Airline news
Airbus Wins JAL Order For 31 A350s
Airbus announced its first jet order from Japan Airlines on Monday, breaking open the last major aviation market dominated by Boeing after delays and a grounding of its 787 Dreamliner cast a shadow over its reliability a...
Airbus 9-Month Orders Top 1000 Aircraft
Airbus orders rose to more than 1,000 aircraft in the first nine months of the year, beating its target for 2013, after the plane maker booked a raft of orders which had been pending from European airlines. Airbus revise...
Kenya Says Airport Fire Was Electrical Fault
A fire that gutted the arrivals building at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta airport in August was caused by an electrical fault, not terrorism, the government said on Friday. Kenya is still on edge, two weeks after Islamist ...
Lufthansa Confirms Break-even Goal For Germanwings
Lufthansa’s budget airline Germanwings is on track to meet its break even target in 2015 compared with a loss of EUR€200 million (USD$272 million) in 2012, according to the company’s website. Europe’s...
Air New Zealand Will increase Virgin Australia Stake
Air New Zealand on Friday mentioned it might raise its stake in Virgin Australia to 25.9 % to extend its competitiveness within the area. In a remark, the corporate stated it had got approval from Australia’s Treas...
Plane Crash Near Lagos Airport Kills 16
Sixteen people were killed when a small passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Lagos airport’s domestic terminal on Thursday, Nigerian authorities said. The aircraft, operated by Nigeria’s Asso...
