Trump administration begins deportation flights amid crackdown on illegal immigration
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has initiated deportation flights for individuals in the United States illegally, signaling a continuation of its tough stance on immigration enforcement. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt…
Schiphol airport asks airlines to cancel flights due to labour shortages
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights between 4pm and 11pm local time on Monday due to labour shortages, it said in a statement. The move comes…
Flights cancelled, some production suspended in Japan as storm nears
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Monday braced for the impact of a strong approaching typhoon, with airlines cancelling flights and some companies suspending production at factories in the western part of the…
Strike cancels 60 flights at Portugal’s Lisbon airport
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Around 60 flights were cancelled at Lisbon airport on Sunday, the last day of a strike by handling workers that has brought more disruption to summer…
Airlines using Mexico City hub agree to temporary 15% cut in flights
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Airlines using the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City have agreed to temporarily reduce flights at the hub from 61 per hour to 52…
Portuguese airport handling workers’ strike cancels 90 flights
LISBON (Reuters) – Employees of Portugal’s airport handling company Portway began a three-day strike on Friday at its main airports in Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal, forcing cancellations of about 90 flights…
SAS cancels 1,700 flights due to pilot strike, late aircraft deliveries
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scandinavian airline SAS has suspended 1,700 flights in the coming months due partly to a two-week pilot strike in July over collective agreements and delayed aircraft deliveries. SAS, whose…
U.S. lawmakers look to crack down on airlines over canceled flights
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Two U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday proposed making it unlawful for airlines to offer flights if they know they lack sufficient staff or to cancel flights close…
Wizz Air to resume flights from UAE to Russia in October
DUBAI – European budget airline Wizz Air will resume flights from Abu Dhabi to Moscow from October, it said on Thursday, more than five months after the carrier suspended all services to…
S.Korean airlines temporarily cancel flights to Taiwan, media says
SEOUL – South Korea’s Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines are cancelling flights to Taiwan for one or two days because of Chinese military exercises in the area, local media reported on…
Drone sighting prompts brief halt to flights at Washington National
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Officials halted flights into and out of Reagan Washington National Airport for about 13 minutes on Thursday after a drone sighting was reported, the Federal Aviation Administration…
Lufthansa cancels 2,000 additional flights
BERLIN -Lufthansa is cancelling an additional 2,000 flights from Frankfurt and Munich this summer, the German flagship carrier said on Wednesday, citing staffing shortages at airports as well as industrial action and…
Dutch airline KLM to scrap up to 20 European flights a day
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 Schiphol Airport,…
British Airways cancels more flights at ‘most challenging period’ in history
LONDON – British Airways is cancelling more flights scheduled for the summer holiday season, it said on Tuesday, at a time of widespread disruption at airports caused by staff shortages and a…
Brussels Airlines to cancel around 700 flights over summer holiday
BRUSSELS – The Belgian subsidiary of Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, is cancelling close to 700 flights over the summer holiday period, around 6% of those scheduled, to reduce workload and avoid strikes, the…
Lufthansa’s Swiss unit to cut 2% of flights between August and October
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Lufthansa’s Swiss business said on Tuesday it would cut about 2% of its flights scheduled between August and October because of labour shortages, strikes and rising COVID-19 infections. Swiss…
ANA’s low-cost arm to resume flights to Seoul after 2-1/2 years, source says
By Maki Shiraki TOKYO – The low-cost carrier arm of Japan’s ANA Holdings, Peach Aviation, is set to resume flights to Seoul from late August, according to a person familiar with the…
Ryanair says less than 2% of flights affected by strike
DUBLIN – Less than 2% of Ryanair flights scheduled between Friday and Sunday were affected by cabin crew strikes, the Irish low-cost carrier said. Ryanair cabin crew unions in Belgium, Spain, Portugal,…
China Southern Boeing 737 MAX makes test flights as domestic demand picks up
BEIJING/SYDNEY – China Southern Airlines Co Ltd this week conducted test flights with a Boeing Co 737 MAX plane for the first time since March, flight tracking websites showed, in a sign…
California says methane-spotting flights are helping stop leaks
(Reuters) – Airborne surveys of methane plumes spewing from landfills, power plants and oil fields in California have lead to palpable reductions in leaks of the potent greenhouse gas, the state’s air…
Airline EasyJet cancels around 80 flights
(Reuters) – Low-cost carrier EasyJet cancelled 80 flights on Sunday due to the ongoing challenging operating environment. The European airline, in its statement on Sunday, said it was working to help customers…
U.S airlines cancel 2,500 flights over Memorial holiday weekend
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. airlines, which are still rebuilding flight crews after the COVID-19 pandemic travel slowdown, canceled more than 2,500 flights over the four-day Memorial Day holiday that marks…
EasyJet says 200 flights cancelled due to IT issues
LONDON -Low-cost carrier easyJet said an IT problem that caused it to cancel around 200 flights on Thursday had been resolved, but its programme could be disrupted for the rest of the…
KLM temporarily halts ticket sales for Amsterdam flights due to airport chaos
AMSTERDAM -Dutch airline KLM on Thursday said it would largely suspend sales of tickets for all flights leaving from Amsterdam Schiphol airport until Monday as the airport grapples with overcrowding due to…
Nigeria’s Ibom Air rejects industry plan to stop flights over jet fuel cost
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA – Nigerian airline Ibom Air on Saturday said it will not take part in an industry plan to stop flights from Monday over the high cost of jet…
Amsterdam airport asks airlines to cut flights to avoid chaos
AMSTERDAM – Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights over the weekend to avoid chaos due to overcrowding at Europe’s third busiest airport, it said on Thursday. The airport said…
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