Oneworld Alliance members British Airways and Qatar Airways are in talks to enhance cooperation beyond their current codesharing partnership. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker was asked at the IATA AGM...
Alitalia’s board elected to continue discussions with Etihad over a rescue plan involving the Gulf carrier purchasing a 49% stake in Alitalia. Alitalia was kept going by a €500 million rescue package ...
Virgin Atlantic’s domestic subsidiary Little Red sees load factors on average less than 40%, according to figures released from the UK CAA. Little Red launched UK domestic services from London, to Edi...
Watch out this week for Azul Airlines and others, to see if they can gain big out of the FIFA World Cup. But the pick of airlines to watch for in 2014 from an equipment perspective remains Iran Air. I...
Local news reports suggest that Qantas intends to issue a second round of high-yield bonds to raise $100 million to help pay down debt. The move follows it first issuance of $300 million eight-year bo...
Air India has raised a bridge loan of $410 million from Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank to finance the purchase of four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The airline has taken delivery of 14 o...
EVA Air has taken delivery of two new Boeing 777-300ERs, both fully line-fitted with AeroMobile’s inflight connectivity service. The aircraft took their delivery flights from Boeing’s Seattle headquar...
Following the delivery of its third new Boeing 777 aircraft, EVA Air is expanding its trans-Pacific routes to North America. Effective from today, Taiwan’s leading independent airline will increase it...
The high cost of fuel and the impact of the weak Yen caused All Nippon Airlines profit to fall by 38% to JPY 65.9bn during fiscal year 2013. Fuel costs increased by JPY66 billion (USD650 million). Lan...
Tom Horton, Chairman of American Airlines Group, is reported to be poised to leave the company following its annual general meeting today. CEO Doug Parker, previously the chairman and CEO at US Airway...
Speaking to reporters at the International Air Transport Association meeting in Doha, Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines confirmed that the airline is committed to acquiring six A3...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Calin Rovinescu, President and CEO of Air Canada, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors for a one-year ter...
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