Airline News

Air Canada today issued its 2023 Annual Report highlighting the carrier’s achievements for the year. In addition to its strong financial results, including record annual revenue, the airline made progress on key strategic initiatives.  Air Canada Issues Annual Report Highlighting its Achievements in 2023 (CNW Group/Air Canada) “Air Canada delivered very strong results in 2023. We met […]

Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste this month at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Over 2 million gallons of blended SAF will be supplied into the fuelling system at Schiphol Airport over the course of 2024. The airline will track the delivery of SAF into the fuelling systems and environmental benefits using

Breeze Airways has announced five new cities with service from Bangor, ME; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Lancaster, PA; Lansing, MI; and Pensacola, FL, as well as new routes from nine existing cities. Breeze now offers flights from 56 cities across 29 states. The new routes comprise: From Bangor, ME to: Orlando, FL (Thurs and Sun, starting

SAS AB has announced that it has today applied for company reorganization (Sw. företagsrekonstruktion) in Sweden. The opening of the proceeding is subject to approval by the Stockholm District Court. The application is made only in relation to the listed parent company of the SAS Group, SAS AB, and not any subsidiaries or the airline

United Airlines announced today that it is installing new, larger overhead bins on its Skywest operated Embraer E175 fleet that will provide more room for passengers’ roll aboard carry-on bags. These new bins will be available on 50 aircraft with a 76-seat configuration by the end of this year. United may expand the E175 larger

Brussels Airlines is glad to announce an agreement has been reached with the cockpit unions about their reward package. The deal was signed on March 24. The details will be communicated to the cockpit community in the coming days. The agreement takes into account our current financial reality and focusses mainly to improve the gross

Asiana Airlines today (March 25) retired its last Boeing 747-400 (HL7428). HL7428 departed this morning from Seoul (Incheon) as flight OZ711 and was greeted at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) with a water cannon salute. The last revenue flight departed TPE as flight OZ712 at 1330 and arrived at ICN at 1635 local time. The

After a hiatus of nearly four years, Hainan Airlines has announced that it will resume service from Seattle to Beijing from Tuesday, April 2, and that it will do so every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday year-round. This route is supposed to be the shortest flight between the continental United States and Mainland China. The flight HU496 will depart from Seattle/Tacoma at 11:00 local time, arriving

The European Commission has informed Deutsche Lufthansa AG (‘Lufthansa‘) and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (‘MEF‘) of its preliminary view that their proposed acquisition of joint control of ITA Airways (‘ITA‘) may restrict competition on certain routes in the market for passenger air transport services in and out of Italy. The Commission is

Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun today announced his decision to step down as CEO at the end of 2024, and he will continue to lead Boeing through the year to complete the critical work underway to stabilize and position the company for the future. Board Chair Larry Kellner has informed the board that he does not intend to