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[April 15, 2021 7:00 am ET] American Airlines Expands Services for the Summer

[April 14, 2021 6:45 am ET] United Airlines Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Carbon Reduction Alliance

[April 17, 2021 5:30 am ET] Singapore Airlines Passenger Capacity Down – Sees Hope For Measured…

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Trulli — An artist's rendering of an Air Transat A321LR (Photo: Air Transat)

[ Airlines ]March 15, 2021 10:10 am ET

By Vanni Gibertini

Grounded Air Transat Investigates Alternatives To Air Canada Deal

Canadian leisure airline Air Transat is exploring its options as the takeover deal that would see it become part of the Air Canada Group is still being vetted by the European Commission. The Montreal-based carrier grounded all its flights on Jan. 29 following the decision by the Canadian government to ask all airlines to suspend for 90 days all services to Mexico and the Caribbeans in an attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unsustainable Losses Air Transat…

[ Airlines ]January 10, 2019 8:52 pm ET

By Jack Dawin

Regional Airline Flybe Rescued as Part of Virgin Atlantic Deal

U.K. airline Flybe is to be involved in a consortium led by Virgin Atlantic that will effectively rescue the regional airline. The news comes after months of uncertainty of the carrier, which carried 9.5 million passengers in 2017/2018 with an average load factor of 75.6 percent. The Downfall Although a…