Air Freight News
American Air joins rush to provide preflight virus testing
American Airlines Group Inc. joined the dash among U.S. carriers to offer preflight coronavirus testing to Jamaica and Hawaii that it hopes to eventually expand…
South African Airways placed under care and maintenance
The administrators of South Africa’s insolvent national airline have placed it under care and maintenance, suspending all of its operations, while they wait for the…
New Democratic relief bill would extend airline aid to March
Airline workers facing massive job losses this week would get a six-month reprieve in a House bill that includes more than $28 billion in payroll…
Singapore Airlines turns A380 superjumbo into pop-up restaurant
Singapore Airlines Ltd. is opening one of its Airbus SE A380 superjumbos as a temporary restaurant, joining a gaggle of other carriers trying out novel…
Latest Democratic relief bill would extend airline aid to March
Airline workers facing massive job losses this week would get a six-month reprieve in a House bill that includes more than $28 billion in payroll…
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House bill takes aim at FAA’s delegation to Boeing of oversight
House lawmakers unveiled bipartisan legislation to reform aircraft manufacturing in the wake of the Boeing Co. 737 Max disasters, an effort that would partially undo…
United Airlines pilots approve pay cut to avoid job losses
United Airlines Holdings Inc.’s pilots agreed to accept lower minimum pay guarantees to prevent almost 4,000 of their members from being put on furlough.
South African treasury seeks conditions on SAA loan guarantees
South Africa’s National Treasury wants strict conditions attached to any guarantees it provides for loans to the country’s embattled state airline, according to two people…
ANA drops most since April after reports of $1.9 billion raising
ANA Holdings Inc. tumbled as much as 8.5% in Tokyo trading Monday, its biggest intraday drop since April 1, after a report the airline is…
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Qatar Air gets $2 billion state aid to weather virus crisis
Qatar Airways received 7.3 billion riyals ($2 billion) state aid as the coronavirus pandemic brought global air travel to a near halt.