More than 1,400 U.S. flights canceled by winter storm in Northeast
More than 1,400 U.S. flights were canceled on Sunday after the nation’s northeast states were walloped a day earlier by a deadly winter storm that prompted several states to declare…
U.S. airlines cancel almost 5,000 flights ahead of Nor’easter
U.S. carriers on Friday canceled thousands of flights through the weekend in anticipation of a winter storm forecast to bring high winds and heavy snow across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.…
Qatar Airways Leases Oman Air A330s As A350 Grounding Continues
Qatar Airways is wet leasing three Oman Air A330-300s, joining two B777-300ERs added from Cathay Pacific. It comes as 21 A350s remain grounded due to surface degradation issues. The A330s…
Wizz Air says Omicron uncertainty to hit demand in Q4
Hungary-based carrier Wizz Air posted a third-quarter operating loss of 213.6 million euros and said the fourth quarter loss was likely to be slightly higher than that, before an expected…
IATA calls for end to travel restrictions after announcing 2021 pax, cargo data
Global airline association IATA has urged governments to ease travel restrictions for both vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers after detailing how COVID-19 affected passenger and air freight demand in 2021. “As…
Shipping group MSC, Lufthansa offer to buy Alitalia successor
Swiss-based shipping group MSC and German carrier Lufthansa want to buy the majority of Alitalia successor ITA Airways and have asked for an exclusivity period of 90 days to study…
Lufthansa reschedules some Ukraine flights amid Russia tensions
Germany’s Lufthansa has rescheduled at least two flights to Ukraine this week, in one of the first changes to air traffic since the latest step-up in tensions between Russia and…
Lufthansa, Air France join forces against EU’s climate plans for aviation
An alliance of airlines and airports called for changes to the European Union’s planned climate change legislation on Monday, arguing it will make them less competitive with non-European rivals. Taking…