Virgin Atlantic has created 200 jobs through the establishment of a call centre handling its customer inquiries. Welsh deputy first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said the new facility provides “an import...
Lufthansa has announced it will offer Internet access on almost all of its flights by the end of next year. The airline, which will offer the service first on its North American routes, is using the...
UK airline Flybe is set to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in December. Market rumours suggest the IPO will price the airline at £250 million, with some £60 million likely to be raised by th...
The cabin crew strike, which has forced Finnair to cancel more than 100 flights, will result in a loss for the Finnish flag carrier for this fiscal year. Finnair shares fell 3.5%, while shares in S...
Unite, the union representing British Airways cabin crew, has said it wants the immediate restoration of staff travel concessions to crew who lost them, the restoration of sick pay to those off ill...
Willie Walsh, chief of British Airways, has stated that the newly merged International Airlines Group wants to “lead the industry’s consolidation”. The merger between BA and Iberia was unanimously ...
At Marketforce and the IEA’s The Future of Air Transport conference held in London this week, the question was raised whether legacy carriers should withdraw from all short haul services, finally cedi...
SATS Investments has acquired Japan Airlines' entire stake of 50.7% Japanese airline caterer TFK Corp for about $122 million paid in cash. TFK will become a subsidiary of SATS. The deal gives SATS ent...
One of Cathay Pacific’s 747-400 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after the cabin lost pressure. The Hong Kong-bound aircraft landed at Karaganda airport in central Kazakh...
Nicholas E. Calio, a Citigroup lobbyist and former White House official, has been appointed as the new president and CEO of the Air Transport Association of America. Calio, who will assume the positio...
Recent US government papers describe Washington’s anger with the new aviation passenger duty, Britain’s extradition arrangements with America and lax visa checks on Pakistanis coming to Britain. The p...
Continental Airlines has stated it has reached a labour contract with some 7,000 fleet-service employees, represented by the Teamsters union. The union will hold a ratification vote on the new contrac...
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