Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): The United States has suspended 26 passenger flights operated by Chinese carriers after Beijing's aviation agency took similar action to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) said on Thursday.

It appears that the airlines face mask requirement will not extend for another two weeks. United, American, Southwest, Delta, Alaska, and other airlines announced that they would no longer compel passengers to wear face masks. It is due to a federal judge’s order in Florida and the White House response. The mask mandate, which went […]

AT&T and Verizon are likely to launch a new 5G service. But due to 5G, the CEOs of major US passenger and cargo airlines warned of an oncoming “catastrophic” aviation havoc. The airlines have warned that the new C-Band 5G service might render a large number of widebody aircraft unusable. It “could potentially strand tens of […]

Over 900 flights were suspended in the United States on Saturday. It was the second successive day of massive cancellations. As rising COVID-19 infections made some pilots and other crew unavailable, disrupting plans for tens of thousands of holiday travellers. According to a running tally on flight-tracking website FlightAware.com, a total of 937 Christmas Day […]

Passengers choosing American Airlines faced another day of trouble on Monday right after a weekend full of cancellations. This is what’s happening. The American Airlines mass cancellation problem American Airlines canceled about 14 percent of its flight schedules, bringing the canceled flight numbers over 411 on Monday alone. Additionally, over 500 other flights of the […]

New Delhi Sep 28 PTI American Airlines and IndiGo on Tuesday announced that they have entered into a codeshare agreement which allows the former to sell seats on the Indian carriers flights operating on 29 routes The codeshare which will require US and Indian governments approvals is expected to begin in October as American launches new service between New York JFK and Delhi on October 31 this year and between Seattle SEA and Bengaluru on January 4 2022 the joint statement mentioned The one-way codeshare agreement will place Americans code on 29 of IndiGos domestic routes providing a convenient option for American Airlines customers to travel within India after landing in Bengaluru or Delhi This means that once the one-way codeshare agreement comes into force American will be able sell seats -- on its distribution system -- of IndiGo flights on the 29 selected routes In a two-way codeshare agreement each airline on its distribution system can sell seats of others flights Currently IndiGo has a two-way codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines and a one-way codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways Vasu Raja Chief Revenue Officer American Airlines said Whether our customers are traveling for business or pleasure this new partnership makes it easy to reach all four corners of India Today were adding 29 new routes to our map as a result of this agreement providing customers with even more options around the globe Raja mentioned IndiGo is Indias largest airline by number of passengers carried With its fleet of 275 aircraft the airline operates more than 1100 daily flights connecting 70 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations PTI DSP ZMN ZMN