Lufthansa has stated that it has “concluded an agreement with a UK-based investor group” to buy bmi Regional, although it added the deal “is subject to certain pre-conditions which are to be fulfilled...
Merrill Lynch Japan Securities and Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities have been selected as underwriters for the overseas portion of the Japan Airlines initial public offering (IPO). JAL is planning to ra...
Skytech-AIC has named Jeff Solomon as technical director, responsible for all aircraft and technical record inspections for its owned and managed portfolios and for third-party clients. Solomon has he...
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has named Bernard Gustin, Co-Chief Executive of Brussels Airlines, as its new Chairman for 2012. During his year-long chairmanship, Bernard Gustin will act o...
A new agreement between Russia and Spain will see more frequencies added to Barcelona–Moscow and Alicante –Moscow routes. Airlines from both countries will now be able to operate 42 flights per week b...
Lufthansa Technik is now the sole owner of the American company AirLiance Materials, supplier of quality-assured used aircraft spare parts. Lufthansa Technik announced that it had taken over the share...
Flybe is expanding its European network with six new routes for summer 2012 with up to 34 additional flights a week from March 25, further expanding the airline’s schedule to a total of 208 routes. Th...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s aviation division has finally been sold off for about $7.3bn in the world’s largest acquisition of a leasing business thus far. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan’s ...
American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia, are offering special discounted fares between the United States and Europe as low as $250 each way. Taxes and fees are additional. Travel must originate ...
Airbus’s plan to transfer work on its A320 wings to Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has caused a stir among the members and leadership of Unite, the UK’s biggest union, which described the move as “a...
Deutsche Lufthansa traffic rose 7% in 2011 grew to 208bn revenue passenger kilometers last year. Lufthansa transported a record 106m passengers in 2011, up 7.5% on 2010 and more than AirFrance-KLM by ...
On the back of the recent launch of direct Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf, and last month’s historic deal between the United Arab Emirates flag carrier and Germany’s second larges...
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