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The energy-rich nation of Qatar itself needed to bail out the state-owned airline at the end of its financial year on March 31 with $2 billion to keep the airline operating, its annual report acknowledged.

Following its initial pilot program, the airline will "quickly expand customer testing to other destinations and U.S. airports" later this year, according to United Chief Customer Officer Toby Enqvist.

Pandemic-related trends could include more private business class seating on narrowbody planes and adding touchless lavatory features

Talk about a light in the darkness.

The chief executives of American Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways and the major aviation unions held a press conference Tuesday afternoon on Capitol Hill as part of a last-ditch effort for a six-month extension of the payroll support program granted through the $25 billion bailout from Congress back in March.  

Agency officials believe nearly 11,000 people may have been exposed to one of the 1,600 known cases of people flying while contagious with the virus — despite being unable to confirm a single case of viral transmission on a US plane.

Airbus has unveiled three visual concepts for "zero emission" airplanes to be powered by hydrogen.

German airline Lufthansa, already bailed out by the government, says it will have to make more staff cuts and mothball more jumbo jets than originally planned because the outlook for air travel is worse than the company first predicted.

Boeing will move the rest of its 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina in a pivot away from its reliance on its union-heavy Seattle-area birthplace, as well as cut costs and improve efficiencies.

The airline and unions are also asking that the latest stimulus package include a clean six-month extension of funding for the Payroll Support Program, which requires airlines to keep their employees on the payroll through Oct. 1.

Harry's father, Prince Charles, spurred backlash when he flew the Queen's private helicopter to Cambridge this year to lecture students on climate change and lowering carbon emissions.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19.

The airline says the temporary move has been made out of caution

United Airlines pilot union votes on deal to prevent employee furloughs.

While the airline industry continues to suffer from the financial devastation left behind by the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon's air cargo business appears to be taking off. 

Alaska Airlines has temporarily suspended all flights in and out of two airports in the Pacific Northwest due to wildfire smoke blanketing the region.

A sharp drop in travel has left the airlines with tens of thousands more employees than they need to operate the vastly reduced number of flights

Just three days after reports about quality control lapses at a Boeing's Dreamliner plant in South Carolina comes word of a new problem with its flagship jet.

The International Air Transport Association is warning governments across the globe that the air cargo industry may potentially face severe capacity constraints that could hinder the timely distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

The carrier said all of the new flights will take off in November and December and will cover regions that the company "anticipates increasing demand for leisure travel," adding that tickets for the routes are now on sale.