Airline news
Lufthansa Must Generate More Cash
Lufthansa management has told staff in an internal letter that the German flag carrier needs to do more to boost its cash flow, and pledged massive investments to offer more perks to passengers. “High passenger num...
Bomb Joke Tweeter Wins Landmark Ruling
A British man who joked on Twitter that he would blow up an airport after it closed because of snow has had his conviction for sending a “menacing” message overturned in a landmark ruling for users of social media w...
AirAsia To Buy Indonesia’s Batavia Air
Asia’s largest low-cost carrier, AirAsia, is making its first major airline acquisition by buying Indonesia’s Batavia Air for USD$80 million in cash to expand in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, the two group...
Ryanair Seeks EU Approval For Aer Lingus Bid
Budget airline Ryanair has asked EU antitrust regulators to approve its EUR€694 million (USD$851.9 million) takeover bid — its third — for Ireland’s Aer Lingus, in what could be an uphill battle after...
Qatar, Bahrain Carriers Eye Saudi Skies
Qatar Airways, Bahrain Air and Gulf Air are among the firms in pre-qualified consortia bidding for a new airline license in Saudi Arabia, an official from the General Authority for Civil Aviation said. This month GACA sa...
Engine Glitch Grounds Some Of ANA’s 787s
Japan’s All Nippon Airways said on Monday it had grounded several Boeing 787 Dreamliners after discovering a problem inside the new jet’s Rolls-Royce engines. ANA, which is the launch customer for the lightwe...
