Air Freight News
El Al welcomes ‘positive’ Saudi decision to lift restrictions
Israel’s flag carrier El Al said it welcomes the “very positive” decision by Saudi Arabia to open its airspace to all airlines, including flights traveling…
Boeing badly needs a win at first big air show after lockdowns
As the aerospace world gathers in southern England next week for the first major commercial show since 2019, the stakes are particularly high for one…
SAS warns pilot strike puts at risk emergency bridge financing
Scandinavian carrier SAS AB has warned that emergency funding related to a bankruptcy process in the US is at risk from a pilots strike that…
United Air, pilots to reopen negotiations on pending contract
(Bloomberg) -- United Airlines Holdings Inc.’s pilots union says the carrier agreed to re-engage in talks to improve terms of the tentative contract agreement the…
Lufthansa scraps 2,000 more flights as travel disruptions spread
Deutsche Lufthansa AG plans to cut an additional 2,000 flights until the end of August, bringing the airline’s total number of cancellations to almost 6,000…
Delta leads airlines lower as rising costs eat into profits
Delta Air Lines Inc. fell short of profit expectations in the second quarter and said high operating costs will persist through the rest of the…
Delta profit miss signals cost-increase spiral for airlines
Delta Air Lines Inc. fell short of profit expectations in the second quarter and said high operating costs will persist through the rest of the…
Air France-KLM low cost carrier scraps flights on strikes
Air France-KLM’s French low-cost carrier, Transavia, cancelled 15% of flights amid a dispute with cabin crew, exacerbating the chaos engulfing European air travel.
SAS resumes talks with pilot unions as most flights grounded
Scandinavian carrier SAS AB resumed negotiations with pilot unions in Stockholm on Wednesday in an effort to resolve a strike that has grounded most of…
South African Airways sale part of vital reforms, minister says
South Africa’s minister in charge of embattled state-owned companies gave an impassioned defense of the sale of a majority stake in the national carrier for…