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American Airlines axes 19,000 jobs, other US carriers follow suit

American Airlines axes 19,000 jobs, other US carriers follow suit

American Airlines‘ corporate office announced today that the carrier is planning to eliminate over 40,000 jobs this year. 19,000 of those 40,000 jobs will be furloughs and layoffs in October. American Airlines said 23,500 employees have accepted buyouts, retired early or taken long-term leaves of absence, but that was not enough to avoid involuntary cuts. […]

United Airlines axes 2,850 pilot jobs

United Airlines axes 2,850 pilot jobs

United Airlines Holdings Inc. announced today that it is preparing to eliminate 2,850 (about 21% of the total) pilot jobs in 2020, unless the federal government approves further U.S. government aid to help airline sector cover its payroll costs amid a collapse in travel demand. Airlines, reeling from the devastating impact of the novel COVID-19 […]

United Airlines says good bye to change fees

United Airlines says good bye to change fees

Traveling United Airlines has now a good reason, starting immediately. United Airlines is permanently eliminating change fees on all standard Economy and Premium cabin tickets for travel within the U.S., effective immediately. The carrier announced today that it is permanently getting rid of change fees on all standard Economy and Premium cabin tickets for travel […]

Hawaii Airlines Cuts 1,000 Jobs

Hawaii Airlines Cuts 1,000 Jobs

Hawaii’s largest carrier, Hawaiian Airlines, today announced more than 1,000 job cuts as COVID-19 continues to ravage travel demand and lockdowns fuel economic distress. Peter Ingram, Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO, announced today in a letter to employees that there will be more than 1,000 the new job cuts. The letter explained that furlough notices […]

United Airlines adding new nonstop flights to Africa, India and Hawaii

United Airlines adding new nonstop flights to Africa, India and Hawaii

United Airlines today announced plans to expand its global route network with new nonstop service to Africa, India and Hawaii. With these new routes, United will offer more nonstop service to India and South Africa than any other U.S. carrier and remains the largest carrier between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii. Starting this December, United […]

Thomas Cook Airlines launches direct Boston flights | News

Thomas Cook Airlines launches direct Boston flights | News

Thomas Cook Airlines’ inaugural flight to Boston took off earlier, marking its latest milestone as the biggest long haul carrier from Manchester. The Boston Weekender programme, which runs twice a week throughout June to the middle of September, will take culture vultures and explorers to one of the US’s most historic cities, with a flight […]

United Airlines boosts United States west coast flights | News

United Airlines boosts United States west coast flights | News

United Airlines will increase the frequency of its flights from London/Heathrow to both its San Francisco and Los Angeles hubs.  For winter 2016-17, the airline will operate a second daily Heathrow-San Francisco nonstop service, effective October 30th, 2016. For summer 2017, United will add a second daily Heathrow-Los Angeles flight, effective April 5th, 2017. The […]

Singapore Airlines launching ‘nowhere flights’

Singapore Airlines launching ‘nowhere flights’

In an attempt to boost its grounded passenger business, Singapore Airlines plans to launch so-called “nowhere” flights – trips that start and end at the same airport. The airline will reportedly launch that service at the end of October. Such a flight without a destination implies that the plane flies over nearby territories without stopping […]

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