The Reserve Bank of India has said that foreign airlines cannot route collections from online tickets sales in India directly to foreign bank accounts. At present, some airlines give Indian passengers...
The Chinese government has raised domestic jet fuel prices to CNY6,840 ($1,045) per ton, up 7.9% from CNY6,340 per ton in February. Most Chinese carriers have announced increased fuel surcharges on do...
Interjet and Airbus are scheduled to conduct the first Jatropha-based bio-fuel flight in Mexico later today using an Airbus A320. The bio-fuel is made from locally sourced Jatropha plant harvested in ...
Workers for Delta Air Lines Inc. and other air carriers will have more leeway to trade work shifts when a new Minnesota law takes effect Friday. Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill yesterday that exempts a...
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt told Congress this week that the agency is reviewing regulations for inspecting aging aircraft following the midair fuselage skin rupture on a Southwest Airlines 737-30...
Four of five Southwest Airlines aircraft with tiny fuselage cracks should be back in regular service by Saturday after mechanics complete repairs, the airline said yesterday. The Dallas-based carrier ...
Virgin America is paring its planned growth in 2012 because of rising oil prices, Chief Executive Officer David Cush said in an interview. Instead of taking deliveries of 12 additional Airbus A320s n...
According to the pilots union, BALPA, there is a growing problem of fatigue among flight crew. It has have voiced concern that this will worsen under EU proposals to increase flying hours from 900 hou...
Air transport IT specialist, SITA, today announced an ambitious programme to build a community cloud dedicated to the air transport industry (ATI) that will improve efficiencies and reduce costs. The ...
Russian carrier UTair and regional turboprop manufacturer ATR today announced the signature of a contract for the purchase of 20 ATR 72-500s. The announcement of the deal, valued at US $ 426 million, ...
Aer Lingus said that a late Easter holiday period (late April) has affected the number of booked passengers for March. In 2010, Easter fell in late March. This is the reason for its figures showing an...
“It makes sense for Virgin Atlantic to have a partner,” Sir Richard Branson said yesterday in an interview in San Francisco. “I will certainly still be extremely involved in the airline, whatever we d...
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