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Airlines Do Away With International Change Fees
Business, Published on 11/12/2020
» Major airlines are doing away with hefty fees to change international flights, as the carriers prepare to try to lure back globe-trotters next year.
The World After Covid Could Shake Up Business Flights
Business, Published on 24/11/2020
» The aviation crisis triggered by 9/11 eventually made budget carriers the undisputed leaders in leisure flights. Covid-19 could give them the keys to business travel.
Will airline bailouts fly?
Business, Published on 04/11/2020
» As airlines and hotels with their backs to the Covid wall plead with governments for help, it is not unusual for nationalist fervour to override economics in the search for quick fixes. In many cases though, this would be folly.
Airlines' Losses Mount Amid Pandemic, but Travel Demand Shows Some Improvement
Business, Published on 24/10/2020
» Summer was a bust for U.S. airlines. Now they are anxiously watching a fragile uptick in demand to see if it will hold as the number of new coronavirus cases increases.
What Is Bad for Delta Is Worse for Other Airlines
Business, Published on 15/10/2020
» Unlike most companies, airlines seem set to disappoint investors this earnings season. It could offer a window of opportunity to pick out the best among them, though.
Layoffs loom for beleaguered US airline industry
AFP, Published on 01/10/2020
» NEW YORK - Workers from the beleaguered US airline industry were making a last-ditch public appeal this week to coax more money from Capitol Hill power brokers to save their jobs.
Walmart, Kroger to Require Shoppers to Wear Masks in All U.S. Stores
Business, Published on 17/07/2020
» Walmart Inc. and Kroger Co. will require customers to wear face coverings inside all their U.S. stores, joining a growing chorus of big businesses and state leaders deciding that masks are needed to battle the surge in coronavirus cases and calling for a national policy.
American Airlines notifies 25,000 workers of potential layoffs
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» NEW YORK: American Airlines is notifying 25,000 workers that they could be furloughed beginning October 1, executives said Wednesday, the latest major carrier to warn about massive layoffs.
Richard Branson Secures Lifeline for Virgin Atlantic
Business, Published on 16/07/2020
» Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways said it secured a financial package worth about $1.5 billion that will allow it to stave off bankruptcy and provide some breathing room for the British billionaire's broader effort to stabilize a travel and tourism empire hit hard by the pandemic.
United Airlines Warns It May Furlough 36,000 Staff
Business, Published on 10/07/2020
» United Airlines Holdings Inc. said it is exploring the possibility of shedding almost half its U.S. workforce, the first major domestic carrier to detail how deep the industry might have to retrench amid the pandemic-driven slump in passenger demand.