Javascript is required for this site to display correctly.Good for the airlines.Sean O'NeillU.S. airlines are pressing the Biden administration to lift a 16-month-old rule requiring nearly all international air passengers with some exceptions to test negative for COVID-19 before entering the country.Airline executives say many Americans are not traveling internationally because of concerns they will test positive in a foreign country and then be stranded abroad. International U.S. air travel remains down about 15% from pre-pandemic levels.Airlines for America, an industry group, said Friday...…Javascript is required for this site to display correctly.Good for the airlines.Sean O'NeillU.S. airlines are pressing the Biden administration to lift a 16-month-old rule requiring nearly all international air passengers with some exceptions to test negative for COVID-19 before entering the country.Airline executives say many Americans are not traveling internationally because of concerns they will test positive in a foreign country and then be stranded abroad. International U.S. air travel remains down about 15% from pre-pandemic levels.Airlines for America, an industry group, said Friday...WW…

Javascript is required for this site to display correctly.The number of players leasing aircraft to airlines keeps shrinking even as the sector grows.Edward Russell, one of the world’s biggest aircraft lessors, is nearing a deal to acquire smaller rival for about $7 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.The deal between the two privately held, Dublin, Ireland-based lessors could be announced as soon as next week, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It would create a global aircraft leasing giant as consolidation sweeps the industry.Last...…Javascript is required for this site to display correctly.The number of players leasing aircraft to airlines keeps shrinking even as the sector grows.Edward Russell, one of the world’s biggest aircraft lessors, is nearing a deal to acquire smaller rival for about $7 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.The deal between the two privately held, Dublin, Ireland-based lessors could be announced as soon as next week, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It would create a global aircraft leasing giant as consolidation sweeps the industry.Last...WW…