News from FlightGlobal – Page 1218
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Jetstar to double Sydney-Darwin services
Australia's Jetstar plans to double its Sydney-Darwin services by late October in response to strong demand.
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Business - bad week
AEROFLOT Russia's federal competition regulator ordered the flag-carrier to return to the state budget excess income obtained by breaching pricing rules...
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Business - good week
small animals While normal airlines are fighting tooth and claw for business, an unusual start-up is welcoming anything with, well, teeth and claws. Pet...
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Airline accident review for first six months of 2009
Disquiet arising from the operation of highly automated aircraft is adding to anxiety that airline safety may have stopped improving and, at best, has flattened out
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SIA to retrofit older 777-300s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has begun to retrofit the cabins in seven older Boeing 777-300 aircraft to bring them up to date with its most recent offerings.
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Taiwan hopes for Strait gains
Chinese and Taiwanese carriers are hoping for major benefits from the further loosening in restrictions on flights between the two, under which the first scheduled non-stop flights will begin.
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BA seeks to reinvent itself
Facing a structural shift in its business, British Airways is increasing its liquidity to ride out the economic storm by embarking on a move to raise £600 million ($987 million)in cash while continuing to press for labour support for cost savings.
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EASA orders A310 checks after in-flight wing-fence losses
European safety regulators have ordered Airbus A310 operators to check the type after at least three carriers suffered in-flight loss of wing fences.
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China Airlines And Mandarin confirm cross-straits routes
Taiwan's China Airlines and its subsidiary Mandarin Airlines have confirmed the Chinese cities they will serve once scheduled cross-straits flights start.
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Tiger to increase services to Sydney from October
The Australian subsidiary of Singapore's Tiger Airways plans to increase its flights to Sydney from Melbourne and Adelaide after adding another aircraft...
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This call will be charged.......
in-flight connecitvity mary kirby everett This call will be charged... Passenger communications is all the talk, but how much people will pay...
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Startup JetAmerica opts to suspend launch
Citing continuing difficulty in obtaining slots at Newark airport to support its charter flights, startup JetAmerica has suspended sales and the planned...
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American 767 damaged at its Alliance maintenance base
American Airlines says the nose gear on a 767-300 retracted on the ground at its base at the Alliance Fort Worth Airport on 15 July while the aircraft was...
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BA: Too early to gauge bookings on London City flights
British Airways is choosing not to disclose bookings for its new London City-New York flights scheduled to start 29 September, reasoning at this point the...
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OnAir prepares to announce new customer
SITA/Airbus partnership OnAir plans to unveil another customer for its in-flight communication services within two weeks, an OnAir executive has revealed....
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NewsBA explores options for selling majority share in OpenSkies
British Airways is gearing up to sell control of its OpenSkies premium transatlantic operation, although it intends to retain a degree of interest in the...
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Tiger opposes Virgin Blue-Delta JV
Tiger Airways plans to lodge an objection to the proposed joint venture between Australia's Virgin Blue group and US carrier Delta Air Lines.
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Kingfisher gets nod to borrow INR125 billion
Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines has secured shareholder approval to borrow up to 125 billion Indian rupees ($2.6 billion).