Airline news
Aegean Air Wins EU Approval To Buy Olympic
Greece’s Aegean Airlines has won European Union approval to buy loss-making rival Olympic Air at the second attempt, after a new antitrust investigation found Olympic would close down if the deal was blocked. Aegea...
Airbus, Boeing Japan Battle Switches To ANA
Stung by the loss of a multi-billion dollar jet order from Japan Airlines to rival Airbus, Boeing will mount a “can’t lose at any cost” campaign with Japan’s other major airline, ANA, a source clo...
Airbus Says It Could Sell More Than 1,200 Planes
Airbus could sell more than 1,200 aircraft in 2013 after exceeding its full-year goal of at least 1,000 in the first nine months, sales chief John Leahy said on Monday. Japan Airlines earlier announced an order for 31 Ai...
Italy To Resume Talks On Saving Alitalia
Italy’s government will continue talks with Alitalia on Tuesday to try to find a way to keep the cash-strapped airline in business after inconclusive talks on Monday. Rome is looking for a public entity that could ...
Nine-year Old Boy Sneaks Onto Delta Flight
A nine-year-old boy passed through security at Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport and flew on a Delta Air Lines flight to Las Vegas without a boarding pass, authorities said. It was not immediately clear why the child sneaked ...
LAN Pilots In Colombia To Refuse Overtime
Pilots at the Colombian subsidiary of Chilean airline LAN, who are members of the Acdac union, said they would refuse to work overtime, after a similar protest by pilots at Colombian airline Avianca ended last week with ...
