Easter in the U.K. and Europe is a four-day holiday, including Good Friday and Easter Monday, making it a popular time for air travel.

For decades, the Justice Department and FTC have taken the lead on competition issues, but a Presidential executive order called on industry regulators to engage in independent oversight of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.

The German air cargo hub in February registered an 11% year-on-year decline in cargo volumes to 146,620 tonnes. which were also 9.1% behind pre-COVID 2019 levels.

More carriers are flying with the latest-generation turbines that — while as much as 20% more fuel efficient — also have been prone to far more frequent maintenance cycles than their more robust predecessors.

The deal would remake Spirit in the mold of JetBlue, eliminating the largest of the country’s ultra-discount carriers that are favored by the most price-conscious travelers.

While European household and company budgets continue to get squeezed by high inflation, demand for business travel and summer getaways in particular has remained robust.

The new contract raises the standard for contract negotiations underway at other large U.S. airlines.

Unloved during the pandemic with their business paralyzed almost overnight, airlines that cut back to survive the crisis are now blowing through profit forecasts and luring back investors.

Boeing plans to launch mainland Chinese flights to Beijing and Shanghai and to Osaka in central Japan, according to the company’s website.

One of the worst near-disasters in U.S. history, pilots of an Air Canada flight from Toronto to San Francisco missed a notice about a closed airport runway buried in 27 pages of Notams and other bulletins.