Italia Transporto Aereo (ITA), Italy’s new state-owned airline, has applied to service routes from Milan to the US. The airline submitted an application on 27 August to attain an exemption and a Foreign Air Carrier Permit to the Department of Transport (DoT). Taking the place of its predecessor Alitalia, which will officially suspend its
The planemaker’s subsidiary, Eve Urban Air Mobility, will provide aviation taxi platform Ascent with access to 100 of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Delta Air Lines has struck a deal with Airbus to purchase an additional 30 narrow-body A321neos to its existing orders, as it expands its fleet for the rebound in domestic travel. The agreement is worth almost US$4 billion at list prices according to Bloomberg, but Delta may receive discounts as competition between Airbus and Boeing
British low-cost airline easyJet taps Stephen Hester as its new chair, appointed to rescue the company from its financial crisis. The esteemed business man will replace predecessor John Barton on 1 December this year, who has been the chair of the company since 2013. Hester said he was a “longstanding admirer” of the carrier and
The United States’ Pentagon has recruited airlines across the nation to assist in transporting people who fled from Afghanistan from their evacuation bases back to America. The airlines enlisted include United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Omni Air, Hawaiian Airlines and Atlas Airlines, utilising 18 aircraft for the mission. It comes under the Civil
The parent group of American low-cost Breeze Airways has closed US$200 million in funding from investors, as the airline taps into small city routes not served by competitors. Breeze Aviation Group Inc closed in on the Series B funding led by accounts managed by BlackRock and Knighthead Capital Management. David Neeleman, CEO of the carrier
