The European Union (EU) announced yesterday that it will implement tougher rules to ensure fair competition and protect its airlines, saying it would negotiate “new and more effective instruments to p...
The India finance ministry has provided a sovereign guarantee to the bond issue of National Aviation Company (Nacil), which flies under the Air India brand. But it comes with string attached. The guar...
Korean Air has expanded its network to the Middle East with the announcement that a direct service between Korea and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab state in Western Asia, will begin on ...
Tomorrow airline unions in the Philippines will join the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) “Global Day of Action against Outsourcing”. The September 27 action coincides with the annive...
Air Astana is poised to launch a direct air route to Vietnam. Air Astana President Peter Foster commented to reporters that Vietnam is a dynamic economy with a large population, with great air travel ...
IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh has publically stated that the airline has no plans to take on-board an overseas partner to expand its business. “We are not looking at any investment.. so it [the FDI ru...
Although 2012 has been below expectations for United Continental (UAL), the labour troubles at American Airlines stand to help its rival claw back market share. American has been suffering from labour...
Virgin America has posted a second-quarter net loss of $31.8 million. Although this is an improvement on the $21.7 million loss it posted in the same period last year. The airline’s revenue increased ...
A man claiming to be a Lufthansa pilot has been arrested in Italy last week after being tracked by police for several weeks. Andrea P, as he has been identified by police but who claims to be Captain ...
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has declared that Ryanair did not violate safety standards last July when three of its flights ran short of fuel on the same day in Spain and were forced to divert t...
Iberia and Orbest Airlines have signed a contract covering the maintenance of components of the Airbus A320s and A330s operated by the Palma de Majorca-based company, a unit of the Orizonia holiday Gr...
A technical fault on board a Ryanair flight from Stansted bound for Bratislava forced the pilot to make an unscheduled landing in Berlin. “Ryanair flight FR2314 diverted to Berlin Schoenefeld after ...
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