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Last week, United Airlines informed the two regional airlines operating under its United Express brand that it has plans to axe one of them. ExpressJet and CommutAir both work exclusively for the Chicago-based airline as “feeder airlines”, helping regional passengers to connect with the airline under a hub-and-spoke model. United also controls minority interests in

European ULCC Ryanair has threatened closures in Spain and Italy should union talks fail to yield an agreement. On Monday, controversial CEO Michael O’Leary told investors that the carrier was “looking at base closures in Spain where, for the moment, the unions have not yet agreed to the pay cuts we need”. While the airline

British Airways, easyJet, TUI, and Ryanair have taken the British government to task over a decision to reimpose a 14-day quarantine against all passengers returning from Spain – shortly after overturning that requirement earlier this month. The move comes after the Spanish cities of Barcelona, Zaragoza and Madrid all recorded a surge in new infections

A bid has been made on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidential jet, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which he has been hoping to sell for the best part of two years. Since shortly after his election, President López Obrador has attempted to offload the plane, which he describes as a symbol of corruption and

Turkish Airlines has reportedly now approved a codeshare agreement with Pakistan International Airlines, following the banning of PIA operations in the UK and the European Union. Under the new agreement, Pakistani passengers will be able to travel onboard Turkish Airlines operated aircraft from Istanbul to London and Birmingham in the UK, as well as Milan,

Singapore Airlines has announced that it is expecting to report a material operating loss for the first quarter of the 2020/21 financial year, as well as expecting to see the carrier experience its first annual loss since its founding, in January 1972. The news comes after the airline reported a record net loss of US$531