SIA LOW-COST CARRIER TO USE 777-200 FLEET
The new low cost carrier being set up by Singapore Airlines (SIA) will operate a fleet of Boeing 777-200 aircraft acquired from SIA but reconfigured into a new seating layout. ...
The new low cost carrier being set up by Singapore Airlines (SIA) will operate a fleet of Boeing 777-200 aircraft acquired from SIA but reconfigured into a new seating layout. ...
Chinese airlines have reported an aggregate net income of CNY12.78 billion ($1.98 billion) for the first half of 2011, representing a 26% over a net profit of CNY10.14 billion reported in the year-ago...
All Nippon Airways and AirAsia have jointly created a new low-cost carrier called AirAsia Japan. The new airline, which will begin domestic and international services from August 2012, will be based a...
Mohamed Munir Abdul Majid, chairman of Malaysia Airline, will leave the airline on July 31 when his contract expires as part of its restructuring process. No reason was given for his departure. Bernar...
Virgin Australia and Etihad Airways are reviewing their proposed thrice-weekly service from Brisbane to Abu Dhabi from February 2012. Etihad chief commercial officer Peter Baumgartner said it was not ...
Qantas is planning to speed up modifications of Rolls-Royce RB211 engines powering its Boeing 747-400 fleet to solve the problem caused by cracked high-pressure compressor blades, which Rolls-Royce ac...
The International Air Transport Association’s quarterly business confidence survey states that even though profit margins continued to be squeezed in the second quarter, confidence has returned and so...
Passenger traffic for the second quarter at Cebu Air rose 15% thanks to increased demand from foreign travellers. The airline flew 3.1 million passengers from April to June – keeping the carrier on tr...
Air India is planning to raise $832 million (Rs 3,745 crore) to fund its 787 deliveries, the first of which arrives in October. The airline is hoping to get support from the US Export Import bank, wit...
Singapore Airlines has appointed Campbell Wilson as head of its new low-fare airline. Wilson, 40, has been with SIA Group for more than 15 years both in Singapore and abroad, will be founding chief ex...
Former Qantas chief pilot Chris Manning has been appointed as a safety adviser of Tiger Airways Australia. The move has been taken in an attempt for the airline to resume operations after it was groun...
South Korea’s prime minister Kim Hwang-Sik has urged Japan to drop its boycott of a Korean Air after it flew over the Dokdo islands, which are known as Takeshima in Japan, which are claimed by both na...
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