Argentine flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas will begin operating flights to the USA from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery – the first intercontinental connections to depart from Buenos Aires’ downtown airport, rather than the much larger Ezeiza Ministro Pistorini International airport on the outskirts of the city.
As part of its bid to acquire Spirit Airlines, New York-based JetBlue Airways has entered a divestiture agreement to give Spirit’s gates and slots at New York’s LaGuardia airport to rival ultra-low cost carrier Frontier Airlines.
Boeing’s 787 programme continues gaining momentum as the airframer’s assembly plant in Charleston has stepped up production of its flagship widebody jet to four aircraft monthly.
Domestic air travel demand has “fully recovered” from the Covid-19 crisis, according to IATA, with overall global traffic now less than 10% down on 2019 levels as international markets catch up.
Scandinavian carrier SAS turned in a lower pre-tax loss of SKr3.8 billion ($350 million) for the first half of the year, including a SKr1.4 billion loss for the second quarter. While pre-tax losses reduced, SAS’s net loss for the three months to 30 April remained at SKr1.5 billion. SAS raised ...