The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition by Virgin Australia Holdings Limited (Virgin Australia) of 60% of Tiger Airways...
Air Lease Corporation has announced a lease agreement with Ethiopian Airlines for two new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, both on lease for twelve years. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in May and ...
Workers at three Israeli airlines have brought their strike to an end after reaching an agreement with the Finance Ministry that the government will cover 98% of Israeli airlines’ security costs. Prim...
The New Zealand High Court has ordered three further airlines to pay a combined total of $9.6 million in penalties for their role in the air cargo cartel case brought by the Commerce Commission. This ...
The State Department of Labor and Industries has fined Bags, which employs wheelchair agents that assist ill, disabled and elderly passengers, which works with Alaska Airlines, more than $12,000 for w...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340-200 and A340-300 series airplanes. The AD was prompted by a r...
On April 16, the European parliament voted to approve the 'stop the clock' proposal for aviation that would effectively halt compliance for non-EU airlines with the Emissions Trading Scheme but only f...
Simon Hickey, head of the Qantas international operations, has commented that Singapore authorities refused requests to set up a carrier in the country although the Australian airline remains eager to...
Increased taxes in the US budget plan , if passes, will be passed onto consumers, warns Nicholas Calio, president of the trade group Airlines for America. The proposed budget would triple the passenge...
In the frame of its 18-month share buyback programme announced on 2 April 2013, EADS indicates that it is entering into discussions with the French State for the potential acquisition off-market of a ...
Africa is being transformed by an influx of Chinese investment from building roads and investing in agriculture. Zambia has benefited greatly from China’s interest in the continent and now the preside...
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has stated that Caribbean Airlines (CAL), a carrier based in Trinidad and Tobago, violated federal rules last August by not providing passengers with an opp...
We're Social