EU antitrust regulators will decide by June 20 whether to clear a bid by Delta Air Lines for a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic. The EU is reported to be concerned about the reduced incentive for the tw...
Ryanair has welcomed the EU Court’s ruling which confirmed that the European Commission has failed to investigate state aid granted to Alitalia. Ryanair had initially notified the European Commissio...
The Russian Duma has adopted a bill that gives people with disabilities unimpeded access to air services. Airlines are not allowed to refuse to board wheelchair-bound passengers due the lack of the ...
The state-run Airports Authority of India said yesterday it has filed two lawsuits against Kingfisher Airlines in a Mumbai court, seeking 3 billion rupees ($55 million) of unpaid airport-usage fees fr...
International airline Air Pacific, or Fiji Air as it will be known soon, has been exposed as one of the world’s major carriers of shark fins into Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post has reported t...
Air New Zealand is pressuring the Commerce Commission to drop its pursuit of the airline's alleged involvement in a global cartel on air cargo surcharges. AirNZ is the only carrier out of 11 not to ha...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is investigating Etihad's decision to buy 24% stake in Jet Airways for $379 million. The watchdog intends to check to see if this deal will mean Etihad gettin...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been too slow in shifting to risk-based oversight of the aviation maintenance industry, a report released today by the Department of Transportation’s Offi...
bmi regional has become the first UK airline to successfully complete the 2012 European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) cycle. This means that the airline is among the first of over 11,000 ...
Codacons, the Italian competition regulators, has fined Ryanair €400,000 for a lack of transparency in the sale of tickets online by credit card or debit card. President of Codacons, Carlo Rienzi...
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $4 million civil penalty against United Parcel Service (UPS) for allegedly maintaining four cargo aircraft im...
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation under the EU Merger Regulation into the proposed acquisition of Olympic Air by Aegean Airlines. The companies are the two main Greek airlin...
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