FAA issues final pilot fatigue ruling
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Michael Huerta have announced a sweeping final rule that overhauls commercial passenger airline ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Michael Huerta have announced a sweeping final rule that overhauls commercial passenger airline ...
Frontier Airlines has entered into a partnership with Icelandair to allow passengers to book a flight from anywhere in the country through Denver International Airport on the two airlines with a singl...
Shareholders of LAN Airlines have approved a merger with Brazil's TAM. Last month, the merger was cleared by Brazil's top antitrust court, Cade. Chilean antitrust authorities had previously approved t...
Virgin America has posted a third-quarter loss of $3.3 million compared with its year-earlier profit of $7.5 million. High fuel prices were blamed for the loss. Revenues were up however by 44% compar...
Precision Air Services has ordered four ATR 42-600s and one ATR 72-600 aircraft. Delivery is scheduled to begin in late 2012; the ATR 72-600 will be delivered in 2014. Precision’s ATR fleet will total...
Ethiopian Airlines is finalising negotiations with the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, Bombardier, to buy five Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. A senior executive at Ethiopian told Aviation News On...
Turkish Airlines has launched a daily flight to Istanbul from London Gatwick airport. The route is operated using an Airbus A321-200, with capacity for 195 passengers in a two-class (economy and busin...
Air France has closed an export credit agency-backed financing for one A380 (msn 64). The ECA-deal is combined with a French tax lease. The initial delivery took place in June 2011 when Credit Agricol...
IAG has made a binding agreement to buy BMI for £172.5m in cash. "Buying BMI’s mainline business gives IAG a unique opportunity to grow at Heathrow, one of our key hub airports," said Willie Walsh, ch...
London City Airport has confirmed that it is not talking with the new all-business start-up airline Odyssey Airlines that was identified as ordering 10 C Series aircraft in June in order to fly non-st...
Hebei Airlines has taken delivery of two E190s. The purchase of another eight aircraft remains subject to Chinese government approval. Based in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of China’s Hebei Provinc...
China Southern Airlines has begun flights using its second Airbus A380 aircraft on routes between Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. The airline has three more A380s due for delivery –the third is sched...
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