Tuesday saw an American Airlines flight immediately return to Dallas-Fort Worth airport after takeoff due to striking several birds. Lynn Lunsford from the US Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that pilots from AA flight 880 immediately requested an emergency landing shortly after departure at 6:16pm local time, when numerous birds struck one of [...]

Australia’s competition regulator has given Qantas and American Airlines a green light for joint venture for flights between Australia and the Untied States. The new agreement between American Airlines and Qantas will see the two carriers coordinate transpacific routes to and from hubs around Australia, New Zealand and North America. According to the ACCC, the [...]

When former British Airways boss Willie Walsh announced that International Airlines Group – the company formed by the flag carrier’s alliance with Iberia – would be actively seeking to merge with or buy other airlines, Qantas was presumed to be somewhere near the top of the list. Discussions between the two collapsed in 2008 when, [...]

Passengers on Singapore Airlines and American Airlines can soon enjoy the latest in-flight entertainment. American Airlines announced this week that its forthcoming units would enable passengers to stream television programmes and films to tablet devices and mobile phones during long-haul flights, as opposed to watching them on seatback monitors. The scheme is likely to prove [...]

Expedia.com and American Airlines have ended a standoff over booking systems and fees. The new agreement between the two travel giants means that American Airlines’ flights are once again available on Expedia’s booking website. The news follows a three-month dispute following AA’s announcement that it would no longer use the central booking engine utilised by [...]

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has revealed that US authorities are seeking several new suspects in connection with the September 11th attacks. According to the recently published cables, the FBI is looking for three men from Qatar that had supported the plotters via conducting surveillance. Three weeks before the attacks, the men had flown to New York [...]

Online travel provider Expedia has announced a multi-year distribution deal with Canadian budget carrier WestJet. The agreement will allow Expedia and its Hotwire and Egencia websites to continue listing and selling the full range of WestJet’s schedule of flights in both Canada and the United States. WestJet offers travellers in excess of 400 daily flights [...]

A row has begun in the United States between online travel websites and Airlines over flight booking system changes. The news follows the shift by the US’s largest carrier American Airlines to a new booking system that eliminates the ability for online travel agents to book its flights. In response, 125 online travel firms including [...]

Thursday saw low-cost carrier Jetstar announce that it would be joining Oneworld alliance in 2011. The news came as part of ambitious growth plans revealed by the airline’s chief executive, Bruce Buchanan. By becoming part of one of the world’s largest air carrier alliances, Jetstar will soon be playing for the same team as American [...]

A new timetable application for the iPad has been released from global airline alliance OneWorld. Through the free application, OneWorld passengers can take advantage of the iPad’s large and accessible display whilst browsing through timetables and information on the more than 10,000 flights operated by OneWorld carriers including British Airways, JAL, Cathay Pacific, American Airlines, [...]