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Japan’s newest low-cost carrier is hiring around 100 staff
At a time most airlines are shedding jobs, there is one that’s hiring -- a new low-cost carrier called Zipair Tokyo Inc.
Boeing’s 737 Max gets double dose of bad news
Even as the jet prepares to fly again, there will be few takers. Key customers American Airlines and Southwest are the latest to signal a…
US airlines seek Covid testing to sidestep travel quarantines
A coalition of airline and travel industry groups is urging top U.S. officials to develop standards for rapid testing and other measures to sidestep the…
Boeing Max ‘high on China’s minds,’ but no clear return date
China doesn’t have a clear timetable for when Boeing Co.’s 737 Max can return to service, though it has been holding talks with the company…
Hong Kong’s property market takes hit from Cathay job cuts
Calls from laid off Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. pilots began arriving at OKAY Property Agency Ltd. not long after the Hong Kong airline announced one…
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United tries out new virus-test app on Heathrow-Newark flight
A United Airlines Holdings Inc. flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, performed the first U.S. trial of a new digital health app designed to…
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Cathay Pacific joins global jobs cull, retires Dragon brand
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will slash more than 5,000 jobs and close a regional carrier, the latest airline to enact a sweeping restructuring…
Cathay to cut 6,000 jobs and close Dragon brand, SCMP says
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will cut 6,000 jobs and close its Cathay Dragon brand, the South China Morning Post reported, as part of a strategic…
Singapore Airlines to restart non-stop flights to New York City
Singapore Airlines Ltd. will restart 19-hour non-stop flights to New York next month, betting that demand will recover as the coronavirus pandemic eases in its…
U.S. air passengers exceed 1 million, first time since March
The virus-ravaged airline industry reached a milestone Sunday, carrying more than 1 million passengers for the first time in seven months.