Turkish Airlines will debut Istanbul-Newark service on May 21. Newark, to which Turkish had initially planned to begin flying last May, will be the 10th U.S. gateway for the global carrier, joining Atlanta, Boston, Washington Dulles, Houston Bush, LAX, JFK, Miami, San…
Alaska Airlines will make Belize the fourth foreign country it flies to, joining Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. The carrier said Wednesday that it will put tickets on sale in early June for Belize City, hinting that service will be offered from…
Airline trade groups are pushing the Canadian government to open their air border to more U.S. travelers. The National Airlines Council of Canada and Airlines for America, trade associations representing airlines in Canada and the U.S., sent a letter Friday urging Justin Trudeau’s…
Problems with Qatar Airways, Al Baker warned, will cause Airbus “a stress in the relationship with IAG, with LatAm, with other airlines in which we have a shareholding” The warning comes days after the airline chief criticized Airbus’s giant A380 jets over…
The Dubai-based carrier has suspended passenger operations from India through June 30 as the country battles the pandemic Emirates on Sunday suspended passenger flights from India through June 30 as the Southeast Asian country continues its battle against Covid-19. UAE Nationals, holders…
Southwest Airlines has permanently banned the 28-year-old passenger accused of striking a flight attendant on a Sacramento, California, to San Diego flight Sunday. The flight attendant’s union said she lost two teeth. Sonya Lacore, Southwest’s vice president of in-flight operations, announced the ban in a memo to flight…
Emirates is ready to fly you on a quarantine-free vacation to Italy once again. Beginning June 1, passengers can fly from New York (JFK) to Milan (MXP) without the need to quarantine. Instead of staying in place for weeks on end, Emirates…
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant delivered good news to passengers boarding the Providence, Rhode Island, to Chicago flight in mid-May. “We’re not going to be completely full on this flight,” he said, directing those traveling solo to pick an aisle or window seat. “We’re…
The founder of JetBlue is back with another genius idea: an airline that actually cares about its customers. David Neeleman is a man on a mission. The visionary leader who put live TV on JetBlue planes and the airline guru who built…
Breeze Airways, a new budget airline from the founder of JetBlue, will take off on May 27 with flights concentrated in the southeastern U.S. The airline, whose launch was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic that devastated travel, initially plans to offer flights to and…