Southwest Airlines' Boeing 737 Max Order Signals Growing Confidence in Travel Recovery
Southwest Airlines has gone back to Boeing for more 737 Max jets ahead of its capacity recovering to 2019 levels later this summer.
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Airlines Tout Economic Importance of UK-U.S. Travel Corridor Ahead of G7 Summit
Airlines flying between the UK and U.S. have re-upped their push for a travel corridor between the two countries ahead of the G7 Summit later this week, a move they see as potentially…
Fallout From Belarus Hijacking Continues as U.S. Moves to Suspend Air Rights
The U.S. State Department has suspended the 2019 U.S.-Belarus bilateral air services agreement in the aftermath of that country hijacking a Ryanair flight last month to detain a dissident journalist,…
Will Budget Airlines Like Allegiant, Frontier and Spirit Gain Share in the Recovery?
U.S. budget carriers accelerated years worth of market share growth into a single pandemic year. Their collective share of passengers jumped several percentage points in 2020 as the returning leisure…
Wizz Air Sees Opportunity in Crisis With Italy, UK Expansions
Wizz Air is using the crisis to expand its network in a push that its CEO József Váradi sees as both strengthening the company and accelerating its recovery. During its…
What Travel Recovery, Asks Swiss International Air Lines
Europeans may be flocking to Mediterranean beaches for getaways delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, but — at least at Swiss International Air Lines — the rise in leisure bookings belies…
Hawaiian Subsidiary Ohana Latest Coronavirus Airline Casualty
Hawaiian Airlines has pulled the plug on its regional turboprop subsidiary, Ohana, which had been temporarily grounded in January. The carrier cited a lack of sustainable restart options for the…
Global Airline Group Says Politics, Not Science, Informs South America Border Restrictions
Governments in Latin America need to "follow the science" and not let politics dictate border reopenings and travel restrictions, or else the region will lag behind the rest of the…
Azul and Latam Airlines Break Off Partnership Over Merger Overtures in Brazil
The pandemic partnership of Azul and Latam Airlines broke up faster than almost anyone expected. Latam is pulling the plug on the codeshare and frequent flyer relationship on August 22…
Aeromexico and Volaris Likely to Bear Brunt of FAA's Rebuke of Mexico's Aviation Regulator
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded Mexico's safety rating to Category 2, blocking the cross-border expansion plans of Mexican airlines and potentially putting Aeromexico's restructuring in jeopardy.