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American bulks up to defend Chicago hub against United

  Bloomberg Less than two weeks after United Continental Holdings Inc. said it was done being a “docile competitor,” American Airlines Group Inc. signaled it’s no pushover, either. American is adding seven new routes from Chicago to midsize US cities starting July 5, President Robert Isom said in a letter to employees late. Chicago also got the most new service ...

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Emirates all set to launch Dubai-Athens-Newark route

  BERLIN / Reuters Emirates will press ahead with plans to launch flights on Sunday to Newark in the United States via Greece, despite attempts by members of the US Congress to block the route, the airline’s president said. Twenty-five members of Congress have written to US President Donald Trump asking him to stop the flight over accusations Emirates and ...

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Qatar Air debuts double-bed seats that morph into meeting room

  Bloomberg Qatar Airways unveiled a new aircraft seat that can be docked with one next to it to create what the Gulf carrier says will be the industry’s first double bed in a business-class cabin. The so-called QSuite is more flexible than earlier models and will also allow four berths to be realigned to form a mini meeting area, ...

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