At the Nigeria Aviation Summit, Sabre chief Gabriel Olowo, predicted in his speech that Nigerian and African airlines face serious trouble if they did not embrace merger and consolidation. He predic...
Etihad Airways and Air Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a commercial cooperation agreement that will enhance travel services between the United Arab Emirates and Canada. W...
The South African Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba is considering integrating South African Airways (SAA) with its low-cost subsidiary Mango and regional carrier South African Express to meet...
Turkish Airlines has recorded a 36% increase in passenger traffic from Abu Dhabi in 2012. This year, to meet the increased demand, two new weekly flights have been added from the UAE capital city to I...
The Gulf Air Trade Union (GATU) is threatening to strike unless Gulf Air halts a major restructuring plan that includes 1,800 job losses. The airline has cut 15% of its workforce at the end of Februar...
Emirates Airline plans to develop five residential towers in Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), where many of its hundreds of staff are housed. Emirates will begin construction of the towers in the third quar...
Low-cost airline Fastjet expects to start flights in South African from May 31. The airline has agreed a 25:75 partnership with South African investment company Blockbuster. Tickets for the initial ro...
Air Seychelles, today announced that it has entered into a codeshare agreement with South African Airways (SAA). The first phase of the agreement will see South African Airways place its “SA” code on ...
Iranian airline SAHA has been grounded by the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran due to the age of its aircraft. SAHA owns four planes, including three Boeing 707s with an average age of 36.8 years. ...
Fastjet has entered into an MoU with Don Smith, CEO of Five Forty Aviation Limited which trades in Kenya as Fly 540, with a view to resolving recent disputes and establishing a way by which the two pa...
Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, has announced that during the first quarter of 2013, it reduced its overall losses by approximately 50% compared to the first quarter of 2012. This was realised p...
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...
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