The airline says over the past month, jet fuel has increased from $US114 a barrel to $US130 a barrel adding hugely to its operating costs. Air New Zealand says domestic airfares and long haul fares wi...
Cathay Pacific Group has reported annual profits nearly a third higher for 2010 to HK$14.04 billion ($1.8 billion) from a HK$4.69 billion in 2009 on a 33.7% rise in revenue to HK$89.52 billion. Full-y...
Lufthansa Group has stated that preliminary figures show it ended 2010 with a net profit of €1.1 billion ($1.53 billion), this, from a net loss of €34 million in 2009. This news shows that Lufthansa h...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) management is pushing for an indefinite halt to collective bargaining negotiations. At a meeting called by the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Manila, the...
Share prices of US airlines were buoyed slightly on the news that OPEC was increasing production which drove oil prices slightly lower yesterday. The Arca airline index was up 3.2%. United Continental...
Republic Airways has said it is curbing expansion plans for its Frontier Airlines subsidiary due to oil price volatility. Flat seat capacity for the second quarter also contributed to the decision, as...
Africa World Airlines Limited (AWAL), run by a team of Ghanaian and Chinese investors, will begin operating passenger and cargo services within Ghana and West Africa in mid-2011. The airline will begi...
Swiss airline SkyWork Airlines has launched direct flights from London City Airport to Bern. The route will operate Sunday to Friday every evening from 27 March, with frequency doubling from September...
Turkish Airlines has signed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321-200ss and three A330-200F freighter aircraft. THY already has another 27 aircraft on order with Airbus from contracts placed in 2009 and 201...
Airbus yesterday projected that Asia/Pacific airlines will take delivery of around 8,560 new aircraft valued at $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, representing 33% of new aircraft deliveries worldw...
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) plans to expand its fleet to 745 (adding 250 aircraft). CEA Chairman Liu Shaoyong told reporters in Beijing yesterday that by 2015 the fleet will total 588 units comprisin...
Etihad Airways and Engine Alliance say they have finalized an agreement for GP7200 engines to power the carrier’s fleet of 10 Airbus A380s due to start delivery in 2012. The deal includes a long-term ...
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