American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday -more than one-third of its schedule- as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets, the same issue that caused the nation’s biggest airline to scrub hundreds of flights two weeks ago.
The European Union and the United States will kick off talks on further liberalization of transatlantic air traffic on May 15, the EU’s senior transport official said on Friday.
Delta Airlines continues to expand in the Caribbean with a new nonstop daily service from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to Santiago, starting in December.
American Trans Air ceased operations following an April 2nd filing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. It posted advisories at ticket counters as it entered bankruptcy for the second time in just over three years.
Antalya (AYT) will become the fourth point in Turkey on-line to Oneworld carriers, with British Airways flying there from London Gatwick three times a week from 10 April. Cluj-Napoca (CLJ), the gateway to Transylvania, will be the grouping’s fifth airport in Romania when Malev Hungarian Airlines inaugurates its own flights there from its Budapest base twice-daily from 30 March.
JetBlue will move its domestic and international operations into one terminal at Orlando International Airport. The airline has entered into an agreement with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority to lease the long-term use of up to 10 gates at Orlando International Airport’s Airside 1.