While a number of major airlines refused to fly immigrant children that had been separated from their families at the U.S. border, United Airlines (United) has announced it will be donating flights in order to reunite children who have been separated from their immigrant families. Earlier last week the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education
WOW air, Iceleand‘s only low-fare airline, will now take Canadians from airport runways to high fashion Italian runways all year round as the airline expands its service to Milan starting this November. Travellers from Toronto and Montreal will be able to plan an affordable Italian escape this winter, leaving foodies with enough budget for what
Effective October 3, 2018, Etihad Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its scheduled services from Abu Dhabi to Rabat, capital of the Kingdom of Morocco, replacing the Airbus A330-300 currently serving the route. The introduction of the technologically advanced aircraft on Rabat services is a further boost to its presence in the Moroccan
Delta Air Lines and its partner Aeromexico will connect the city of Detroit with Queretaro starting Sept. 17, 2018, creating a bridge between these two major industrial cities. This is the 13th route launched under the Joint Cooperation Agreement between both airlines, strengthening the power of the network in the transborder market. The route will
Delta Air Lines and WestJet have signed a definitive agreement to create a comprehensive transborder joint venture arrangement that will offer customers an extensive route network within the U.S. and Canada. The agreement deepens the existing codeshare partnership between the carriers and follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding in December 2017 announcing the
Ryanair has signed its third cabin crew union recognition agreement with Ver.di Union on July 19. Ver.di will now be the representative body for all directly employed Cabin Crew operating on Ryanair aircraft in Germany. This cabin crew recognition agreement follows extensive negotiations with Ver.di and covers the German market. This agreement follows Ryanair’s first
In a remarkable political turnaround since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in February after the resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn, a generation of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the long-running border war has come to an end. The result has seen the first commercial flight between the two countries for twenty years with
Air Nostrum and CityJet have signed a Heads of Terms with the aim to bring about closer co-operation between the two airlines under the umbrella of a new holding company. Such a development will be subject to obtaining the requisite regulatory approvals and the preparation of the relevant filings has begun. The coming together of
Ryanair has been forced to cancel 30 of its 290 Irish flights on Thursday, July 12, after strike action was taken by a number of its pilots. The strike is over disagreements on seniority and promotions after 99 percent supported the action according to pilot union Forsa. Ryanair refuted the numbers quoted, stating that only
Qatar Airways has upgraded its capacity to the Scottish capital, Edinburgh to the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900 in order to meet increasing demand from passengers. The daily service between Doha and Edinburgh was previously operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The new capacity to Edinburgh will provide even more flexibility and convenience to passengers travelling
