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Airlines substitute buses for jets as pilot shortage persists

Bloomberg US airlines are facing a pilot shortage that’s complicating efforts to ramp up flights, forcing them to step up training programs, recruit foreign pilots and even replace planes with buses. The industry needs to hire an average of 14,500 new pilots each year until 2030, according to federal labour statistics. But carriers say there’s no way they can bring ...

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US Airways says Sabre ‘charges’ cost it $300m

  Bloomberg A lawyer for US Airways told jurors that Sabre Holdings Corp cost it $299.3 million in overcharges and lost profits, at the start of an antitrust trial in Manhattan. US Airways sued Sabre in 2011 claiming it charged inflated fees for its computerized reservation services, avoided competing over prices and blocked competitors from entering the market. The airline ...

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American, United 787 deliveries slip further on Boeing delays

  Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc and United Airlines Holdings Inc said some Boeing Co aircraft won’t arrive until 2023 or 2024 amid lingering uncertainty over when the planemaker will be allowed to resume deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner. The issue has already prompted American to reduce, delay or suspend some planned international routes, a setback for the carrier as ...

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