Hawaiian Airlines stock nearly tripled Monday morning, following Sunday’s announcement that Alaska Airlines has reached a $1.9 billion agreement to purchase Hawaiian. Hawaiian share prices were trading around $14 by 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, an increase of approximately 190% from Friday’s closing…
Singapore Airlines has named David Lau regional vice president of the Americas. Lau is based in Los Angeles and is responsible for the airline’s regional sales, marketing, finance and administration in addition to Singapore Airlines’ cargo and passenger operations at gateways at…
Hawaiian Airlines will start flying daily from Salt Lake City to Honolulu on May 15. Tickets are on sale now. Salt Lake City will be Hawaiian’s 16th gateway on the U.S. mainland. The carrier will fly a two-cabin Airbus A321neo on the…
The Clear registered-travel program will begin using facial-recognition technology at its airport security lanes over the course of 2024. The technology, which Clear is calling NetGen Identity+, will replace the company’s current biometric identification system, which relies on iris and fingerprint checks….
The Federal Aviation Administration will expedite the pathway to a controller tower for graduates of college and university air traffic controller training programs. The move is an attempt by the FAA to ease what is currently a 2,500-person shortfall of U.S. air…
American Airlines on Nov. 21 filed a scathing response to ASTA’s complaint to the Department of Transportation about the carrier’s distribution strategy, calling the complaint “frivolous” and asking the DOT to dismiss it. ASTA filed its complaint in September because of American’s…
United Airlines customers can now combine flights to or from Frankfurt Airport with train reservations on the Deutsche Bahn rail network in a single booking. Integrated plane and rail travel is available to or from 25 German cities (plus Basel, Switzerland) via…
American Airlines has removed service between Seattle and London Heathrow from it schedule. American had flown Seattle-London since March 2021, excluding a pause in summer 2022. This year the carrier operated the route through October and had plans to resume the service…
The Dutch government on Tuesday suspended its plan to further reduce its flight cap at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for the summer 2024 season in an effort to reduce noise pollution. The decision comes after U.S. and EU representatives met on Monday to…
United Airlines plans to invest more than $1.9 billion in United’s hub in Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and the Houston Airport System will invest $624 million. The Terminal B project will include the construction of 40 new gates for…