Airline news
Air France To Cut 5000 Jobs
Air France unveiled plans to cut more than 5,000 jobs by the end of next year as part of an effort to reduce costs and debt to return to growth in the face of tough market conditions in Europe and political pressure at h...
Airbus Forecasts A380 Sales, Boeing Talks Up 747
Airbus expects to sell at least 30 A380 superjumbos this year, a senior executive said on Wednesday while a counterpart at rival Boeing forecast strong middle eastern and Asian demand for its competing 747-8 model...
Transaero Airlines Firms Up Order for Four A380s
Transaero Airlines, Russias second largest airline, has completed a purchase agreement with Airbus for four A380 aircraft. The agreement was signed today by Olga Pleshakova, Transaero Airlines CEO and Christopher Buckley, Air...
EasyJet Plans To Close Madrid Base
EasyJet said on Wednesday it planned to cut flights to and from Madrid by 20 percent after ceasing to base aircraft and employees there, and would now review options for its eight aircraft and 310 crew members in ...
Nordic Aviation Capital Orders Twelve Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen Aircraft to Be Leased to Garuda Indonesia
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Aviation Capital A/S of Billund, Denmark has signed a firm purchase agreement for twelve CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft. Nordic Aviation Capital has confir...
WestJet Introduces Redesigned Self-serve Tools
WestJet today unveiled a fresh new look and feel when checking in for flights on westjet.com, by mobile phone or at a WestJet kiosk. In addition to a redesign, new features will allow WestJet guests to do more as part of their ...
