China has vowed to punish those found guilty of fabricating threats targeting civilian flights more harshly following a series of such hoaxes. A number of individuals who made false bomb threats targe...
Sources indicate that Thai AirAsia may be working to launch a Thai subsidiary of the AirAsia X brand. The rumours began when Thai AirAsia CEO, Tassapon Bijleveld, diluted his stake in Asia Aviation (A...
Kingfisher Airlines executive vice-president Hitesh Patel, who joined the carrier nine years ago, is to leave the company and is returning home to New York, according to sources. The fact that Patel w...
Thanks to a major restructuring effort, Air India has succeeded in cutting loss-making routes to 25% of its network in the 12 months to March 2013. This is an improvement from the 69% loss making rout...
Virgin Australia has appointed top sales executive Judith Crompton to the newly-created role of chief commercial officer, with responsibility for alliances, network, revenue management and sales over ...
Qingdao Airlines the proposed JV between Qingdao Municipal Transport Development Group Co (25%), Nanshan Group Co (55%) and Shandong Airlines (20%) on Friday received preliminary approval from CAAC So...
Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for 787s ordered that do not meet the 20% fuel efficiency claims previously advertised, stating that they were in fact just above 17% at best. "We have a...
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 aircraft experienced a minor electrical fault during a recent proving flight. However this was easily rectified since it was caused by an insufficiently turned nut i...
China’s largest operator of Airbus aircraft, China Eastern Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing-tip devices, becoming China’s first carrier...
Cebu Pacific Air posted net income of PHP1.16 billion during the first quarter of 2013, a 20.2% increase compared to PHP962.40 million in the year-ago period. The airline attributes the growth to ro...
Air India is searching for an outside professional with a management background to head its aircraft repair business, says local media reports. Air India’s maintenance arm was spun off into a separa...
Jet Airways is poised to order 50 737 MAX planes, likely to be announced at the Paris air show with an order for 50 other aircraft – expected to be A320neos. The narrowbodies will be used by Jet to...
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