A French government minister (Pierre Lellouche) yesterday requested a meeting with the chief executive of Air France Pierre-Henri Gourgeon. Why? It was to question why Air France is planning to announ...
It is one of those days when it is hard to decide what to put on the top of the news, so please make sure you refer to the top of the European section for a large Air France order set for Paris and a ...
Xiamen Airlines has been approved by the SkyTeam board for membership as early as year-end 2012. The carrier plans to sign a letter of intent soon, which will signal the start of preparations to join ...
Hong Kong Airlines is planning to place an order for up to six A380 aircraft at the Paris Air Show, according to an airline spokesperson. Hong Kong Airlines, whose parent is China’s HNA Group, is thou...
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Shannon Okinaka as vice president, controller. She will be responsible for overseeing the company’s accounting and financial reporting. Okinaka has been with the compan...
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has formally awarded antitrust immunity to the joint alliance between Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines. “In today’s order, the Department said Delta and i...
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has disclosed that it has signed lease agreements for 25 additional aircraft. TRIP Linhas Aereas (Brazil) and ALC have entered into long term lease agreements for six new A...
Beginning Sept 6, 2011, AirTran will add two daily roundtrips between Milwaukee and Des Moines, IA, as well as two daily roundtrips between Milwaukee and Akron-Canton, OH. While Southwest Airlines wil...
Republic Airways’ holding in Frontier Airlines will be reduced to a minority stake by the end of 2014, according to a new agreement with Frontier pilots. Frontier pilots have agreed to give up future ...
Panama-based Copa Airlines is expanding capacity by 20% this year. Part of this plan will involve launching a new service to Chicago O’Hare; Cucuta, Colombia; and Asuncion, Paraguay in December, bring...
TAAG Angola Airlines has secured $256 million loan with an US Export-Import Bank guarantee for one 777-300ER aircraft with GE90-115B engines. The guaranteed lender is the New York-based Private Export...
For the year ending March 30, 2011, Air India is estimated to have posted a record loss of Rs. 7,000 crore, which is more than $1.5 billion. The news means the beleaguered carrier’s turnaround plan is...
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