Singapore Airlines has said that it is still in the “initial set-up” phase of the plan to launch a new low-cost carrier and was quick to deny local media reports of an April launch date. The new ai...
Qantas, Virgin Blue and other domestic airlines have opted to pay the carbon tax instead of pay higher fuel excise. The government made a last-minute change to the carbon tax legislation, which now al...
Qantas has been forced to cancel or delay nearly 80 flights today even though the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) cancelled the strike planned by line maintenance engineers ...
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been forced to delay and cancel various domestic and international flights due to a shortage of aircraft. Local media reports that only 31 out of 39 aircraft ...
Jet Airways has experienced 20% growth in its UAE operations compared to last year. Ratan Ratnakar, VP - Market Development and Pricing, Gulf and MEA said: “Our UAE operations witnessed a 20% growth b...
The Indian finance ministry has turned down Air India’s request seeking letter of comfort (LoC) for increasing the buyers’ credit limit to $288 million from Standard Chartered Bank. The ministry is r...
A fire in the cockpit of a Jetstar Airbus A330 in 2009 was caused by a production fault with the electrical connection to the windshield heating system, which the Australian Transport Safety Bureau in...
Jet Airways will begin daily flights from Sharjah to Thiruvananthapuram from October 30. The airline already operates a daily flight from Sharjah to Kochi; this new service is the 10th daily service b...
Pratt & Whitney has completed ground testing of its first PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi regional jet. It has completed more than 300 hr. and 1,100 cycles. The test program will run a total of eigh...
The US Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) has approved guarantees up to $1.3 billion to Air India to fund the purchase of 27 787s. The Indian government is meeting on October 22 to decide on the whether t...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is providing an $80 million guarantee of the loan from the Private Export Funding Corp. (PEFCO) for one 737-900ER delivered to Tajikistan airli...
Air India has lost 48 of its pilots due to poaching by its domestic and international rivals, including IndiGo which is accused of hiring two thirds of those. Although given that Air India's pilots sa...
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