While Airbus and Boeing continue to beat each other with sticks at the WTO over government subsidies, the Chinese, Iranians, Russians and Indians have been working on their own plans. Russia of course...
The key to aviation success is of course bums on seats and at this time there is no better investment for airlines than improving links to Brazil. Brazil is over the course of the next decade due to h...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed that it will replace an engine in each of three of its Airbus A380s after further inspections found oil stains in one engine on each of the aircraft, but the rem...
You may recall that two years ago this news team stated that the Japanese domestic LCCs were looking to order A380s, that plan was delayed by the global banking crisis but now Skymark Airlines, Japan’...
Two stories are combining to bring Rolls Royce shares into unknown territory this week … … … United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine unit has filed patent-infringement complaints agains...
On a day yesterday when the USA decided to print huge amounts of cash sending global markets shooting up, shares in the British engineering group Rolls Royce were conspicuous in the extreme losing ...
Analysts predict oil prices to rise to $100 per barrel (/bbl) in 2012. Although prices have hovered around $75-85/bbl during the past 12 months, analysts expect a return to the price of oil trackin...
A Qantas A380 has landed safely in Singapore after one of its Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines exploded and aircraft/engine debris was showered on the Indonesian island of Batam where people reported ...
Alitalia posted a €39 million ($54.4 million) net profit for the third quarter from a €1 million profit for the same period last year. The airline carried 7.1 million passengers during Q3, up 11% o...
Jet Airways, India’s largest carrier by passengers, will cut debt by turning rupee loans into dollar-denominated loans. It will also raise money through the development of land it owns, and in a no...
The US secure flight programme begins today, and although passengers onboard flights subjected to these checks can be sure that the cabin is safe from a shoe bomber or the like it is now obvious th...
African carriers have reported a 16% growth in passenger seat demand in September 2010 over the previous September. This is set against a 10.1% increase in capacity. As a result, Africa’s airline ind...
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