Air Malta pilots have voted overwhelmingly to strike following the news that 57 pilots have been earmarked for redundancy as part of its restructuring plan. The Airline Pilots’ Association is threaten...
Yesterday there was a purge of Avianova management. But this was not because of shoddy or lacklustre work it was a targeted coup by the Russian majority shareholder, A1, against foreign members of the...
Singapore Airlines will lease a further 15 A330-300s from Airbus to continue its expansion of route to Asia, the Middle East and Australia. The new aircraft, which will use Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engin...
Tianjin-based Okay Airways has taken delivery of two MA60 turboprops from AVIC. The airline, which ordered 10 MA60s in July 2007, plans to use the aircraft on new routes from Yantai to Dalian, Weiha, ...
Garuda Indonesia has placed a firm order for four A330-300s and has also converted three previously ordered A330-200s into -300 models. No engine selection has yet been announced. Airbus says the airl...
Taiwanese airline TransAsia Airways has begun Taipei- Singapore services from Changi Airport. The first a daily return service touched down on June 30 with the return flight leaving on Saturday mornin...
Qantas has denied rumours that its subsidiary Jetstar is being touted as a budget airline partner for Japanese carrier Japan Airlines. However, Japanese media reports have suggested that a number of m...
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics has reported that US airlines employed 2% more workers in April compared to the same month last year. Employee numbers increased 4.5% Delta Air Lines; and were u...
US environmental groups have attacked the Obama administration’s opposition to the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). The lobbyists claims the US is reneging on its commitment to fight g...
Hawaiian Airlines has leased three additional Boeing 717-200 aircraft to meet increasing passenger demand. The airline has also purchased its existing fleet of 15 leased 717-200s from Boeing Capital i...
Following Delta Air Lines approval for a one year waiver on flights between Detroit and Tokyo following devastations caused by the Japanese earthquake, American Airlines has asked the US Department of...
Mandala Airlines is expected to begin operations again from next year after it was acquired by a local investment firm Saratoga Capital. In an interview with The Jakarta Post, Saratoga Capital investm...
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