Velvet Sky a new airline flying between Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg is expected to start flights in 2011. Its website states that “the countdown has begun” and has been advertising pilot vacanc...
Ryanair carried five million passengers in December 2010 taking its annual tally to 72.7 million. Even though the Irish low cost carrier was also affected by the snow disruption, it posted a 2% rise o...
British Airways has confirmed it will buy Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine for the 12 A380s it has on order. The announcement has been shot in the arm for Rolls-Royce, with shares in the UK engine maker’s...
British Airways has disclosed that the disruption to airports in the UK caused by heavy snowfall has cost it £50 million. Every day London Heathrow was closed due to snow, cost the airline £10 million...
Qantas has been given the all clear by engine manufactuer Rolls-Royce to operate its A380 aircraft at full payload on the Los Angeles route. But according to the airline it has yet to begin talks with...
Vijaya Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines is facing a shortage of pilots as it increases services as swaths of them have left and joined other carriers during the last two years as services were cut bac...
Taiwan's two leading international airlines slid back heavily in trading yesterday amid concerns that rising international crude oil prices and poor weather conditions in Europe and the USA will impac...
Asiana Airlines has placed an order with Airbus for six A380s, value at around $2 billion at 2010 list prices. Airbus said that the South Korean carrier would make its engine decision "in the near fut...
Airline passenger traffic grew 5.9% in November at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), according to official figures. Some 3.5 million passengers boarded domestic flights in November, a 7.3% jump...
Caribbean Airlines has hit back at rumours its acquisition of Air Jamaica is on the ropes with hints that the deal could be closed by the end of this month. The board of Caribbean Airlines has been fo...
Global travel reservation system Sabre Holdings has announced it is increasing booking fees for American Airlines. The company said in a statement that it was “taking actions to protect its interests ...
Emirates Airline has two A380s now serving the Dubai-Jeddah route, which has been a popular destination for business travellers. The Emirates A380 has 517 seats with a three class configuration- it ha...
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