United Airlines has asked the US Department of Transportation to suspend Aeroflot flights to Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, in retaliation for Russia's 1995 decision to bar United's codeshare with Lufthansa for services between the Moscow and the USA, via Frankfurt. More recently, Russia refused United permission to fly over the Russian Far East, a route which would have made the airline's flights to the Pacific shorter.
Source: Flight International
Porter Airlines is the latest Canadian carrier to tweak its schedule based on weakening demand for US travel, though it pledged to maintain a substantial operation to the USA during the summer air travel season.
EasyJet has opened bases at London Southend, Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino airports as it plots moderate capacity growth this summer.
British Airways owner IAG expects to take a financial hit in the “tens of millions” of euros from the complete shutdown of Heathrow airport for the best part of a day on 21 March.
