Airline news
American-US Air Merger Gets Board Approval
The boards of AMR and US Airways each met on Wednesday to approve a merger that would create the world’s largest airline with an expected market value of around USD$11 billion, people familiar with the matter said....
Flydubai In Talks For Fifty Aircraft Order
Budget carrier flydubai, which posted its first full year profit on Wednesday, is in talks with Boeing and Airbus for a 50-plane order, the airline’s chairman said. The carrier currently has a fleet of 28 Boeing ai...
Airbus Company Jet is Exhibited in Australia for First Time
An Airbus company jet is being exhibited in Australia for the primary time, giving doable consumers the chance to expertise the widest and tallest cabin of any trade jet. The plane, an Airbus ACJ319 operated by using VVIP const...
Ryanair Says Aer Lingus Bid To Be Blocked By EU
Ryanair’s bid to take over smaller Irish rival Aer Lingus is to be blocked by Europe’s anti-monopoly watchdog, the low-cost carrier said on Tuesday, a “political” decision it said it would challen...
Kingfisher Lenders To Start Recovery Of Loans
Lenders to India’s grounded Kingfisher Airlines have decided to take initial steps towards recovering USD$1.4 billion of loans in default after the company failed to come up with a viable funding plan. “How l...
Muscat Airport Closed After Plane Crash
A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane with about 70 people on board crash-landed on the runway of Oman’s main airport in Muscat on Monday, forcing the cancellation of all flights from the facility, a sa...
