United Continental Holdings consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) in February 2012 increased 3.4% and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 5.4% versus February 2011 results....
Saudi Airlines Cargo is launching a twice-weekly 747-400 freighter service from Saigon, Vietnam from March 25. The move is part of the airline’s expansion into Asia. "Saigon is an emerging market. Wit...
Air France KLM Group has appointed Frederic Gagey as CFO of Air France, while existing CFO of Air France and KLM Philippe Calavia will be CFO of Air France-KLM Group. Erik Swelheim, currently SVP-corp...
French newspaper La Tribune reports that Air France KLM intends to buy Alitalia next year in a share swap transaction. However, the airline group’s poor results (see top) shows a dire need for Air Fra...
Air France-KLM has reported a full-year loss with a warning that results for the current six months will show a further deterioration. The airline posted a net loss of €809m ($1.06bn) from a pro €289m...
The top ten US carriers, excluding American Airlines and its shirt-burning Chapter 11 entrance and $2bn loss, performed well in 2011with revenue on the main increasing by over 10% while fuel costs s...
The Director General of Foreign Trade yesterday allowed individual domestic airlines to directly import aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by issuing a formal notification to this effect. The notification ...
Losses at SriLankan Airlines are expected to rise sharply this year, and the country's national carrier intends to reduce flights to London and divert most of them to China, beginning April. The sta...
Air Mauritius will carry out a manpower audit to assess staffing requirements as it cuts routes and redeploys aircraft, said Donald Payen, its executive vice-president. “The number of employees per ...
Kingfisher Airlines stated today that it had started truncated operations in accordance with its new flight schedule, as the Indian aviation regulator (DGCA) examined its operational details to cons...
Virgin Australia today confirmed that net profit for the six months to December 31, 2011, came in at $51.8m, up 118% from $23.8m in the same period a year before. Virgin Australia chief executive Jo...
US Airways Group stated in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing yesterday that a runway and terminal expansion at Philadelphia International Airport could harm its finances and business opera...
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