Over fears foreign airlines will capitalise on Air India’s inability to fly on certain overseas routes, domestic private airlines have sought permission to operate the services in a bid to keep traffi...
Singapore-based leasing company Avation has ordered five more ATR 72-600 regional turboprops for Australia’s Skywest Airlines. The lessor has now order 13 ATR 72s in total – all for Skywest Airlines. ...
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes has told Qantas it should base its Asian operations in Malaysia rather than Singapore if it is serious about expanding in the region. Fernandes is in talks with Qantas and...
Kingfisher Airlines will submit a “fully documented” proposal to the State Bank of India, the lead bank of the 13-member consortium, before the end of the week. The airline has also committed to the c...
WestJet and Japan Airlines have agreed to codeshare in six of the Calgary-based carrier’s Canadian routes. Japan Airlines passengers, once they’ve landed in Vancouver, will be free to be booked onto W...
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh will be sworn in as the India’s new Civil Aviation Minister on Dec 14, after his party joined the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Monday. ...
Indian newspaper reports indicate that the civil aviation ministry has agreed to the proposal of allowing foreign carriers to buy 26% stake in private airlines. Bloomberg UTV has reported that the pr...
Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIA) has executed facility documentation for a $90 million Shari’a compliant financing facility. The facility was arranged by Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Al Hi...
With losses of almost $1million a week on its long-haul network in the second half of the last financial year, Air New Zealand is reported to be considering axing hundreds of jobs in an attempt to rec...
Due to the increase in mobile and internet check-in, Singapore Airlines become one of the first airline to stop the use of self-service check-in kiosks at Changi Airport. Although the airline has stop...
Well we have been saying it is coming for some time and here it is – confirmation that Etihad has purchased a 29.21% stake in Air Berlin to become the largest single shareholder. It is telling that at...
China Aircraft Leasing has ordered 20 C919 aircraft from Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC). COMAC has garnered 215 orders for the C919 and is confident of securing orders for the aircraft fro...
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