Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dreamliner planes since last May because of production flaws. The…
Ticket sales for Virgin Galactic’s spaceflights will open to the public on Wednesday. Reservations start at $450,000, with initial deposits of $150,000. Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said the company plans to start commercial service “later this year” and have its first…
Starting Feb. 16, American Airlines is bringing back hot meals for domestic first-class passengers after a nearly two-year suspension of the service because of the pandemic. On flights of at least 3.5 hours, customers will receive a choice of a protein or…
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has restructured its economy fare into three levels — Light, Essential and Flex — for flights departing from markets other than Hong Kong. The carrier began rolling out the new fares by region last September, officially launching for…
NEW YORK (AP) — Any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be added to the national “no fly” list, Delta Air Lines told the U.S. Department of Justice. In a letter to Justice Department attorney general Merrick Garland…
Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, the two largest U.S. ultralow-cost carriers, plan to merge into a unified airline. Under an agreement announced early Monday, Denver-based Frontier would control 51.5% of the combined carrier. The deal values Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit’s shares at $2.9…
Airlines, unable to fill cockpits with enough U.S. pilots, could soon have a wave of candidates who reside outside the country. Several immigration-law firms have begun advertising to represent foreign pilots who would like to apply for entry to the U.S. via…
Airlines have canceled more than 4,600 U.S. flights on Thursday as Winter Storm Landon wreaks havoc across the Midwest and South. Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, which was closed during the morning hours due to an ice storm, has seen the most cancellations in…
American Airlines has exercised contract options to purchase an additional 23 Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The carrier also plans to exercise seven more Max contract options later this year. Of those 30 planes, 15 are scheduled for delivery in 2023 and 15…
A U.S. bankruptcy court has approved Aeromexico’s plan to exit Chapter 11. Under the reorganization, New York-based Apollo Management Holdings, which lent the airline $1 billion early in the bankruptcy process, will become Aeromexico’s largest shareholder. Aeromexico’s joint-venture partner, Delta, will own…