Despite the recent softening of traffic volumes, the industry is, overall recovering. As always, we have data to illustrate this. The chart above is through June and that is a quarter ago – but US DoT runs that late. The…
Five years after exiting the lucrative Houston-Lagos route, United Airlines has set plans to operate the first-ever nonstop flight between Washington, D.C., and Lagos and offer more flights between D.C. and Africa than any other US carrier. The airline announced today…
Airbus sent this PR: Delta Air Lines has ordered 30 additional Airbus A321neo aircraft to help meet the airline’s future fleet requirements. The newly-ordered aircraft are in addition to the airline’s existing orders for 125 of the type, bringing the…
Yesterday SkyWest and Embraer announced an order for another 16 E-175s. This order boosts SkyWest’s E-175 fleet, which is already the world’s largest of the type. These 16 aircraft will be used exclusively for Delta Air Lines regional service. SkyWest…
Following American Airlines’ wise investment in Chilean ultra-low-cost carrier JetSMART, Delta and LATAM issued a joint response to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and its request for additional information. Both Delta and LATAM push for antitrust immunity on its…