Tony Fernandes, CEO of Air Asia and Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic placed a bet at the beginning of the 2010 Formula One season that the losing F1 team would serve drinks on the winner’...
In the past ten months of 2010, UTair Aviation has reported it handled 3,782, 644 people, a 31% increase over the same period in 2009. Passenger load factor was 78.2%, up 6.3%; with turnover reaching ...
Russian domestic carrier S7 Airlines has officially joined the Oneworld alliance. Its subsidiary Globus has become an affiliate member. The Russian airlines now benefit from the full range of services...
Hawaiian Airlines has had its fair share of ups and downs over the past decade with two filings for Chapter 11 and an infamous FBI investigation, but where expansion is concerned the drawback has alwa...
Kalanithi Maran tipped for chair of SpiceJet following his acquisition of majority shares in the low-cost carrier. The appointment is expected to be confirmed later today. Maran, a Chennai-based indus...
Last Friday, a Qantas Boeing 767 aircraft bound for Melbourne reportedly experienced vibration in its left-hand engine and was forced to return to Perth. While last weekend another Qantas jet, anothe...
State aircraft producer PT Dirgantara Indonesia has announced the construction of a new $440,000 hangar to handle the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) for Sukhoi superjets. Sri Jaka Heri Kusnan...
The share prices of Chinese carriers all fell on Monday trading. Shandong Airlines fell 10% and Hainan Airlines 8.3%, while the "big three" state-owned carriers experienced declines around 5%. Skymark...
Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways have experienced problems following their move to Terminal 3 at the Indira Gandhi International airport. Telephone line problems and poor internet connections slowe...
Vietnam Airlines has launched a second direct route to Yangon Burma’s southern trade hub. The flag carrier will fly between the southern business centre of Ho Chi Minh City and Yangon three times a we...
Concerns over safety standards at Jetstar have been raised by the airline’s training captain and former air-accident investigator at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Geoff Klouth, in a submissi...
Singapore low cost carrier Tiger Airways has said it plans to double the size of it fleet of Airbus A320-family aircraft to 43 from 21 by 2013. Tiger has previously stated it aimed to boost its fleet ...
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