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Delta Adds to Trans-Pacific Network with New Virgin Australia Route to Melbourne

  Delta Adds to Trans-Pacific Network with New Virgin Australia Route to Melbourne Delta customers will soon gain direct access to Melbourne, Australia, following an announcement by joint venture partner Virgin Australia ...


Lufthansa, Air China Sign Joint Venture Deal

Lufthansa, Air China Sign Joint Venture Deal   Lufthansa and Air China have signed a commercial joint venture agreement to jointly operate flights between Europe and China. The agreement will implement a memorandum of unde...



Lufthansa, Pilot Union Talks End Without Agreement

Lufthansa, Pilot Union Talks End Without Agreement   Informal talks between Lufthansa and its pilot union have ended without agreement, the Vereinigung Cockpit union said. Negotiations have been going on between the airlin...


EgyptAir Crash Debris Contains TNT Traces

EgyptAir Crash Debris Contains TNT Traces   French investigators have found traces of TNT explosive on the wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804, according to a media report. Le Figaro said that French investigators were preve...



Hong Kong Airlines Confirms A330 Order

Hong Kong Airlines Confirms A330 Order Hong Kong Airlines has ordered nine additional Airbus A330-300s to add to the 22 A330s it already operates. The airline also has 15 Airbus A350s on order, with deliveries due from 2017. &#...


Virgin Atlantic Low Carbon Fuel Test Flights Next Year

Virgin Atlantic Low Carbon Fuel Test Flights Next Year   Virgin Atlantic and technology partner LanzaTech have moved a stage nearer to developing a commercially viable low carbon jet fuel with the production of an initial ...