Delta Air Lines (Delta) and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its affiliates (LATAM) have received regulatory approval for their trans-American Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) from Brazil’s competition authority, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE). The proposed JVA between Delta and LATAM, which was presented to the CADE on July 14, 2020,was approved without conditions,
Qatar Airways will operate four weekly flights to Accra, Ghana via Lagos from September 29, 2020, becoming the fourth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic. The Accra service will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring 22 seats in Business
Delta has effectively managed staffing between now and the peak 2021 summer season for most frontline groups. “Avoiding involuntary furloughs in this unprecedented environment is entirely due to the innovation, hard work and shared sacrifice of our people,” CEO Ed Bastian said. “Our teams have done an extraordinary job identifying opportunities to spread work around
oneworld® member airlines have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, becoming the first global airline alliance to unite behind a common target to achieve carbon neutrality. The alliance’s 13 member airlines plan to achieve this target within the existing environmental framework previously agreed to by governments, including through the International Civil Aviation Organisation
Singapore Airlines has announced that it is to pare back staffing levels by approximately 20%, shedding 4,300 jobs as it struggles to deal with the drop in demand for air travel as a consequence of the COVID-109 pandemic. Taking into account voluntary departure schemes, standard attrition and a freeze on recruitment, the actual number of
JetBlue will launch 24 new routes later this year aimed at immediately generating cash and capturing traffic on a variety of new, nonstop routes, many never flown before by the airline. Each route plays to JetBlue’s strengths in the airline’s focus cities, in Florida, in Latin American and the Caribbean or on cross-country, or transcontinental
Ryanair is closing its base in Düsseldorf. This was announced by the management on September 10, according to the Handelsblatt. Seven jets will be withdrawn, while 200 employees are affected. Ryanair management says the closure is a direct result of Düsseldorf Airport’s refusal to reduce its extremely high charges due to the Covid-19-crisis and a
Icelandair is set to become a new airline partner in easyJet’s unique connections service, Worldwide by easyJet. The partnership with Icelandair is expected to go live in the coming weeks including at its major European airports Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol, with the service due to go live at other airports in the coming
Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana will introduce direct flights from Frankfurt to Almaty on October 2., with departure times optimized to meet connections from the U.K. cities of London Heathrow, Birmingham, and Manchester by partner Lufthansa. Both airlines operate from Frankfurt Terminal 1 providing seamless connections in both directions. Frankfurt to Almaty joins Air Astana’s network
Finnair has received permission from Chinese-authorities to operate one weekly flight between Helsinki and Nanjing as of September 11. The route will be operated with Airbus A350 aircraft until October 18, and it supports cargo and passenger travel demand between Europe and China. Finnair currently offers smooth connections to 30 destinations in Europe and Finland
