International Lease Finance Corporation has completed an agreement to lease six new 787-8 aircraft and two new 787-9 aircraft plus two new 787-9 aircraft options to Thai Airways. All the leases are fo...
Grounded over safety concerns five weeks ago, Tiger Airways now expects to resume operations in Australia on August 6. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is expected to lift the ban next Monday. The ...
Tibet Airlines has commenced operations with the flight of its one aircraft, an A319, from Lhasa to Ngari. The airline plans to offer four services a day connecting Lhasa, Ngari and Chengdu, in Sichua...
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines posted net income of CNY160 million ($24.8 million) in the 2011 first half, down 6.3% from a net profit of CNY170 million in the year-ago period. Spring’s operating reve...
Singapore Airlines and Transaero have reached a codeshare agreement under which SIA’s code will be placed on Transaero flights from Moscow to Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara and St. Petersburg. Tran...
Bowing to pressure from foreign competition, Qantas is expected to cut more than 10 major international routes in August. The Australian flag carrier has been unable to compete with Asian competitors,...
Jet Airways is planning to cut one of its low-fare brands— JetLite and JetKonnect — within the next two months. Jet acquired JetLite from the Sahara Group in 2007, then called Air Sahara. But the acqu...
Air India Express, which began flying on April 29, 2005, says it aims to break even by 2013. The airline is already showing a cash profit but it could have been in true profit were it not for the 25% ...
Mxi Technologies has announced the opening of their new corporate office in Hong Kong in order to support the growing demand for the Maintenix software throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The decision...
Spring Airlines aims to raise more than $1.2 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) in the first quarter of 2012. The budget Chinese carrier need to raise funds to help finance its expansion ambi...
Air New Zealand has reported a strong rebound in demand for its trans-Tasman operations have but despite this the airline is still anticipating a second half loss amid high fuel prices and natural dis...
Pilots on international routes at Qantas have begun a two-day strike over a dispute over pay and conditions – this is its first industrial action in 45 years. Unauthorised announcements were made on f...
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