“It makes sense for Virgin Atlantic to have a partner,” Sir Richard Branson said yesterday in an interview in San Francisco. “I will certainly still be extremely involved in the airline, whatever we d...
Laurence Barron, president of Airbus China, has made frank comments to the press regarding the A380, giving us further insight into how things are going for the A380’s possibilities in China. Barron s...
Japan Airlines (JAL) said it will offer a limited number of administrative and maintenance staff, pilots and flight attendants special unpaid leave during the months of May and June 2011. This is due ...
Airline stocks declined further yesterday after monthly traffic reports revealed only slight growth in passenger numbers as customer push back on rising ticket prices for international flights. Howeve...
American Airlines passenger traffic in March rose slightly – 0.8% – however its aircraft were less full because the airline has added seats at a faster rate. American increased passenger-carrying capa...
Asian and European carriers have now confirmed that they will be examining their 737-300 aircraft as a precaution after cracks expanded into a hole on a Southwest Airlines plane last week. Boeing has ...
Boeing and Qatar Airways yesterday announced orders for three 777 Freighters and two 777-300ERs. The orders are valued at $1.4 billion at list prices. The 777 Freighter order was previously accounted...
Airbus said it is bringing forward the A320neo’s entry into service from 2016 to October 2015, and will begin the program’s industrial development phase with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G serving as the l...
Easyjet has reported a jump of 12% in its passenger figures for March over the same period in 2010. Ryanair’s figures are also up by 8%. International Airlines Group, British Airways and Iberia parent...
A consortium of 13 lenders has taken a 23.37% stake in Kingfisher Airlines as part of a debt restructuring deal. The consortium includes State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Bank of Baroda and ...
Commercial Aircraft Engine Co (part of AVIC) is accelerating the research and development of a second engine option for the COMAC C919. This engine will be a domestic engine of choice no doubt if it c...
Boeing has stated that it is confident the rupture that tore a hole in the roof of a Southwest Airlines 737-300 would never occur on its 737-Next Generation aircraft it now produces. Paul Richter, Boe...
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