United Airlines to announce order for 110 Airbus, Boeing jets – sources

United Airlines to announce order for 110 Airbus, Boeing jets – sources

A United Airlines Airbus A319-100 jet takes off from Washington National Airport in Washington, U.S., August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 3 (Reuters) – United Airlines (UAL.O) is set to announce an order for 110 aircraft from Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA) on Tuesday, a purchase that includes 50 widebody Boeing … Read more

Air Canada pilots stage protests in Toronto as contract deadline looms

Air Canada pilots stage protests in Toronto as contract deadline looms

Air Canada planes are parked at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 29 (Reuters) – Air Canada (AC.TO) pilots staged a protest at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Friday, demanding better pay and benefits as talks over a new contract covering 4,500 pilots at Canada’s … Read more

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France CEO Anne Rigail attends a pannel at the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in Paris, France, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/file photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Air France (AIRF.PA), airport group ADP (ADP.PA) and motorway operators criticised the French government’s plans to impose a new tax on … Read more

US government shutdown could add misery to air travel

US government shutdown could add misery to air travel

[1/2]Travelers wait in lines at LaGuardia Airport in New York City after hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed at New York-area airports as more air traffic controllers called in sick on Friday, in one of the most tangible signs yet of disruption from a 35-day partial shutdown of the U.S. Acquire Licensing Rights Read … Read more

Ryanair says EU minimum pricing on flights ‘politically impossible’

Ryanair says EU minimum pricing on flights ‘politically impossible’

Employees work on a Ryanair plane preparing to take off at the Rosalia De Castro airport in Santiago de Compostela, Spain June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) said on Thursday it did not see a risk of the European Union introducing minimum prices or compulsory … Read more

KLM cancels flights over Azerbaijan due to Nagorno-Karabakh escalation

KLM cancels flights over Azerbaijan due to Nagorno-Karabakh escalation

Logo of Air France KLM Group is pictured on the first Air France airliner’s Airbus A350 during a ceremony at the aircraft builder’s headquarters of Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights AMSTERDAM, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Air France’s KLM said on Tuesday that it had cancelled … Read more

UK air traffic meltdown ‘one in 15 million’ event

UK air traffic meltdown ‘one in 15 million’ event

Passengers awaiting news on cancelled or delayed flights at London Stansted Airport gesture as they discuss the situation on Monday, in Stansted, Britain August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Raphael Satter/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – An air traffic meltdown in Britain was caused by a “one in 15 million” event, the boss of … Read more

United Airlines says software update prompted ground stop

United Airlines says software update prompted ground stop

The One World trace Center and the New York skyline are seen while United Airlines planes use the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – United Airlines (UAL.O) said it has ended an hour-long nationwide ground stop … Read more

Flights cancelled, businesses closed in Hong Kong, Guangdong as Typhoon Saola nears

Flights cancelled, businesses closed in Hong Kong, Guangdong as Typhoon Saola nears

[1/5]A customer walks past nearly empty shelves at a supermarket as super typhoon Saola approaches, in Hong Kong, China August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu Acquire Licensing Rights HONG KONG, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Hundreds of flights were cancelled in China’s Guangdong province and Hong Kong as Super Typhoon Saola moved closer to the mainland on … Read more

UK air traffic failure set to disrupt flights for days

UK air traffic failure set to disrupt flights for days

Around 1,500 flights cancelled on Monday Knock-on effects to last for days Ryanair asks questions over lack of a back-up system LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – The British government was working with airlines on Tuesday to help ensure passengers stranded in airports across Europe can get home after an air traffic control glitch caused widespread … Read more