President of the Philippines Aquino has stated he wants local airlines to be at par with foreign airlines in terms of equipment, service and privileges of their pilots and employees. “Our Filipino pil...
Indian competition watchdog, Competition Commission of India (CCI), has fined Kingfisher Airlines Rs 1 crore for not supplying information requested by CCI following the airline’s proposed strategic a...
A Qantas flight from Frankfurt to Sydney was grounded in Singapore when a fault was found in its hydraulics system. A spokesperson for Qantas said pilots had not noticed the fault during the flight fr...
Air China and Air Macau are to increase there fuel surcharges from the start of December to US$27.50 from US$25 per passenger to offset increasing jet fuel costs. ...
Cathay Pacific Airways, has received approval from the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong to levy an increased passenger fuel surcharge form December. Cathay will raise its surcharge for short-hau...
Skymark Airlines, the Japanese low cost carrier purchasing Airbus A380s, jumped 8.4% to 919 yen in trading today after the airline said it expects to capture good market share flying business travelle...
A disruptive passenger on board a Virgin Blue flight from Indonesia to Melbourne caused the pilot to make an unplanned stop in northwestern Australia. The captain decided to land the aircraft at Broom...
Software glitches in Garuda Indonesia airline’s new operating system caused severe delays and cancelled flights for hundreds of passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. The exact...
VIRGIN Blue and Middle East carrier Etihad are reported to be planning to expand their alliance, agreed in September, to help cut back-office costs and improve the efficiency of airport and maintenanc...
The launch of Thai Tiger Airways will be delayed by two months as the financing strategy of parent Thai Airways International (Thai) has been rejected by the Transport Ministry. Thai had planned to us...
Pawan Arora has been sacked as the chief operating officer of Air India Express, amid protests from parent Air India COO Gustav Baldauf. Arora was sacked on the grounds that a number of things abou...
The pilots of the A380 Qantas Airlines aircraft whose engine exploded earlier this month faced 54 computer messages alerting them of system failures or impending failures. Richard Woodward, a vice ...
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