Daily Airline News

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…

Norwegian's future became even more tenuous when Norway's government signaled it would not provide more state aid to the troubled airline. In addition, a second wave of coronavirus infections in…

In the latest chapter in the 16-year European Union-U.S. trade row over subsidies for airframers, the EU said starting November 10, it will levy a 15% tariff on large civilian…

Korean Air achieved a vanishingly rare distinction this week when it reported a quarterly profit. Granted, that profit was tiny — about $5 million — and its operating margin was…

The peak summer season in the Northern Hemisphere wrapped up with some hard truths for airlines: There will be no miraculous recovery in demand. September's numbers from the International Air…