After we reported that the A340 economics were sound a year or so ago we received a mass of emails and calls that spurred us into action to put our money where our mouth is and launched a joint ventur...
Qantas has disclosed in a statement that it expects to post a loss of up to A$300 million ($271 million for the three months to December 2013. Unexpectedly shares in Qantas dropped by 15% on the news,...
Qantas and China Southern Airlines have agreed a codeshare deal that will be implemented from next year. In a statement, China Southern Airlines said: "Qantas passengers can fly with China Southern fr...
As mentioned here before, India is to increase Qatar's entitlement of airline seats under their bilateral traffic rights agreement, which has been reached and final numbers are being negotiated at thi...
Pakistan International Airlines has successfully closed a US$130 million Islamic facility with multi-currency tranches in AED and USD. The transaction is based on an innovative Shari’a structure compr...
As predicted by this news service, the recent deal between the US and Iran to curb sanctions and a compromise on nuclear power generation has resulted in oil prices plummeting by almost 3% and boostin...
Hoping to ride the wave of positive investor sentiment on its merger approval with US Airways, American Airlines has launched a $512.038 million B tranche enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) i...
As the Dow tops 16,000 for the first time you have to wonder how we got here and what the future holds. Major stocks do not appear to be seriously over-valued, but matters are more to do with the huge...
When you run a hub system such as those of the Middle East where all aircraft pass through the same you have to have huge stand space and given the latest orders from the likes of Emirates and Etihad ...
Emirates today placed an order for 50 A380s. A wise move and, if we look at the facts, it is surprising that more orders for the type are limited to just Emirates. If you look across the Emirates rout...
Virgin Australia Holdings (Virgin Australia) is undertaking a fully underwritten 5 for 14 pro rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer to raise gross proceeds of approximately $350 million....
This week we have seen the US Airways/AA merger effectively go through and that will of course change the landscape quite a bit in the US market, not because of US Air/AA so much but due to the large ...
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