SkyTeam members Delta and Northwest Airlines, and four allies – Air France, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines and KLM – have asked for antitrust immunity from US officials, claiming that closer alliance co-operation would increase traveller choices by 42% on existing routes. Northwest particularly needs the deal now that long-time bilateral partner KLM is owned by Air
Source: Airline Business
South African Airways is to resume its service to the Australian city of Perth by the end of April, continuing a restoration of the flag-carrier’s long-haul services. It has already re-introduced flights to Sao Paulo in Brazil, around six months ago. SAA’s rebuilding of its network had already been planned ...
Southwest Airlines is cutting several destinations from its network, pushing employee time-off programmes, and considering seating changes after surging costs and Boeing 737 Max delivery delays pushed it to a $231 million first-quarter loss.
UK regional carrier Loganair is to cut three routes from its network and reduce frequencies on some others following a review by new chief executive Luke Farajallah aimed at improving its operational resilience.
