Some pilots at American Airlines want to leave their union, the Allied Pilots Association, and link up with the largest pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association. They will present their case to the APA board in June, setting up a...
Read MoreThings are looking up for El Al. Last year, Israel’s largest airline enjoyed its most profitable year since 2015, earning just shy of a 6 percent operating margin. That follows heavy losses in 2020 and 2021, and an operating profit...
Read MoreAll that talk of slowing air travel demand and a potentially weak summer? Throw it out the window, Delta Air Lines executives said Thursday. "[We] know there's a lot of anxiety about domestic demand for the summer, but we don't...
Read MoreAmerican Airlines saw many of the positive trends of the past few quarters continue through the quarter ending in March, according to new guidance issued Wednesday. Capacity and revenues grew at the upper end of forecasts, and costs dropped as...
Read MoreJetBlue Airways has named Amsterdam as its third European destination with flights due to begin later this summer. The Dutch city will join London and, beginning in June, Paris on the airline's growing transatlantic map. The New York-based carrier will...
Read MoreKorean Air, in the late 1970s, lured Western travelers with a "Seoul Shortcut." It was making reference to the advantageous location of its Seoul hub, for routes between North America and Asia. Fast-forward 40-some years and Seoul remains ideally situated...
Read MoreAir India is moving on to the second phase of its Vihaan.AI turnaround plan, after claiming a number of financial and operational records during the first six months. But absent from the update are any details on the needed cost...
Read MoreAtlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was, once again, the busiest airport worldwide last year. That’s according to the latest rankings just published by Airports Council International (ACI). In a year marked by rapid recovery from the Covid pandemic, Atlanta’s passenger volumes...
Read MoreKLM got some good and bad news this week that, in sum, show the airline and industry writ large can waste no time in making good on their commitments to reduce carbon emissions. The alternative is strict, some would even...
Read MoreUnited Airlines and its pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association, remain at odds over pay rates in a new contract, even as talks drag in the face of progress at many of the carrier's competitors. "The points of disagreement...
Read MoreDelta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and American Airlines have all indicated they will cut flights in the New York City area this summer as the region, one of the busiest in the U.S., faces a shortage of air...
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines will do everything from acquiring more deicing trucks in Chicago and Denver, to upgrading its internal technology and communications systems by this winter to avoid a repeat of its massive holiday flight meltdown. In a new report by...
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