Unions representing 85% of American Airlines’ workforce called on Congress and the White House to promptly pass an aid to keep U.S. carriers afloat amid the complete collapse in air travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
American Airlines is utilizing its currently grounded passenger aircraft to move cargo between the US and Europe, underscoring the importance of its routes for trade.
U.S. airlines stripped their international schedules to skeletal levels over the weekend, parking their widebody fleets and signaling difficult decisions ahead over reining in labor costs.
American Airlines will lease 22 Boeing 787-8s from Singapore-based BOC Aviation, the lessor announced Mar. 10 in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Italian flag carrier Alitalia has suspended Milan Malpensa flights as part of efforts to control the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy. American Airlines and LATAM Airlines Group have also halted flights to Milan.
This week: Pegasus Airlines is adding more capacity into Israel; Viva Air Colombia is moving into a market vacated by Avianca; and Delta Air Lines is resuming service between Seattle and Dallas/Ft. Worth after a 14-year hiatus.
As COVID-19 coronavirus spreads globally, the number of international departure seats from China is set to drop by more than 5.5 million in March 2020 as airlines across the world continue suspending service.
American Airlines (AA) and Qatar Airways have reached a rapprochement following their long-standing dispute over alleged government subsidies to the Gulf carrier.
The expanded West Coast alliance between American Airlines and Alaska Airlines looks set to deal a big win for both parties and a fresh blow to Delta Air Lines, according to several analysts who commented on the deal.
Weekly capacity between New York and Manchester during the summer is set to drop by a third compared with 2019, but United Airlines is awaiting price stabilization before deciding whether to expand.
Alaska Airlines and American Airlines expand their partnership, paving the way for new international routes from Seattle including the first nonstop service to connect to Bengaluru, India.
American Airlines and United Airlines both announced on Feb. 4 plans to suspend their Hong Kong operations through Feb. 20, citing lower travel demand caused by the spread of a novel coronavirus in China.
