Airline news
Norwegian Air To Set Up London Long-Haul Base
Norwegian Air Shuttle will establish a long-haul base at London’s Gatwick airport and plans to move many pilots currently based in Bangkok to the UK base, it said on Friday. Norwegian opened a short-haul base at Gatwick l...
AirAsia Results Improve As MAS Prepares Restructuring
AirAsia’s quarterly results point to early signs of a recovery in its Malaysian market ahead of a restructuring by Malaysia Airlines that is expected to reduce intense competition in the sector. AirAsia’s net profit...
Air Berlin Announces New Turnaround Measures
Air Berlin presented new measures to return to profit, including fleet cuts, route changes and plans for closer cooperation with alliance partners. Germany’s second largest airline, which late on Wednesday reported a seco...
AirAsia Has No Interest In Skymark
AirAsia dismissed a media report that it is weighing a bid for Japan’s embattled Skymark Airlines, saying it is focused on a budget airline it is setting up with Japanese partners. The Nikkei business daily said AirAsia, ...
Iceland Raises Alert Level For Volcano Eruption
The Baroarbunga volcano is located under the ice cap of the Vatnajokull glacier. Iceland’s Met Office has raised its risk level to the aviation industry for an eruption at its Bárðarbunga volcano to orange, which is the...
Cathay Pacific’s First-Half Profit Jumps
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways first half net profit jumped to HKD$347 million (USD$44.77 million) from HKD$24 million a year ago. Turnover for the period rose by 4.6 percent to HKD$50.84 billion. Cathay said t...
