Copa, Avianca, Aeromexico, JetBlue, American… Azul too wants to shed its first-generation E190s as fast as possible. The Brazilian carrier now plans to do so by the end of next year, at which point all of its E-Jets will be...
Read MoreThe Air India sale process is heating up. According to newly-published guidelines, bidders will be able to buy 100% of the airline, incurring just one-third of its mammoth $8b debt burden. When India’s government last tried to sell just 76%...
Read MoreLes Echos describes efforts by Air France to avert a strike at its regional airline Hop. Its union (SNPL) threatens to stop working every Friday from mid-February to late April, hoping to win pay rates and working conditions closer to...
Read MoreAll Nippon Airways, as discussed in last week’s issue of Skift Airline Weekly, doesn’t like being less profitable than its archrival Japan Airlines. Well, that didn’t change last quarter, when its 8% operating margin fell short of JAL’s 11%. For...
Read MoreSpirit is expanding from Baltimore BWI again, not at all intimidated by Southwest’s enormous size there. The ultra-LCC is adding more frequencies to Florida, namely Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. It’s adding more flights to Puerto Rico as well. Spirit says...
Read MoreIf All Nippon Airways (ANA) has a bit of a chip on its shoulder, you can understand why. It was once Japan’s most profitable airline, routinely beating its larger, bloated rival Japan Airlines (JAL). After the Japanese government rescued JAL...
Read MoreAir France unveiled its new domestic business class offering, a component of its latest turnaround plan. Is there raging demand for business class travel on quick hops from Marseilles to Paris? Not really. But the airline thinks its longhaul business...
Read MoreMoscow’s Sheremetyevo’s capital improvement program is going up a gear. The airport is reconstructing a runway, lengthening it to 3,350m and widening it to 60m. The project is expected to take 11 months and the airport, and main tenant Aeroflot, do not...
Read MoreThe B777X, the world’s largest twinjet, took to the skies for its first flight on Jan. 25, after many weather-related delays. The four-hour flight was a success, offering Boeing a rare bit of recent good news. The 777X presented Boeing...
Read MoreThe world is on edge as a dangerous virus spreads from its origin in Wuhan, China. The Coronavirus outbreak is spreading worldwide via air travel, making airlines an important line of defense in the efforts at containment. Already, the economic...
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