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(Reuters) – The European Commission approved a long-awaited deal for Lufthansa to take a 41% stake in Italy’s ITA Airways on Wednesday, in Europe’s latest major consolidation. The European sector has experienced a wave of consolidation in the last 20 years as small national airlines struggle to compete with larger…
Now that I’m only a year away from 30 with a little more fun money, however, I’ve gotten picky about where I sit.Many times, to the shock of friends and family who assume I’d prefer the window for the view (I used to), my preference these days is actually the…
UK-based startup Global Airlines, which planned to begin flying Airbus A380s between New York and London as early as summer 2024, is already delaying its launch to 2025.A company spokesperson told FlightGlobal that its first aircraft — a double-decker registered as 9H-GLOBL — is still in need of a complete…
A family was kicked off a flight for orchestrating an announcement over their daughter’s peanut allergy, according to multiple reports.Georgie Palmer was flying along with her husband and two daughters from London to Dalaman, Turkey, with SunExpress on May 21, when the dispute broke out, according to the MailOnline.Palmer’s daughter,…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian airline Gol expects its exit of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to involve a $1.5 billion capital injection through the issuance of new shares and refinancing of $2 billion in debt, it said in a securities filing on Monday. Gol, one of Brazil’s largest carriers, filed for…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Emma Henderson MBE, a former EasyJet pilot. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a former airline captain. I started flying 30 years ago when I was at University.I became a first officer at EasyJet in 2009, and worked there…
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it planned to conduct a series of auctions to sell the warrants to purchase stock in U.S. airlines that it received after Congress approved $54 billion in COVID-19 air carrier assistance in 2020 and 2021.Out of the $54 billion…
