Airline news
Boeing, Avianca Announce Order for Three 787 Dreamliners
Order brings Avianca’s 787 total to 15, which includes the 12 previously announced in 2007 Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Avianca Airlines, Colombia’s flagship airline, today announced an order for three 787 Dreamliners. The...
Qatar Airways To Sell Cargolux Stake
Qatar Airways is to sell its stake in Luxembourg’s all-cargo airline Cargolux after a disagreement over the future direction of the airline, a Cargolux spokeswoman said. Qatar Airways bought a 35 percent stake from...
Lufthansa Eyes Equal Footing In Any Merger
Lufthansa is shaping up its business to have an equal footing should it take part in any global merger talks in the future, its chief executive told a German paper. “Should there be negotiations over mergers across...
SAS, Two Unions Signal Deal In Survival Talks
Scandinavian airline SAS reached agreements with two Norwegian unions on Monday and pushed on with talks with different unions in a bid to make sure the workforce’s survival and keep away from chapter. The airline,...
SAS
SAS Airbus A321. Struggling Scandinavian airline SAS was once a symbol that was about all the best of the Nordic economic model, with high wages, job security and generous benefits. After years of hesitant reform, the st...
Jetlink Grounds Fleet Over Currency
Kenyan airline Jetlink has grounded its fleet after a shortage of dollars in one of its main markets, South Sudan, left it starved of cash, its chief executive said on Friday. South Sudan, Africa’s newest nation wh...
