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International Consolidated Airlines Group falls Wednesday, underperforms market
Shares of International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. IAG dropped 1.44% to £4.03 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.07% to 10,694.50.
United Airlines Holdings Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors
Shares of United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL shed 1.22% to $103.43 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.28% to 7,743.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Pilots are 'falling asleep' mid-flight as stark warning issued for airlines
Pilots are falling asleep in the cockpit because they're so overworked, a damning new report claims. A survey of 7,200 pilots commissioned by the European Cockpit Association (ECA) warned of tiredness leading to 'micro-sleeps in the cockpit'. One…
50,000 airline miles stolen from a travel expert
If you're anything like me, you've probably spent years collecting airline miles, dreaming about the trip you'll eventually take. Maybe it's a business class seat to Europe or that vacation you've been putting off. You keep earning points and…
American Airlines' new strategy puts premium travel first
American Airlines is entering what it sees as a new phase of its business, as the airline rethinks how its existing pieces fit together. The airline's Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper, who has been in the job for 11 months and is celebrating his…
Turkish Airlines Plans to Raise Vietnam Flights to 22 a Week
Turkish Airlines plans to expand weekly service to Vietnam to 22 flights by February 2027 after its routes there recorded a nearly 92% load factor, Anadolu Agency reported. Dincer Sayici, the airline's Hanoi manager, told Anadolu Agency that…
Uganda Airlines launches Accra flights to boost trade, tourism
Uganda Airlines has launched flights between Entebbe and Accra, Ghana, in a move expected to strengthen trade, tourism and investment ties between East and West Africa. The new route is the airline's 18th destination, and will operate four times a…
Sangakkara accuses airline company of threatening behaviour and discrimination
Your feedback has been reported succesfully. Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday said that he and his family had experienced discriminatory and threatening behaviour from Ryanair gate personnel in Dublin. The Rajasthan Royals…
Airlines Diverge on Fuel Hedges as Jet Fuel Hits $196.70 a Barrel
Airlines are entering 2027 with sharply different fuel protections as higher jet-fuel prices pressure costs and test how much of the burden passengers will accept. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) monitor put the global jet-fuel…
Analysis-As Iran war drags on, airlines pull back on fuel hedges and warn on fares
By Joanna Plucinska, Gianluca Lo Nostro and Julie Zhu LONDON/HONG KONG, Oct 28 (Reuters) – With jet fuel prices at roughly double their levels before the Iran war, airlines are growing increasingly reluctant to lock in future fuel costs…
77% of pilots have fallen asleep mid-flight in stark warning for airlines
Pilots are falling asleep in the cockpit, a new report has found. More than three-quarters of pilots surveyed have reported experiencing at least one microsleep while operating an aircraft, raising concerns about exhaustion in the cockpit. The…
Traffic keeps falling at this Bay Area airport. Is one airline to blame?
For years, Oakland's airport had something that San Francisco's did not — an abundance of cheap flights on Southwest Airlines. But now, Southwest fares are rising, and passenger traffic to the Oakland airport is falling. The recently renamed…
China's CE-25A Electric Commuter Airliner Demonstrator Emerges
New images appear to show a full-sized demonstrator of China's CE-25A, an unorthodox 19-seat all-electric aircraft being developed by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). The photographs offer a fresh look at a program…
Stark warning issued for airlines as pilots are 'falling asleep' mid-flight
Pilots are falling asleep in the cockpit because they're so overworked, a damning new report claims. More than three in four pilots surveyed reported experiencing at least one microsleep while operating an aircraft in the previous four weeks…
United Airlines CEO Teases Uzbekistan And Kazakhstan Flights
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is floating Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as possible future destinations, revealing that the airline's head of network planning, Patrick Quayle, visited both countries this year. There is a substantial obstacle…
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