Qantas has unveiled images of new first-class and business-class suites on nonstop flights from Sydney and Melbourne to New York and London. Those routes, which will be the world’s longest nonstop flights, are slated for a late 2025 launch. Qantas will fly…
United Airlines has launched a new investment fund focused on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) research, technology and production, the carrier announced Tuesday. Dubbed the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund, it is starting with more than $100 million in investments from United,…
Lufthansa plans to cancel about 34,000 flights from its summer 2023 schedule, German business weekly WirtschaftsWocke reported last week. Lufthansa did not confirm the number of flights it would cancel but did confirm it would be “adjusting its flight schedule for the…
It appears that the inclement weather that sparked cancellations and delays for North American carriers at the end of December had a negative effect on their overall on-time monthly performance. Average North American airline on-time performance in December plunged more than 10…
A United Airlines technology upgrade will make it easier for children 11 and under to sit next to an accompanying adult without extra charges. In addition, policy changes by the airline will guarantee that children can sit with an adult guardian free…
Canadian discount carrier Lynx Air has launched its third route to the U.S. Lynx is now flying three times weekly between its home base in Calgary, Alberta, and Los Angeles. • Related: Jetlines announces its first U.S. routes The LAX service introduction…
As airports go, Syracuse Hancock in upstate New York is pretty small. Still, said Jason Mehl, the airport’s chief commercial officer, in a typical year it will log approximately 700 items into its lost and found. Once, Mehl said, a passenger used…
American Airlines is reorganizing its North America-based sales team. In a letter that went out to American’s sales partners Thursday, vice president of global sales Thomas Rajan said the team will be divided into four primary verticals. Hank Benedetti will oversee corporate…
JetBlue launched its European service in 2021 with flights to London and will start flights to Paris this summer. It appears that Amsterdam was to be the carrier’s third Europe destination, but JetBlue hasn’t been able to secure slots at Schiphol Airport. …
A United Airlines Boeing 777 taking off from Maui in December went into a steep dive shortly after takeoff, Flightradar24 data shows. United Flight 1722 took off from Maui at 2:49 p.m. en route to San Francisco. After 71 seconds, the aircraft…