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United Airlines warned staff that more than 16,000 employees could face involuntary furloughs on Oct. 1 when federal CARES Act payroll support expires. The good news? This is down from…

In this time, for any airline to report traffic growth is news. But Pobeda, Aeroflot's low-cost carrier, did in July. Traffic rose 2%, compared with the 72% decline for the mainline carrier.

But it's not time to break out the champagne. IATA reported that air travel demand in July rose by seven percentage points from June but still is historically bad. How…

American Airlines said it will cut its October flight schedule by 55%, compared with October last year as demand for air travel remains depressed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. American's…

Airline Weekly is taking its annual summer break. Our next weekly issue will be published on Sept. 8, and we will resume updating AW Daily with airline industry news and…

Yet another sign of how uncontrolled the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. is came from Australian carrier Qantas. CEO Alan Joyce said the company likely won't resume its U.S. routes…

American Airlines will stop flying to 15 cities in October as it downsizes its network and prepares to furlough or lay off workers and when the CARES Act requirements on…

The U.S. and China are stepping back from their sometimes-tense aviation standoff by allowing more flights between the two countries. The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) ruled that Chinese carriers currently…

Colombia is expected to allow air travel to resume on Sept. 1, despite murmuring that the date my be pushed back further. But the country won't re-open all at once.…

Perhaps no other statistic illustrates the pandemic's effect on U.S. travel than traffic figures from McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas. In April, 152,716 passengers traveled through the airport.…