In a staff memo, Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said that 3,000 employees are infected with the virus, and in one day alone at Newark, almost one-third of the company’s workforce called in sick.
Reports said the deal, which would be worth $5 billion at list price, came after fierce competition to instead purchase the European planemaker’s A220.
Airbus received 664 jet orders compared to rival Boeing’s 476, after the European planemaker secured a flurry of late deals.
Cathay Pacific has dropped multiple international flights for the rest of the month continuing to January as Hong Kong maintains a stringent zero-COVID strategy. Only weeks after resuming several flights into Australia, the airline has cancelled all but two flights a week to Sydney throughout January, dropping from two a day. Flights to Melbourne, Brisbane
Qatar Airways has launched legal proceedings against Airbus over the ongoing A350 dispute, claiming the company had “no alternative” but to sue the planemaker. In a press release on Monday, the Doha-based carrier said it has “sadly failed in all our attempts to reach a constructive solution with Airbus in relation to the accelerated surface
Aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus have called for the Biden administration to delay the roll out of the 5G network in fears it will dangerously impact the aviation industry. The C-Band spectrum 5G network deployment, served by providers AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc, is set to occur on 5 January. On Monday, a joint
