Air Canada has announced that it will retire its twenty-five Embraer 190 aircraft within the next 18 months. The airline made the announcement as it prepares to take delivery of its new Bombardier CS300 aircraft, which is slated to be delivered late 2019. The Embraer 190s are operated as Air Canada’s mainline fleet and are […]
On Monday, President Trump proposed an increase to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) fees placed on airline tickets in order to upgrade the agency’s current technology, as part of an effort to make the airport screening process more streamlined and efficient. The $71 million upgrade will most likely see TSA fees on each one-way ticket increase […]
Blockchain technology, which allows cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to operate, has been taking the world by storm lately. Blockchain technology is a decentralized method of maintaining records, operated on a peer-to-peer network. Currently, most financial institutions use a centralized method, which is more vulnerable to being hacked, can be slower, and results in additional fees. With […]
The U.S. Copyright Board has rejected American Airline’s logo for a second time. The logo, which was adopted in 2013, after a merger with US Airways, features a white eagle’s head sticking out of a blue and red diagonal bar. The Board released a five-page report explaining why the logo does not contain the creativity […]
Major airline stocks took a hit on Wednesday due to fears that United’s new expansion plan will undercut prices and profits. The stocks belonged to airlines such as American, Delta, Southwest and even United itself. United’s new plan, announced by President of United Airlines Scott Kirby, states that the airline is planning to add between 4% […]
The government of India has announced a plan for the sale of Air India, after an earlier decision to privatize the company. The Indian government announced that will be dividing state-owned Air India into four separate companies, offering at least 51 percent of each entity, as part of a proposed divestment plan. The new plan […]
Late last month, it was reported that Alaska Airlines and Virgin America would begin to fly under a single operating certificate (SOC) as early as January 2018. The two carriers will begin to operate under a single operating certificate on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. After 14 years of operation, Virgin America will cease the use […]
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the airline, along with major carriers American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines of collusion and conspiring to raise fares by reducing seating capacity on their flights. In simple terms, collusion is basically an agreement between two or more parties, […]
On Wednesday, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has announced that it will be ending shuttle service for its West Coast flights from its Los Angeles and Seattle hubs. “Shuttle” service within the airline industry often refers to the additional service airlines provide on highly competitive routes. These routes, which are often used by business travelers, receive […]
Austrian low-cost carrier, Niki, announced that it was filing for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. A subsidiary of Air Berlin, who also went bankrupt this past August after Etihad Airways pulled the plug on its cash flow, Niki applied for protection in a Berlin court but stated that they would be carrying out bankruptcy procedures under […]
