Welcome to today’s (September 17, 2024) Daily Airline News Roundup, where we bring you the key headlines and industry developments from the world of commercial aviation.
All the headlines we’ve gathered are from the past 24 hours, offering you a comprehensive summary of the latest news in one place.
Please note that some of the links provided will direct you to third-party websites. These sites are not under our control and are not part of Airline Facts. That being said, let’s get into the news.
General Airline News
Airbus’s August 2024 order book changes revealed (ch-aviation)
If the Boeing strike is lengthy, U.S. airlines would feel the biggest impact (Travel Weekly)
Menzies expands Ryanair services to 10 European airports (Aviation Business News)
RAF Museum and Virgin Atlantic announce Official Airline Partnership (RAF Museum)
Africa
Nigeria, UK battle over Air Peace landing right in Heathrow (Punch)
South African Airways announces new routes and reports steady growth amid industry challenges (Airspace-Africa)
Asia
Air India to start widebody cabin retrofit in early 2025 (Flight Global)
Etihad Airways reports strong summer with 1.7 Million passengers in August (Simple Flying)
Etihad to increase Sydney frequency (Business Traveller)
Japan Airlines eyes flights to Haikou, China as talks held (ch-aviation)
Europe
Ryanair sees better momentum in bookings, lifts struggling airline shares (Reuters)
SAS adds 5th U.S. SkyTeam hub (Airline Geeks)
Winter 2024-2025: Air France to serve nearly 170 destinations in 73 countries (Air France)
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to add intra-Europe Business Class (One Mile at a Time)
SAS discloses Braathens wet-lease plan (Flight Global)
Lufthansa expanding cooperation with airBaltic, considering investment (Airline Geeks)
KLM’s new Airbus A321neo commences flight operations (Aviation Source News)
North America
Alaska Airlines can buy Hawaiian in rare major airline merger, DOT says (Forbes)
American Airlines to end RDU to Austin flights (The Business Journals)
Oceania
Qantas set to double JNB capacity (Southern Africa’s Travel News)
Aircalin schedules Paris debut via Bangkok (Business Traveller)
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