Airline news
AirAsia Brings Forward Orders As Demand Surges
AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget airline and a key Airbus customer, said it was bringing forward some aircraft deliveries as rising demand helps it to offset the high fuel costs ravaging the industry. While some full-servic...
Airbus Wins USD$7 Bln Philippine Air Order
Airbus won a USD$7 billion order to help more than triple Philippine Airlines’ fleet, beating Boeing to a deal despite US support for Manila in a diplomatic dispute with China. For this stage of fleet expansion, th...
Ryanair Courts Rivals To Secure Aer Lingus
Ireland’s Ryanair has asked at least six airlines to operate alternative services on some Aer Lingus routes, as it seeks regulatory approval for an USD$850 million takeover of its domestic rival, the Financial Time...
Airbus and China Make a Push for Alternative Fuels
Airbus and one of the worlds leading academic institutions, Tsinghua University have formed a partnership to complete a sustainability analysis of Chinese feedstocks, and to evaluate how best to support the development of a v...
Congo’s New Airline Braves Riskiest African Skies
Its tarmac littered with dozens of dilapidated planes, the airport in Congo’s capital Kinshasa makes clear the dire state of aviation even by Africa’s generally low standards. The planes have been abandoned e...
Body Found On Plane At Heathrow Airport
A dead body has been found in the landing gear bay of a British Airways plane at London’s Heathrow Airport. The body of the suspected male stowaway was found on a British Airways Boeing 747 which had flown in from ...
