Although United and Continental merges in October last year, they will not be able to reach agreements with all of their unions by the end of this year as they had hoped. Jeff Smisek, CEO of United Co...
Air Namibia will be injected with N$1.2 billion in government funds over three years as part of the turnaround plan outlined by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. This is double the cost tha...
Kenya Airways has signed a letter of intent with GECAS for the lease of two new Boeing 777-300ERs that will be delivered at the end of 2012-early 2013. Kenya Airways also has 787s on order that due fo...
Virgin Atlantic has suggested that short haul flights should take a greater share of air passenger duty (APD) burden. The long-haul carrier says APD has increased on its flights by 50% over the past f...
The board of Air France-KLM is meeting next week to make a final decision on an order for 100 long-haul aircraft. The order has been predicted by French newspaper La Tribune to be split between Airbus...
Things don’t get much better than that in India. There is currently a huge boom in tourism and rising disposable incomes and India’s aviation industry has experienced a sharp rebound in travel demand ...
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 ...
SkyWorks Capital has announced the appointment of Benoit Debains to serve as Managing Director. Benoit will be based in Toulouse, France where he will focus on global opportunities for SkyWorks. Benoi...
The US has moved to ban US airlines’ participation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme in bipartisan legislation proposed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Republican chairman of ...
Regional carrier Sun Country Airlines has been bought by a Minnesota family for an undisclosed sum after emerging from bankruptcy-court reorganization earlier this year. The new owner is the Davis fam...
Mexican low-cost carrier Interjet has captured 25% domestic market share in the country since its launch in December 2005. The Mexican airline carried over 16 million passengers. Aeromexico and Aerome...
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