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The FAA says it’s considering extending relaxation of slot requirements at major airports well into next year but not all airlines are in favor of the move. With the reduction in flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency waived the requirement that airlines must use at least 80 percent of the slots they’re allotted […]

A Canadian aviation company that owns the country’s largest regional airline contractor is reporting a profit for the second quarter even though 91 percent of its airline’s schedule evaporated with the COVID-19 travel restrictions. Chorus Aviation, which provides most of Air Canada’s regional feeder schedule, told investors it had an adjusted net income of $21.6 […]

A little cross-border cooperation allowed a Seattle dad who’s been separated from his four-year-old son just across the border in White Rock, British Columbia, to come within 1,000 feet of his boy on Friday, much to the surprise of others in the Vancouver suburb. Air Force Reserves Lt. Col T.K. Minzak flew an Air Force […]

Business Insider has had an expert crunch the numbers and says airline passengers are willing to pay extra to ride socially distanced. Airlines that continue to block middle seats are not only winning customer loyalty, they might be making more money. The publication reviewed financial data from the Big Three airlines (Delta, American, United) and […]

Delta pilots have been told they have guaranteed jobs for at least the next year if they’ll agree to a 15 percent cut in their minimum pay. John Laughter, Delta’s senior VP of flight operations, told pilots in a memo the company is “committed to preventing involuntary furloughs for as many, if not all, Delta […]

An MIT study says blocking the middle seat in airliners cuts the risk of transmission of the coronavirus by almost half. Forbes is reporting that the MIT paper, which has not been peer reviewed, says the chance of getting the virus on a packed airplane is about one in 4300 but keeping the middle seats […]

Israeli flag carrier El Al is on the ropes and its fate will be determined by negotiations with pilots and mechanics over the next few days. The Israeli government is prepared to provide financial backing but it’s conditional on the airline coming up with a long-term cost-cutting plan. The government wants El Al to shave […]

American Airlines is using regional jets owned by its subsidiary Envoy Air to fill in for bigger, thirstier aircraft on many domestic routes. The 58 ERJ-145s and 70 E175s normally feed hubs under the American Eagle brand but the main line has pressed them into service to save money in providing the basic service mandated […]

Ethiopia has confirmed its troops shot down a Kenyan aircraft that was flying pandemic relief supplies over Ethiopia last Monday. Aljazeera is reporting the Ethiopian Army issued a statement to the African Union saying it believed the aircraft was on a “potential suicide mission” near a camp its troops are defending in Bardale, a small […]

Vienna Airport in Austria is offering COVID-19 tests to passengers to allow them to skip quarantines, assuming they test negative for the virus. Starting Monday, arriving passengers can take the $209 test to potentially avoid the mandatory 14-day quarantine the country has required travelers from outside the country to endure if they don’t have a […]