Southwest expects Boeing 737 MAX cancellations beyond Oct. 1

Southwest expects Boeing 737 MAX cancellations beyond Oct. 1

Southwest Airlines expects it will have to remove the grounded Boeing Co 737 MAX jets from its flying schedule beyond…

American Airlines and Qantas win tentative U.S. approval for joint venture

American Airlines and Qantas win tentative U.S. approval for joint venture

American Airlines Group Inc and Qantas Airways Ltd have been given the U.S. government’s tentative approval to operate a joint…

Airbus sees market for widebody jets at Indian budget carriersTourism Insight News

Airbus sees market for widebody jets at Indian budget carriers

Airbus SE is pushing for fast-growing Indian budget carriers to make the leap into low-cost, long-haul widebody operations to compliment…

U.S. carriers compete for new slots at Tokyo’s Haneda airport

U.S. carriers compete for new slots at Tokyo’s Haneda airport

The top three U.S. carriers announced bids for new slots at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport as part of a push…

Pioneering Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher dies at 87

Pioneering Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher dies at 87

Herb Kelleher, who co-founded pioneering low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co and built it into an industry powerhouse stamped with his colorful, unconventional…

United moves deeper into Latin America with Avianca, Copa tie-upTourism Insight News

United moves deeper into Latin America with Avianca, Copa tie-up

United Continental Holdings Inc last Friday said it had finalized a three-way joint venture with carriers Avianca Holdings SA of…

Ethiopian Airlines steps up hunt for African connectionsTransport

Ethiopian Airlines steps up hunt for African connections

Ethiopian Airlines is accelerating its strategy of weaving a patchwork of new African routes to soak up traffic on the…

Air France unions press pay demands ahead of works councilTransport

Air France unions press pay demands ahead of works council

Air France-KLM’s French unions reiterated demands for a 5.1 percent pay increase yesterday without calling any immediate resumption of strike…

Ryanair to buy Niki Lauda airline in challenge to Lufthansa

Ryanair to buy Niki Lauda airline in challenge to Lufthansa

Ryanair has agreed to buy a majority stake in the new Austrian leisure airline founded by former motor racing champion…

Australia expected to ease visa restrictions on foreign pilots as planes left grounded

Australia expected to ease visa restrictions on foreign pilots as planes left grounded

The Australian government is expected to relax restrictions on visas for foreign pilots as a national shortage sees planes grounded…