to start applying the new deal from…

Are there too many fish in the Asian airline sea? That's the question this week's Airline Weekly Feature Story asked. And the answer came today with news that there may…

Latin America's patchwork quilt of travel restrictions is hobbling the airline industry — and connectivity — as the region enters its peak summer season. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is…