Airline Industry News

The Ethiopian Airlines is to implement a new restructuring program that will transform the airline into an aviation investment group. The management of Ethiopian Airlines has recently developed a 15-y...

Pilots at Zimbabwe's state-owned airline have agreed to end a two-week strike as the Zimbabwe government promises allowances will be back-dated to February. The staff at Air Zimbabwe had been threaten...

A senior executive at Ethiopian Airlines told Aviation News that 28 CEOs who are members of the Star Alliance group will come to Addis Ababa on Tuesday (Sept 28). The executive said the CEOs will deli...

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline and the UK's leading domestic carrier, has moved quickly to ensure that passengers still have plenty of options following bmi Regional's news that it will susp...

Turkish Airlines, the fourth largest carrier in Europe, does not have enough aircraft to meet its expansion plans and may acquire the A380, chairman Hamdi Topcu told national newspaper The Star newspa...

Ryanair has stated that it will close its Belfast City base at the end of October 2010. The airline cites the airport's confirmation that a public inquiry into a planned runway extension will be furth...

Air China has amended an order with Boeing from 15 787-8 aircraft to 15 787-9s. The airline said the move will increase its fleet capacity by 11%. The original order was placed in 2005 with deliveries...

JAL has announced plans to cut staff levels by over 16,000 through retirement and/or redundancy. It is stated that this is to take place before the end of March 2013. In addition 103 aircraft will be ...

AirTran Airways has agreed a seven-year lease for facilities with authorities at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport securing the base for the airline. "Finalising our long-term lease wit...