SAS has earlier communicated the decision to phase out the MD80 and Boeing 737 Classic on the bases in Stockholm and Oslo and replace them with Boeing 737 NGs. As a consequence SAS has signed an agre...
China Southern Airlines has made its inaugural direct flight from the city of Guangzhou to Auckland last weekend. The airline, which calls New Zealand crucial to exploring Australasia and accelerating...
South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) will fly to Macau from its hub in Clark, Pampanga daily from May 27, 2011. Macau is SEAIR’s third international destination under a partnership with Singaporean budge...
New airline Air Mekong has submitted a plan to raise its chartered capital by selling a 30% stake to US airline SkyWest for approval by the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport. Air Mekong, which launched...
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways has cancelled 25 of the 40 A320s it ordered in 2007. Jazeera Chairman Marwan Boodai stated: “[Jazeera] might revisit this decision in the future as Airbus introduces new A320 ...
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...
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...
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...
Japan Airlines (JAL) said it will offer a limited number of administrative and maintenance staff, pilots and flight attendants special unpaid leave during the months of May and June 2011. This is due ...
American Airlines passenger traffic in March rose slightly – 0.8% – however its aircraft were less full because the airline has added seats at a faster rate. American increased passenger-carrying capa...
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