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Shruti Srivastava, Bloomberg
Like so many other flag carriers around the world, Air India seems to exist in a perpetual state of limbo. Nobody wants to buy it, but the government doesn't want to pull the plug.
5 days ago
Siddharth Philip, Bloomberg
Norwegian may not seem like an obvious fit for Heathrow slots. But these things are valuable, and if an airline can get them without paying a fortune, it is going to want them. Now the big question: What will Norwegian do with its three flights per week?
6 days ago
Chiara Albanese and Alberto Brambilla, Bloomberg
Alitalia has been on life support for more than two years and the government shows no sign of wanting to pull the plug. Is it ever going to be fit enough to attract a takeover?
6 days ago
Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) + Skift
New kinds of partnerships and connections are changing how the airline industry retails. Stakeholders are increasingly turning to new technology like blockchain to facilitate these changes without disrupting their ability to provide travelers a frictionless experience and giving travel managers the control they need.
2 weeks ago
Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg
This might be a win-win for all sides involved, especially given the expanded joint venture already in the works. Richard Branson gets to keep control of his beloved airline and Air France-KLM Group can use the money elsewhere.
6 days ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
The world's first attempt to bring airline cuisine to the ground — not the other way round — is here, and in a few years AirAsia figures there will be a chain of 1,000 franchised restaurants. It's becoming a serious matter.
6 days ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Like many other European airlines, it's been a pretty tough year for Lufthansa. The airline could probably do without a potential FAA fine hanging over it as it tries to start fresh in 2020.
6 days ago
Jasmine Ganaishlal and Spencer Lee, Skift
This week, Sabre stopping selling Finnair tickets as talks over a new contract broke down while European airlines will most likely have to pay a new EU tax on jet fuel. Meanwhile, India is so desperate to sell its national airline, it has agreed to take over $7 billion in debt to make Air India seem more attractive to a buyer.
1 week ago
Will Davies, Bloomberg
Hong Kong Airlines has been struggling even before the pro-democracy protests. Now it's clutching at the straws. Staff morale will plunge as salaries are delayed despite the airline saying otherwise.
1 week ago
Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg
Airlines obviously won't like it, but the prospect of new or higher taxes now seems inevitable. The problem that the European Union will have is getting other countries across the world involved.
1 week ago
Associated Press, Associated Press
Norwegian Air still appears to be in scale-back mode. The idea remains that reining in ambitions will allow the carrier to find a sustainable future.
1 week ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
Malaysia Airlines has company. Another Asian national carrier, Air India, faces the prospect of being shut down if a sale does not go through.
1 week ago
