Boeing and Jakarta-based Lion Air have announced a commitment for the airline to order 201 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900 ERs (extended range). The agreement also includes purchase rights for...
Hawaiian Airlines has signed a new firm order with Airbus to purchase five new A330-200 aircraft for delivery between 2013 and 2015, with purchase rights for an additional three A330s. Mark Dunkerley...
Delta Airlines has partnered Air Nigeria to start its services between Accra and Abuja. The service, which starts from December I, 2011, will use a 767-300ER aircraft, equipped with 36 business elite...
Air Zimbabwe is in take-over talks with China’s largest privately-owned carrier Hainan Airlines. The airline’s board chairman Chen Wenli met with President Robert Mugabe in Beijing yesterday to discus...
Nigeria's civil aviation authority has fined British Airways and Virgin for alleged collusion over fares to Nigeria and neighbouring Ghana, and that the airlines charged more for routes to Nigeria tha...
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents Alaska Airlines’ 626 aircraft technicians and related employees, has ratified a new five-year contract that includes annual pay ra...
American Airlines pilots' union has rejected the airline's latest offer this week and intends to resume negotiations between Thanksgiving and Christmas. American said in a statement, "We look forward ...
Air Malawi has suspended all flights to Johannesburg until December 1. The move follows the expiry of the lease agreement on the 737-200 aircraft it has been using on that route. “Air Malawi is inform...
Qatar Airways will fly to seven new destinations spread over four continents, as part of its expansion plans in 2012. The new destinations are: Perth in Western Australia, the Finnish capital Helsinki...
Airline Flybe has expressed disappointment that Guernsey Airport will close for essential work to the runway for four two-day periods in 2012, all on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. A spokesperson for Flybe ...
Dart Group, which owns Jet2holidays, has posted pre-tax profits of £41.6m in the six months to September 30 – a rise of 8% over the same period last year. The good news comes despite high jet fuel cos...
Austrian-registered Comtel Air has cancelled next weekend's services in and out of the UK. The move comes after claims that passengers were forced to pay for their own refuelling in Vienna airport thi...
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