SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Boeing and LATAM Airlines Group, the leading passenger and cargo airline group in South America, have announced the purchase of 10 Boeing787 Dreamliners with options for five more airplanes.
NEW YORK: LATAM Airlines said on Thursday it has received several offers to fund its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, each of which are worth more than US$5 billion
SANTIAGO: Latin America’s largest airline, LATAM Airlines, reported losses of some US$692mil (RM2.87bil) in the third quarter, as the indebted company said it was still battling challenges from the coronavirus pandemic.
(Reuters) -At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to Auckland on Monday, according to the airline and a New Zealand health service organisation that treated the injured.
SYDNEY/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Investigators from Chile's aviation authority are headed to New Zealand to head up the probe into a sudden midair dive by a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 plane that left more than 50 people injured, the country's regulator said Tuesday.
SAO PAOLO: Latam Airlines Group, the continent’s largest carrier, filed for US bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, becoming the world’s largest carrier so far to seek an emergency reorganisation due to the coronavirus pandemic.
MUMBAI: With US two-cent airfares, high fuel costs and taxes, India’s aviation market already was one of the toughest around. The coronavirus pandemic could be the final straw for some of the country’s airlines.
JAKARTA: The world’s safest and most punctual airlines are in the Asia Pacific region. Qantas Airways Ltd was named safest airline in the world on a top-20 list published by AirlineRatings.com, followed by Air New Zealand Ltd and Taiwan’s Eva Airways Corp.
A US bankruptcy judge allowed Brazilian airline Gol to borrow the first US$350mil of its proposed bankruptcy financing, which a company attorney says was “desperately” needed to maintain normal operations.
Philippine Airlines Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York with a lender-supported plan that helps the country’s main carrier recover after the pandemic devastated global travel.
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima reported on Friday an accident on a runway, saying passengers were unharmed and that the causes of the incident were being investigated.
DOHA: Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker lashed out at Airbus SE for the second time this month, warning his airline might stop taking deliveries from the French planemaker this year over an unspecified “serious” issue.
JAKARTA: PT Garuda Indonesia needs to completely restructure its business, potentially reducing the number of planes it operates to less than half its main fleet as it seeks to survive the crisis wrought by the pandemic, its president told staff this week.
PT Garuda Indonesia needs to completely restructure its business, potentially reducing the number of planes it operates to less than half its main fleet as it seeks to survive the crisis wrought by the pandemic, its president told staff this week.
Philippine Airlines Inc. has been in talks with its aircraft lessors about reducing its fleet size and returning some planes as part of a restructuring process, President Gilbert Santa Maria said in an interview with CNN Philippines.
(Reuters) - Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
(Reuters) - Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Easter Island received its first group of tourists on Thursday after closing its borders for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A foiled multimillion-dollar heist at Chile's largest airport left two dead on Wednesday morning, highlighting concerns of rising crime in the Andean nation.
WASHINGTON: Major U.S. airlines sought a government bailout of more than US$50 billion as the White House is urgently drafting a financial assistance package in the wake of the steep falloff in U.S. travel demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.