The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has deregistered two Kingfisher Airlines turboprop aircraft for nonpayment of lease rentals. The German bank leasing the planes, KfW IPEX-Ba...
Most of the US airlines have posted results now and all have seen profits cut back sharply due to the rise of fuel costs. Airline fares have risen enough to take-up much of this additional cost, but...
With a population of 1.3billion people, which is predicted to continue to grow until 2030, the Chinese government is concerned with how it is going to continue to feed its people. China has only 7% ar...
Buried in the news below this editorial comment are a number of stories that alludes to the importance of air travel for migrants working abroad. Air Arabia for example is growing very fast indeed on ...
Merrill Lynch Japan Securities and Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities have been selected as underwriters for the overseas portion of the Japan Airlines initial public offering (IPO). JAL is planning to ra...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s aviation division has finally been sold off for about $7.3bn in the world’s largest acquisition of a leasing business thus far. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan’s ...
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has mandated Sanad Aero Solutions and Engine Lease Finance Corp to finance its 23 spare engines in a sale-and-leaseback deal valued at $367m it was confirmed yesterday. The ...
The Indian home ministry has declared no objections to an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian airlines to 26% proposed by the civil aviation ministry in November. However before it c...
With Hungary going cap in hand to the IMF, the European Commission has ruled that the government can no longer afford to bail out its flag carrier with loans that are way below commercial rates. The C...
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines met today for an emergency board meeting and although no one yet knows what was discussed at the same our man in the room gives us an idea of the conversation: Biman Bangl...
Great news for the European aviation sector came on Monday when Lufthansa became the first airline to take the brave step of paving the way for higher ticket prices in the face of increasing regulator...
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