James Hogan, the chief executive officer of Etihad Airways has declared that Air Seychelles will return to profit in 24 months after a restructuring that will involve more job cuts. Etihad owns 40% of...
Jazeera Airways has won approval to operate flights to Iraq. The Kuwaiti carrier intends to launch flights between Kuwait and Al Najaf "within the next six months". Jazeera Airways will be the first K...
Kenya Airways has increased its fuel surcharge by Sh1, 241 ($15) per sector, two weeks ago. The airline charges Sh57.4 ($0.70) per kilogram of general cargo and Sh49.2 ($0.6) per kilogram of perishabl...
Nigeria's biggest carrier Arik Air has indicated it will be forced to halt its daily flights between Abuja and London because it was being prevented from getting arrival and departure slots at UK airp...
The future of Velvet Sky remains in doubt since the airline has not resumed flights as promised from today. The airline is however refusing to give refunds for tickets for flights in the coming weeks ...
UK newspaper The Sunday Times has reported that Lufthansa could close loss-making BMI if the sale to International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) is held up by European Union anti-trust authorities...
In a letter to transport ministers, British Airways, bmi, Virgin Atlantic and Easyjet have warned that there could be chaos at London's airports during the Olympic Games if action isn’t taken to deal ...
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has suffered extreme losses (for the year to December 2011, the national carrier made a loss of RM2.5 billion (S$1 billion), but as reported on this news service the share swap...
The administrators of failed Air Australia have recommended liquidation as "the only realistic option available" and warned that about 500 unsecured creditors will get no return. In the first detailed...
Asiana Airlines has raised $370 million from an asset backed securities (ABS) deal, the first Korean airline to issue US dollar-denominated ABS predominantly backed by yen-denominated air-ticket recei...
Cebu Pacific, the largest airline in the Philippines, is open to mergers with other airlines including flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), its president said yesterday. Cebu Pacific president Lanc...
The Air Canada Pilots Association, which represents 3,000 pilots at Air Canada, will launch a legal challenge to Canadian government legislation passed last night preventing a strike or lockout at the...
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