Hong Kong Airlines has taken delivery of its third A330-200 passenger aircraft to operate on its London Gatwick route. Each aircraft is configured with just 116 seats in an exclusive all Club Class of...
The Indonesia National Air Carriers Association has declared that Indonesia needs to accelerate its push to groom more pilots to cope with the expansion of the country's airlines. The Association fore...
Raymond L. Conner has been appointed as president and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Conner, 57, a 34-year company veteran who began his career as an airplane mechanic, moves to the leadership post...
The US House of Representatives has voted to keep the Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes flights to isolated towns, intact and has granted a new budget of $214 million. Rep. Tom McClintoc...
Airport self-service kiosks are expected to be overtaken by smartphones, as airlines increasingly focus their IT spending on mobile technologies. “Adoption [of kiosks by passengers] is the problem,” S...
It has emerged that Japan Airlines (JAL) will benefit from a tax break from the government as it returns to profitability. JAL does not have to pay US$4.5 billion in taxes on future profits. All Nipp...
The chairman of AviancaTaca, former by the merger of Avianca and TACA, Roberto Kriete, has reported that the merger has created higher than expected synergies and that they had completed 70% and will ...
The Allied Pilots Association board has voted 9 to 7 to send the last and best offer from American Airlines to its membership for consideration, the union and the company said. A vote by members is ex...
Kenya Airways has announced that its Board of Directors had approved the award of the mandate to arrange the aircraft financing for the purchase of nine new 787-800s Dreamliners, one 777-300ER, and te...
Dublin based aircraft lessor, AWAS, has closed a revolving $120m pre-delivery payment (PDP) Facility. The loan is fully underwritten by Investec Bank and will be used to finance the pre-delivery payme...
Russian lessor, Aviacapital-Service, has firmed up an order for 35 Irkut MS-21 aircraft, with Russian PD-14 engines. Delivery is expected from 2022 to 2025. The first flight of the MS-21 is expected t...
British Airways’ winter 2012 schedule has been unveiled that includes some significant changes mainly due to the airline’s acquisition of bmi. British Airways is increasing the number of seats to Scot...
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