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Porter Airlines has exercised two options to buy more Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft. The Toronto-based airline has four more options remaining under an order places last year for four air...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 in Tunis, a U.S.$ 40-million second lien corporate loan to Ethiopian Airlines to support the purchase...

El Al Israel Airlines has reported a 2010 net profit of $57.1 million, from a $76.3 million net loss in 2009, on the back of a 19% increase in revenue to $1.97 billion. Fourth-quarter net income was $...

Lufthansa Group announced yesterday that Board Member and Executive VP Marketing and Sales Thierry Antinori will resign Thursday and will not be assuming the position of Chairman and CEO of Austrian A...

A bomb alert involving a parcel on board a UPS aircraft has once again opened the debate on security checks on cargo items allowed onto flights. It is reported by UK based news services that a fake bo...

Airbus has installed the first A350 XWB nose landing gear produced by Liebherr Aerospace at its test facility in Filton in the UK. The main Messier-Dowty landing gear is expected to be installed in th...

Low cost airline easyJet has announced a new Belfast to Manchester route and is returning its Luton route from City Airport to Belfast International after a year’s trial. The new Manchester flight wil...

Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus has announced it returned to profit in 2010 following two years of operating losses. The airline recorded an operating profit before exceptional items of €57.6 million fr...

Delhi Police have issued a lookout notice against three pilots and a flying instructor for allegedly forging marksheets to procure pilot licences. The pilots Swaran Singh Talwar of MDLR, and Syed Habi...

Royal Brunei Airlines begins its four times weekly services to Melbourne tomorrow. The flight operates to Melbourne on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday using B777 equipment. The maiden flight w...

Japan Airlines is reducing the number of flights to Honolulu because of fewer passengers flying to Hawaii in the aftermath of the tsunami. The airline says it will cut its 21 weekly flights down to 14...

Philippine Airlines (PAL) management has reassured passengers that contingency measures are in place to keep its operations normal should PAL Employees Association (PALEA) stage an illegal strike. PAL...