Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is now looking to ramp-up winter capacity this year, having posted its first quarterly pretax profit since late 2019. This has been achieved through a combination of lower fuel costs, higher ticket prices and strong demand. SAS has been under bankruptcy protection since July 2022, but has achieved a pretax profit of
Effective October 30, 2023, Qatar Airways will increase frequency to New York (JFK) from two to three daily flights. Offering new connections between New York and more than 80 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, the new flights will conveniently arrive early morning and depart late evening from New York
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has confirmed that it will allow a number of increased direct flights between China and the U.S. This will see weekly round trip flight number increase to 18 (from 12) on September 1, 2023, and this number rise to 24 on October 19. Carrier covered by this new order
Delta and LATAM’s first new joint venture route in the Brazilian market has landed in Los Angeles (LAX). The Boeing 777 aircraft departed São Paulo (GRU) on Tuesday, August 1, and turned the largest city in California into LATAM’s 22nd international destination from Brazil. It is also LATAM Brazil’s fifth destination in the U.S. after
easyJet, the British low-cost airline, has made the decision to cancel approximately 1,700 flights for the duration of this summer. The cancellations are a result of strikes, insufficient staff numbers, and the closure of airspace. easyJet recently announced that the majority of the affected flights are those operating to and from Gatwick Airport, located south
Emirates has taken off to Montréal, marking the airline’s first passenger flight to Québec’s culture capital, its second gateway in Canada. The new daily service to Montréal complements Emirates’ seven weekly services to Toronto and takes the airline’s North American network to 14 destinations and a total of 18 across the Americas. The service will
Texel Air, a Bahraini cargo airline, has launched a sister airline, Texel Air Australasia, located at Auckland International Airport New Zealand. Texel Air Bahrain, headquartered in the Middle East, was formed by Founder and Chairman John Chisholm. Texel Air Australasia was officially launched on Saturday June 10, 2023, from Auckland International Airport as New Zealand’s
Having had the federal government block plans for JetBlue to merge with Spirit Airlines (Spirit), American Airlines now finds itself in trouble with JetBlue. Once again, the US courts have intervened and demanded that American Airlines end its alliance with JetBlue within the next 30 days. The alliance was first announced in 2020 under the
easyJet has released that it will be expanding its UK network by opening a new base at Birmingham Airport next spring. The investment will create around 100 direct jobs for pilots and crew in the UK and support around 1,200 jobs in total. easyJet currently employs around ten thousand people across England, Scotland and Northern
National Jet Express (NJE), a subsidiary of the Rex Group, has made its highly anticipated entry into the Queensland market by securing a long-term contract. NJE recently announced that it had been chosen to provide services to BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), a renowned global mining operator. Chris Hine, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of
