Airline news
Malaysia Announces Day Of Mourning For MH17 Victims
Malaysia has declared a national day of mourning on August 22, when 16 bodies from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, downed over eastern Ukraine last month, are due to arrive from the Netherlands. The government said it wou...
Boeing May Further Accelerate Boeing 737 Production
Boeing has given a further signal that it is getting close to a decision on whether to further accelerate output of the 737, which could lift production to 52 a month. “We continue to see very strong demand,”...
Alitalia Secures Rescue Deal With Etihad
Etihad Airways will buy almost half of Alitalia and invest EUR€560 million (USD$751 million) into the Italian airline in a turnaround effort that will involve heavy job losses under a deal signed on Friday. The two air...
Malaysia Airlines Shares Rise On Takeover Offer
Shares of Malaysia Airlines rose 8.3 percent on Monday after state fund Khazanah said it will offer 27 sen for each share in the company it does not own, amounting to nearly MYR1.4 billion ringgit (USD$435 million) to ta...
Emirates Airlines Agrees Loan For 50th Airbus A380
Emirates has agreed a USD$425 million loan from a group of banks to fund the acquisition of two Airbus A380s, one of the lenders said. Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), Commercial Bank of Dubai and Dubai Islamic Bank were j...
Malaysia Airlines Shares Suspended
Malaysia Airlines said on Friday it has halted trading in its shares pending an announcement. The carrier did not elaborate but there are reports that state investor Khazanah, which owns 69 percent of MAS, plans to take it priv...
