Air Freight News
AirAsia to shut down its Japanese operations, Nikkei reports
AirAsia Group Bhd. is closing down its operations in Japan as it grapples with coronavirus-related restrictions on global travel, Nikkei reported, citing an unidentified person…
Boeing tempers hoopla on Max’s return after crisis ‘dug a hole’
Boeing Co. is plotting a low-key comeback for the 737 Max, the grounded jetliner that has spent almost two years engulfed in controversy and tragedy…
Airlines near 50,000 job cuts as American, United feel squeeze
U.S. airlines are preparing to lay off tens of thousands of workers starting Thursday unless they get additional federal aid, sparking a plea from Treasury…
Atlas Air Pilots finish seniority integration plan; put all contract issues on the table
Atlas Air pilots have provided all of the information the company claimed was holding up contract talks and today called on management to stop stalling,…
Boeing plans a quiet comeback for 737 Max as grounding nears end
Boeing Co. is plotting a low-key comeback for the 737 Max, the grounded jetliner that has spent almost two years engulfed in controversy and tragedy…
Fresh drop in commercial flights adds to jet-fuel glut concerns
Autumn has arrived in the northern hemisphere, and with it a fresh slump in commercial flights that will alarm the world’s oil refineries as they…
Lufthansa’s India spat highlights barriers to long-haul return
Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s decision to scrap flights to India following a clash over coronavirus-related travel curbs illustrates just how difficult bringing back inter-continental flights is…
Covid-19 risk on Qantas flight highest in window seats in economy class
The spread of Covid-19 on a Qantas Airways Ltd. flight in March showed people in window seats in the middle of the economy cabin had…
French probe into A380 engine blowout reveals metal safety risks
A three-year French investigation into a near-catastrophic Airbus SE A380 engine blowout over Greenland found hidden weaknesses in the structure of a widely used metal…
Millions fly with China’s airlines as pandemic drags on others
The world’s harried airline bosses will look enviously to China this week as millions of people take to the skies for national holidays, helping Chinese…