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26 Feb 2022
British Airways Owner IAG Narrows 2021 Loss
IAG, the owner of British Airways, cut its 2021 loss to 2.97 billion euros and plans a big rise in flights for 2022.
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6 Jan 2022
Kazakhstan Unrest Shuts Almaty’s International Airport
Nationwide unrest in Kazakhstan forced foreign airlines to suspend flights to Almaty in January 2022, testing how quickly carriers reassess geopolitical risk.
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26 Dec 2021
Omicron Cancels Thousands of Christmas Flights
Thousands of flights were cancelled around Christmas 2021 as the Omicron variant left airlines without enough healthy crew.
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9 Nov 2021
US Border Reopening Triggers Huge Airline Booking Surge
When the US reopened its borders to vaccinated travellers on 8 November 2021, airlines saw an immediate and dramatic surge in international bookings.
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31 Oct 2021
American Airlines Cancels Nearly 2,000 Halloween Flights
American Airlines cancelled nearly 2,000 flights over Halloween weekend 2021, blaming storms in Texas and a shortage of crew.
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30 Sep 2021
United Airlines Fires Hundreds Over Vaccine Mandate
In September 2021, United Airlines became the first major US airline to fire staff who refused its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
