Airline News

Norse Atlantic Airways celebrated the successful inaugural on Thursday, September 12, 2024, of its direct route between London Gatwick (LGW) and Las Vegas (LAS). The highly anticipated flight was sold out in both Premium and Economy cabins. The new route operates three times a week, allowing travelers a convenient schedule to explore Las Vegas’s world-class […]

American Airlines flight attendants, represented by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), today ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. The contract will deliver significant and immediate improvements in compensation, benefits and quality-of-life provisions. “It’s an exciting day for American’s nearly 28,000 flight attendants and our entire airline,” said American’s CEO Robert Isom. “Reaching an

United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky – For Free United Airlines today set a new standard of inflight connectivity by signing the industry’s largest agreement of its kind with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s fast, reliable Wi-Fi service to the airline’s mainline and regional aircraft fleet, for free. United customers will soon enjoy the

airBaltic and Lufthansa Group are extending collaboration within the framework of a wet lease partnership for a further three years starting the summer of 2025. Under the agreement, airBaltic is set to operate scheduled flights on behalf of Lufthansa Group. The agreement outlines a three-year collaboration, with up to 21 deployed airBaltic A220-300 aircraft and the airline conducting flights on behalf of Lufthansa Group.

Alaska Airlines flight AS369, a Boeing 737-9 MAX 9 aircraft bound for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from Nashville with 176 passengers and six crew on board, aborted its takeoff around 9:15 a.m. ET (1315 GMT) on September 12 after the flight had been cleared for take0ff from FAA ATC. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was

Around 30,000 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) in the Seattle and Portland areas voted to reject the company’s offer and went on strike after midnight today halting production of Boeing aircraft in the area. 94.6% of the those who voted rejected the tentative proposal by Boeing. The IAM issued this statement: The

British Airways will operate more flights per week to North America in Summer 2025 than ever before The airline offers more flights between the UK and US than any other European carrier British Airways is the only European airline to offer a First class cabin on flights between London and America British Airways will operate

Aerocardal (a Chilean-based Fixed-Base Operations located at SCL, Arturo Merino Benitez airport of Santiago, Chile), will replace its current fleet of three Dornier 228s with OMNIPOL LET 410NGs. The acquisition of these aircraft are part of an agreement with OMNIPOL from the Czech Republic, that made Aerocardal as the representative of all of the European

The airline is creating nearly 500 new aviation maintenance jobs, including more than 385 licensed aviation maintenance technician (AMT) positions. Additional lines of heavy check maintenance work are being added to Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Tulsa maintenance bases. American Airlines has announced nearly 500 new aviation maintenance jobs and additional lines of heavy maintenance work at

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the launch of a daily flight service to Port Sudan, Sudan, commencing on October 15, 2024. The inaugural flight, ET350, will depart from Addis Ababa at 11:00 and arrive in Port Sudan at 12:15. The return flight, ET 351, will leave Port Sudan at 14:15, arriving back in Addis Ababa at 17:30.