Industry berates passenger tax rises
President Obama proposed an increase in airline passenger duty last week. Obama proposes imposing a $100 fee on each commercial airliner and corporate jet every time they take off; raising the per-pas...
President Obama proposed an increase in airline passenger duty last week. Obama proposes imposing a $100 fee on each commercial airliner and corporate jet every time they take off; raising the per-pas...
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that air passenger duty (APD) will be cut for passengers travelling on direct long-haul routes departing from airports in Northern Irela...
Air Line Pilots Association, the union representing United pilots, has acted in court to block United Continental Holdings from implementing its latest phase of revised operating procedures associated...
Canada is seeking an expanded airline agreement with Kuwait. Details of the plan were not made public but come just one year after relations were sullied with the United Arab Emirates over the same is...
Last week, 21 companies based in Ireland, wrote to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to explain the impact the loss of the Belfast to New York (Newark) route, operated by Continental Airlines, was in...
United and Continental Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association International, are preparing to rally in New York's financial district this week. According to a press release fr...
Swiss International Airlines has denied claims from the Indian government that it 'violated' a vital clause called the substantial ownership and effective control, mandated under the bilateral air ...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned the poaching of Nigerian pilots and engineers to Europe and the Middle East will pose a real problem for domestic and African carriers in five...
A report from economic consultants Frontier Economics commissioned by BAA, which owns six UK airports including Heathrow Airport, says poor aviation links could cost Britain £14bn in lost business o...
New regulations come into force today that mean passengers that are bumped from overbooked flights and require a refund of fees for lost baggage, can claim increased compensation. Passengers who are...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved Qantas Airways’ proposed alliance with American Airlines. The Commission states the partnership between the two carriers will n...
A North Vancouver businessman, Ahmet Kadioglu, has filed a lawsuit against Cathay Pacific accusing the airline of pocketing a fee that it misrepresented as a tax when adding it to the cost of his Va...
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