Japan Airlines has invested $10m in a US start-up which is aiming to bring supersonic travel back to commercial networks – and has options to purchase as many as 20 of the planes.
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has applied for slots to base nine aircraft at Berlin Tegel, a move which would double its number of planes in Germany’s capital city.
Five years on from Willie Walsh’s “knee in the groin” wager with Sir Richard Branson that Virgin Atlantic would disappear, the airline is still flying high. Chief executive Craig Kreeger lifts the lid on why its new tie-up with Air France-KLM is the next logical step amid fierce competition on transatlantic routes.
A new direct flight from Frankfurt to Quito in Ecuador, the host city for Routes Americas 2018, is being launched by German leisure carrier Condor. The service follows successful meetings at this year’s World Routes in Barcelona.
LEVEL, the long-haul low-cost carrier launched by International Airlines Group (IAG) earlier this year, has unveiled the location of its second base and the launch of four new routes.
Flights operated by Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline have been halted after it became the latest airline to file for insolvency, while Switzerland-focussed start-up Powdair has launched a desperate search for funding before its inaugural flight has even taken place.
Japan Airlines and Aeroflot are to start codeshare flights as part of a wider planned collaboration that could lead to a joint business being created in the future.
IAG, the owner of British Airways and Aer Lingus, is to expand its presence at Gatwick Airport after striking a deal to buy the majority of slots vacated by the collapse of Monarch. Hungarian carrier Wizz Air is also set to take Monarch's former slots at London Luton.
China Southern Airlines, a SkyTeam member partly owned by oneworld’s American Airlines, is seeking to further its partnership with the US carrier to help it increase its presence in the transpacific market.
The administrators of failed British airline Monarch have revealed that advanced sale talks were held in the run up to the carrier’s collapse, while its management team were also mulling a change in business strategy to focus on profitable long-haul routes.
Icelandair's Einar Pall Tomasson explains how the airline is responding to aggressive transatlantic competition from the likes of Norwegian and WOW as it seeks to grow its market share.
Routes Europe 2018, the key route development forum for the region, is taking place in Bilbao from 22-24 April 2018. Routesonline takes a look at some of the facts and figures shaping the Basque Country's aviation market.
