Munir Majid, chairman of Malaysian Airlines, stated that Emirates had become a formidable competitor and finding ways to compete was difficult. "Emirates is a formidable airline now, with probably the...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved the joint venture between Virgin Blue and Etihad to cooperate on pricing and scheduling. Qantas, whose CEO Alan Joyce stated last...
There are signs that Iran and Egypt could form an alliance to cooperate in area such as tourism and aviation. Local media sources suggest that discussions over the weekend between Iranian government o...
Middle Eastern airlines are indeed the real competition to European airlines, a fact recognised by Willie Walsh in September speech to the European Aviation Club. This new weekly email from Aviation N...
The first of two ex-BA Connect and Flybe ERJ-145 has been delivered to Airstream International. The airline took delivery of the aircraft in Semeyavia in Kazakhstan. This marks the first time the airl...
Bmi will begin a daily Heathrow-Tripoli service from December 1. The service, which will be operated by an Airbus A319, is aimed at bolstering bmi's links for oil workers. Currently bmi flies oil work...
Japan Airlines will need to make a number of redundancies to meet a target of reducing staff numbers by a third as it restructures under bankruptcy protection. The carrier needs to eliminate a further...
Kingfisher Airlines CEO, Vijay Mallya confirmed yesterday that: "There are several employees on our rolls whose presence in the organisation will be reviewed. We will look at some structural changes i...
Ethiopian is to forge a joint venture company with LSG, Lufthansa’s subsidiary company that specialized on catering services. LSG has been managing Ethiopian catering facility for the past three years...
Etihad has accused Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, of attempting to deflect attention from the Australian airline's ''own issues'' after he attacked Etihad's profitability and the viability of its alliance wi...
Norway’s high court, the Høyesterett, has upheld a previous ruling by a local court that Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was guilty of misusing sensitive data from Norewegian Air on pricing and routes and...
From October 31, AirAsia X plans to begin regular international flights from Haneda Airport. Since the de-regulation of the aviation sector, the Japanese government has encouraged more low-cost carrie...
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