# Airlines
Etihad Mileage Redemptions Are 30% Off
Etihad has launched a 30% off award redemption promotion. They are calling it the biggest promotion in their history, so if you already have a planned redemption in mind, this coul...
Virgin Atlantic Files for Chapter 15 Bankruptcy
More bad news: Virgin Atlantic has officially filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York. Virgin’s position looks shaky: it sold Virgin America to Alaska a few years ago, and earl...
American Airlines AA and JetBlue B6 Form a Strategic Partnership
Today, 7/16/2020, American Airlines and JetBlue announced that they are entering a strategic partnership. AA’s official announcement: link Reasons and strategic goals JetBlue is a...
AeroMexico Applies for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Another major carrier has gone under—Mexico’s flagship airline, AeroMexico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. on 2020-6-30. Official statement here: Original T...
Air Canada Launches Another Promotion: 50% Mileage Rebate on Aeroplan Tickets (Canada Domestic and U.S.-Canada)
Air Canada has been rolling out new ideas during the pandemic, and it now has another promotion: a 50% Aeroplan mileage rebate on certain ticket redemptions. Specifically, if you b...
Big breakthrough? China and the U.S. have now each approved 4 weekly China–U.S. flights, with Delta and United getting 2 each per week
Ever since the CAAC announced the new Five-One policy, airlines on both sides have been making moves behind the scenes. United and Delta have both received approval in Shanghai to...
Flight-Delay Scheme Sparks Fraud Allegations: Woman Suspected of Insurance Fraud, More Than 3 Million Yuan in Claims
According to Jiangsu Public News, a woman identified as Li reportedly bought plane tickets and flight-delay insurance using different identity information and was taken into crimin...
U.S. DOT Approves Only Two Weekly China–U.S. Flights for Chinese Airlines
How the situation developed Today (June 5), the U.S. Department of Transportation responded to the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s notice, concluding that the arrangement...
Confirmed: CAAC Allows All Airlines One International Flight Per Week Starting June 8
Source Today (June 4, Beijing time), the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) published a notice scrapping the "five ones" rule! Under the new rules, airlin...
Thai Airways Announces Bankruptcy Restructuring and Temporarily Restricts Mileage Redemption
Earlier, Thai Airways announced its bankruptcy restructuring, and received $1.81 billion from the government to cope with the sharp demand slump caused by the pandemic. But today,...
U.S. Department of Transportation Rejects Chinese Airlines’ U.S.-China Flights Starting June 16; Air Service Between the Two Countries Nears Suspension
We previously wrote about how the U.S. Department of Transportation accused China’s “Five One” policy of violating the U.S.-China civil aviation agreement. According to a Reuters r...