The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has stated in his annual budget that the country needs to find a solution to the lack of airport capacity in the southeast. As the coalition governme...
Airlines for America (A4A), has filed an initial legal complaint to reject the German Air Transport Tax, which, it says, illegally penalizes carriers serving the country by taxing U.S. airlines the ma...
International Air Transport Association (IATA) has forecast that the global airline industry could suffer losses of more than $5bn if the oil price climbs to $150 a barrel. Tony Tyler, director genera...
The US Senate has voted 55-44 against reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank’s charter and increasing its lending cap. The bank's temporary charter expires on May 31 and requires congressional approval for the bank...
A US bill has been signed to allow private aviation biofuel plants in the state tap financing through lower-interest revenue bonds. As a result, Senator Maria Cantwell, who chairs the Senate subcommit...
The UK Transport Secretary, Justine Greening, is expected to publish the Coalition’s aviation white paper this week before the Budget is announced. The airline industry has low expectations for the pa...
the White House is backing a Senate bill that would authorize a $40 billion – a 40% increase - in Ex-Im Bank’s loan limit and a four-year extension of the current authorization, due to expire at the e...
Airline operators, airport owners and aviation regulators will face questions from a House of Lords Committee next week as it scrutinises European proposals for the allocation of landing slots at Euro...
In a bid to address concerns of the civil aviation sector, Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to allow domestic airlines to borrow up to $1 billion in external loans for a period...
The CEOs of Israel's three airlines – El Al, Arkia and Israir – are meeting with the head of the Civil Aviation Authority today to try and discourage the state from signing an open-skies agreement wit...
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on a visit to Kuwait yesterday confirmed that a deal has been reached with Kuwait to settle a legal dispute regarding Iraq's national airline. Kuwait claimed that...
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in Namibia has revealed that the country’s taxpayers have pumped nearly N$3, 5 billion into Air Namibia since 1999. The N$500 million Finance Minister S...
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