U.S. airlines said on Thursday that bookings were strong heading into summer, but higher fuel prices were pressuring profits and Delta Air Lines said it would cut capacity further in response.
U.S. airlines said on Thursday that bookings were strong heading into summer, but higher fuel prices were pressuring profits and Delta Air Lines said it would cut capacity further in response.
United Airlines has been criticised for the placement of an advert at the New York Ground Zero site, which simply reads: 'You're going to like where we land.'
Finnish carrier Blue 1 is expanding in the UK, the low cost budget airline Blue 1, a subsidiary of Scandinavian airline SAS, has started a twice-weekly service between Edinburgh and Helsinki. Edinburgh will be Blue1’s second destination in the UK – it already operates flights between London Heathrow and Helsinki.
Regional carrier Flybe has announced plans to start six weekly flights between Inverness and Amsterdam, a route not currently served by any other airline. The new route, due to launch on September 5, will allow travellers from the north of Scotland to connect with international flights from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, one of Europe’s largest hubs. Flights will be operated, using a 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft, every day of the week except Saturday.
From June 1 Austrian Airlines will be introducing new rules on the amount of baggage passengers are allowed to check-in for free as hold luggage. These new rules have been in place on flights from its Vienna hub to the USA and Canada for “some time”, according to the airline.
Pilots at Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. are to vote on strike action in a poll starting next week after talks about a new pay deal broke down.
Virgin’s offer to lift wages 4 per cent this year and by 3 per cent next year and in 2013 is unacceptable as pilots haven’t had a raise since 2008 and U.K. inflation is forecast to breach 5 per cent, the British Airline Pilots Association said today.
“During the tough years pilots have made sacrifices to help the business on the basis that fair pay would return, but that hasn’t proved to be the case,” Balpa General Secretary Jim McAuslan said by e-mail. “We do not want a strike and have tried every way to avoid it but are resolute in our aim of fairness.”
Ballot papers will be sent out on May 24 and the vote will last four weeks, Balpa said, so that a walkout could start in late June or early July in the event of a “yes” vote, including a mandatory one-week notice period. Virgin Atlantic spokesman Greg Dawson didn’t immediately respond to calls seeking comment.
Talks with Virgin started last year and failed despite the intervention of the government-funded Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, according to the union, which represents 85 per cent of the carrier’s 750 pilots.
Despite regional turmoil, Dubai-based Emirates Airline has posted a 52 per cent rise in net profit in 2010, driven by a surge in passenger numbers and cargo traffic, it was announced on Tuesday. The carrier made a net profit of $1.5 billion for the year, despite widespread regional turmoil, Emirates Group said.
A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing Tuesday night at Will Rogers World Airport after its crew reported smoke in the cockpit, officials said.
For many the idea of airline food is a right turn off, however something different is the case in Coventry, a new restaurant is setting tongues wagging.
A new airline is set to trial a new service between Doncaster Sheffield Airport and Amsterdam.
The Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed there will be an investigation after two Air New Zealand planes were forced to make emergency landings yesterday.
Continental Airlines announced today that it will operate an additional summer service from Shannon to New York. The second daily Boeing 757-200 service to Newark Liberty International Airport will operate four times per week throughout the summer months until September 6, 2011.