As capacity steadily returns to Canada’s market, the country’s flag carrier has reiterated calls for the government to help quicken the pace of recovery by easing COVID-19 travel measures.
Virgin Atlantic is closing its operations at LGW and cutting almost a third of its 10,000 staff as the airline scales back its business in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lufthansa is to permanently decommission more than 40 aircraft including six Airbus A380s, reduce Eurowings’ long-haul business and scrap its Germanwings brand.
This week: El Al Israel Airlines adds more North American points; Hainan Airlines to open Shenzhen - Rome route; and Eurowings schedules Las Vegas service.
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This week: Norwegian trims transatlantic services from the UK; KLM adds Vegas but cuts African routes; Ryanair's new French bases; Air France unveils new A330 economy cabins and more.
US start-up California Pacific Airlines, the brainchild of 97-year-old entrepreneur Ted Vallas, is set to take to the skies during the fourth quarter after several years of false dawns.
Ahead of speaking at Routes Americas 2018 in Quito, VivaAerobus' chief executive Juan Carlos Zuazua discusses the airline's successful past 12 months and why more routes to the US could be on the agenda.
