Aviation

Bloomberg Hurricane Dorian upended Labor Day travel plans for hundreds of thousands of people in the Southeastern US, as fierce winds and torrential rains forced widespread cancellation of rail service and airline traffic. According to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, airlines cancelled 1,152 flights on September 2. The hardest-hit airport was Fort Lauderdale International in Florida, which closed at noon on ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc removed the Boeing Co 737 Max from its schedule for another month, joining carriers cancelling flights until December and beyond as they await US approval to fly the grounded jet. The extension means the cancellation of 140 daily flights through December 3, American said in a statement. The airline “remains confident that impending software updates ...

Bloomberg A strike by KLM ground staff on Monday was expected to disrupt flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest travel hubs. The airline said the two-hour strike starting at 8 am is “very likely” to cause disruption for carriers that are part of its SkyTeam alliance, including Air France, Transavia and Delta Air Lines. It advised travellers ...

Bloomberg Japan’s Narita International Airport, located about 40 miles outside of Tokyo, has always been something of a headache for travellers. A lack of off-hour transport options means passengers and staff on early and late flights can sometimes be left stranded. But that’s about to change, with train and bus operators set to expand their schedules in order to accommodate ...

Bloomberg Mexican airline Interjet is in “technical bankruptcy” and at risk of collapse, according to its finance chief, following an order to start paying off nearly $30 million in back taxes. Interjet beat back an attempt by authorities to seize control of its bank accounts in an effort to collect nearly 550 million pesos ($27 million) in unpaid taxes dating ...

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc is removing the 737 Max from its schedule until December 19, the carrier’s sixth adjustment since aviation regulators grounded the Boeing Co jet in March following two fatal crashes. Chicago-based United said the schedule change would affect about 9,500 planned flights through December, with the largest impacts expected in October and November. United flew 14 ...

Bloomberg Climate activists plan to fly toy drones near London’s Heathrow airport next month, as they seek to draw attention to a planned expansion and its impact on greenhouse gases. The group, Heathrow Pause, will fly the drones inside an exclusion zone surrounding Europe’s busiest airport starting from September 13, it said in a statement on its website. Drones are ...

Bloomberg A US appeals court has rejected the notion that federal airport screeners are immune from lawsuits filed by aggrieved travellers. In a 9-4 decision, the Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that Transportation Security Officers (TSOs), given their authority to conduct invasive searches of travellers, are essentially law enforcement officers and as such aren’t covered by the immunity granted ...

Bloomberg Hundreds of people gathered in Hong Kong to demand Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd rehire workers who left the troubled carrier after supporting the city’s pro-democracy protests, in a case that has raised fears about dwindling free speech in the former colony. A crowd convened in the city’s Central business district, not far from the headquarters of Swire Group, the ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc is stepping up damage-control efforts with customers who have suffered multiple delays or cancellations as flight disruptions linger from a work slowdown by mechanics and bag handlers. Operations have improved each month since June, Kerry Philipovitch, senior vice president-customer experience, said at an aviation conference in Las Vegas. That’s when a federal court issued a ...