American Airlines scraps partnership talks with JetBlue

American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has ended its partnership discussions with JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) and filed a lawsuit seeking damages following the collapse of their Northeast Alliance (NEA), Vice Chair Steve Johnson said in a letter to employees. In recent months, American Airlines had been exploring an opportunity “to further enhance our [...]

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UK closes consultations on transatlantic ops agreement

The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has closed consultations on commitments offered by American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, and Finnair in relation to their operation of the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement and its potential competitive impacts. The authority has proposed accepting the commitments. The authority is investigating whether the agreement could [...]

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Italy's CAA probes SkyAlps over alleged PSO breach

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airBaltic chairman describes IPO as high-risk, high-reward

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Mid-3Q25 debut for Etihad Airways A321LR ops

Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) will begin A321-200NX(LR) flights on August 1, 2025, with a daily return service to Phuket before rolling out flights across cities in Southeast Asia, northern Africa, and Europe. It has twenty of the type on order and anticipates delivery of half of those by the end of the year. [...]

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Air India adds European fuel stops due to Pakistan detour

Air India (AI, Delhi International) has added fuel stops at Vienna and Copenhagen Kastrup on its flights from and to North America after it had to extend the flight routes because of a Pakistani overflight ban. ch-aviation analysis of ADS-B data shows that starting on April 23, the Indian carrier began to use Vienna as [...]

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Russia's Ural Airlines contends with long MC-21 wait

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Air India clears $300mn in lease dues through leasing hub

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Finnair cuts scope of Qantas wet-lease over labour dispute

Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has reduced the number of flights it operates under a long-term wet-lease contract with Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith), blaming the industrial action of its pilots' labour union for the development. The Finnish airline is currently only able to operate a single A330-300 on behalf of the Australian airline instead of [...]

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China's JoyAir suspends flights, future uncertain

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