Following the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) rejection of Virgin America’s operating license, the budget carrier has launched a website to garner support.
Spanish airline Air Comet Plus will operate in seven Latin American countries previously covered by the now closed down Air Madrid airline. The operation was allowed after Spanish Public Works Minister Magdalena Alvarez and Air Comet president Gerardo Diaz signed an agreement.
British Airways faces potential strike action in the coming weeks as two separate disputes between staff and management come to a head, The Times of London reported Friday.
Air Jamaica on Wednesday began operating daily Airbus A-320 service between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados with 138 economy and 12 executive business class seats.
Caribbean Sun Airlines will start a two-phase shutdown that’s expected to come to a close by the end of this month, on January 31.
Brazilian airline VARIG will no longer be a member of Star Alliance as of January 31. The decision was prompted by the current restructuring of the airline in which “old” VARIG continued to be a Star Alliance member, operating a reduced flight schedule on behalf of a new company, VRG.