BAGGAGE FEES CREATE WINDFALL FOR AIRLINES
Official US figures from the Bureau of Transportation states that airlines earned $1.6 billion in the first two quarters for 2010 in baggage fees. Delta Air Lines earned the most of this lucrative rev...
Official US figures from the Bureau of Transportation states that airlines earned $1.6 billion in the first two quarters for 2010 in baggage fees. Delta Air Lines earned the most of this lucrative rev...
Following a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Yokohama, Japan, US President Barack Obama said the “open skies” aviation agreement signed ...
Apollo Aviation Group has raised $213 million for its Sciens Aviation Special Opportunities Fund from a broad array of domestic and international investors for its aviation fund, the Sciens Aviation S...
JetBlue Airways has announced it plans an alliance with Emirates Airline, the UAE carrier’s seventh interline partner. Passengers will be able to book a single itinerary travelling on both carriers’ n...
A Lufthansa A380 flight aborted taxiing before takeoff from Frankfurt airport after the pilot requested a check on the aircraft’s undercarriage. Even though check confirmed nothing was amiss, passenge...
Tony Fernandes, CEO of Air Asia and Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic placed a bet at the beginning of the 2010 Formula One season that the losing F1 team would serve drinks on the winner’...
In the past ten months of 2010, UTair Aviation has reported it handled 3,782, 644 people, a 31% increase over the same period in 2009. Passenger load factor was 78.2%, up 6.3%; with turnover reaching ...
Russian domestic carrier S7 Airlines has officially joined the Oneworld alliance. Its subsidiary Globus has become an affiliate member. The Russian airlines now benefit from the full range of services...
Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways have experienced problems following their move to Terminal 3 at the Indira Gandhi International airport. Telephone line problems and poor internet connections slowe...
Vietnam Airlines has launched a second direct route to Yangon Burma’s southern trade hub. The flag carrier will fly between the southern business centre of Ho Chi Minh City and Yangon three times a we...
Concerns over safety standards at Jetstar have been raised by the airline’s training captain and former air-accident investigator at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Geoff Klouth, in a submissi...
Singapore low cost carrier Tiger Airways has said it plans to double the size of it fleet of Airbus A320-family aircraft to 43 from 21 by 2013. Tiger has previously stated it aimed to boost its fleet ...
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