New Zealand charter airline Air National has been grounded because of safety concerns. The Civil Aviation Authority has imposed a 10-day suspension of Air National's corporate air operating certifi...
A Federal court in Sydney has ruled that documents detailing commercial contracts between Airbus and Qantas relating to the purchase of its fleet of A380s will remain confidential. Airbus's lawyer...
Singapore Airlines has confirmed an incident reported in January that the crew of one of its A380s detected the smell of smoke in a toilet just before landing safely in Singapore. A Singapore Airl...
Indonesian airline Lion Air is aiming to raise more than $1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) in 2012. Rusdi Kirana, chief executive told Reuters, that the airline plans to use the “IPO mo...
The alliance between Virgin Blue and Etihad has received the blessing of the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission).‘‘The ACCC considers that the alliance is likely to promote compet...
Qantas said today it would raise its fuel surcharge on international flights for the first time in three years as it tries to compensate for the impact of rising oil prices. The Australian flag car...
The 767 can continue to sell well as an airliner whether or not the company wins the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief Jim Albaugh stated yesterday. Standing in fron...
StandardAero announced yesterday that it has signed an exclusive maintenance agreement with West Atlantic. This long-term contract covers over 80 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 and PW126A engines. “W...
The large US airlines cancelled more than 5,500 flights – 18% of the day’s scheduled flights - yesterday as the severe snow storm paralysed air travel. United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc and America...
United Continental Holdings has posted a fourth-quarter loss four months into the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines. However the newly merger airlines saw strong revenue gains on i...
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported fourth-quarter net income of $70.6 million, from $35 million profit for the same quarter last year. Revenue rose 15.7% to $343.8 million whi...
Oman Air and Lufthansa Technik have signed a base maintenance contract for Oman Air's fifteen Boeing 737NG aircraft. The C-checks include ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting Sys...
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