By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – The potential collapse of the low-cost Colombian airline Viva could lead to higher fares and the loss of connections to some cities, Avianca’s…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Passenger numbers on Russian airlines were down 20% in September from last year, as the impact of Western sanctions continues to weigh on the industry. Russian airlines…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese airline TAP posted a rare net profit in the third quarter on Wednesday on strong revenue and helped by currency hedging, but said visibility for next…
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian airline Gol on Thursday reported a narrower third-quarter net loss on a yearly basis even as it was heavily hit by currency swings…
OSLO (Reuters) – Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it will defer interest payments due later this month on its perpetual capital securities as part of the carrier’s restructuring and…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. carriers including American Airlines Group Inc and United Airlines Holdings Inc are enjoying the strongest consumer demand in three years, but analysts…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of issued one-way flight tickets from Russia increased 27% the week President Vladimir Putin declared on Sept. 21 the country’s first mobilization since World…
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Nigeria would consider buying China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it grows the country’s fledgling carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by around 2025, Aviation Minister Hadi…
KLOTEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – More than 300 pilots marched on Swiss International Air Lines headquarters near to Zurich airport on Thursday to press their contract demands ahead of a possible…
By Jamie Freed SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The airline industry’s record-breaking scramble to convert older passenger jets to freighters during the travel-starved years of the coronavirus pandemic threatens to bring a…
By Jamie Freed SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Labour shortages and supply chain snarls are making it harder for airlines and lessors to return airplanes grounded during the pandemic to the skies…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Taylor Thompson, 27; Tiana Fairfax, 29, both of Philadelphia, PA, and Theodore Robinson, 29, of Upper Darby, PA, were arrested…
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canadian airlines face potentially higher costs as new rules that take effect on Thursday broaden passenger refund requirements to cases of cancelled or long-delayed flights outside of…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican airline Interjet, which was declared bankrupt by a judge last week, owes around $1.5 billion in back taxes, the head of Mexico’s tax administration service…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican airline Volaris fired a pilot who filmed two of the carrier’s planes nearly crashing at Mexico City’s international airport in May, as the pilot broke…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Juneyao Group, the parent of Chinese carrier Juneyao Airlines, plans to start making electric vehicles (EV), two people with knowledge of the matter said, as it seeks…
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO – Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA on Thursday reported a steep second-quarter net loss mainly due to foreign exchange variations, sending its shares…
SAN FRANCISCO – An indictment unsealed in federal court today charges David Singh Bhinder and Nitesh Babbar with interfering with a flight crew member and a flight attendant during a…
STOCKHOLM – Scandinavian airline SAS has reached a labour deal with unions representing striking pilots, Danish broadcasters TV2 and DR reported on Monday, citing undisclosed sources. (Reporting by Niklas Pollard,…
MEXICO CITY – Shares in Mexican airline Aeromexico fell more than 5% after the market open Tuesday after the company said it had requested permission from the country’s securities regulator…
AMSTERDAM – KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France KLM, on Friday said it will scrap up to 20 daily flights to European destinations because of staff shortages. KLM and…
OSLO – All SAS cabin crew in Norway are now on furlough , a union spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The move comes after pilots at the Scandinavian airline went…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said he would be paying close attention to airline performance during the July 4 weekend after a large number of flight…
CHICAGO – The lifting of COVID-19 curbs and bottled-up travel demand are translating into the strongest summer since the pandemic for U.S. carriers. However, frequent mass flight cancellations are creating…
An indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Keily Nunez, Julien Levy, Ivan Santos and Ramnik Soni with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and…