United Airlines flyers will soon have the option of using PayPal QR codes to make contactless payments onboard. The carrier said the deployment will begin in November on select flights out of Chicago O’Hare and will be extended to its broader network…
American Airlines Business Extra program members now are able to redeem points for carbon offsets with the carrier’s carbon-offset platform partner Cool Effect. The offsets are one of three new options added this week for Business Extra members. Members now also can…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Galactic said that the FAA has cleared it to resume launches after an investigation into why its spaceship veered off course while descending during a July flight with founder Richard Branson aboard. The company said it was…
BOSTON — IATA is calling for clarity on which vaccines the U.S. will accept when it reopens to visitors from Europe, China, Brazil, India and elsewhere next month. “The lack of further details is hampering operational planning for the airlines and passenger…
U.S. airlines mostly abandoned propeller planes in the 1990s. But considerations by Embraer to build a next-generation, large regional turboprop aircraft for first delivery late this decade could jump-start a resurgence. The planes aren’t as fast as jet planes, especially on longer…
BOSTON — Globally, airlines will lose $51.8 billion in 2021, with losses persisting next year, but dropping to $11.6 billion, according to a new estimate released by IATA. However, North American carriers will enjoy much better results, with estimated 2022 profits of…
American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue all are implementing Covid-19 vaccine mandates for employees in light of recent guidance from the White House that federal contractors must be vaccinated by Dec. 8. U.S. President Joe Biden last month announced in a set…
Regional airline ExpressJet will resume service next month, launching its new leisure brand Aha! as it does so. The name, the company explained, is short for “air-hotel adventure,” a nod to plans for Aha! to offer value-priced leisure packages. ExpressJet will base…
Codeshare agreements announced Tuesday would give United customers greater access to southern Africa and American customers increased access to India. United’s agreement with South Africa-based Airlink would open United flyers to Airlink’s 40-plus destinations. It would also augment United’s existing partnership with…
In contrast to the requirements imposed on bus lines and trains, the American with Disabilities Act doesn’t require airlines to make it possible for passengers to travel in their personal wheelchairs. However, a newly released National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report concludes…