- Europe's top court upholds the rules[Jan. 11, 2006]
As expected, the European Court of Justice followed last September's opinion of the advocate general and upheld the European Commission's regulation concerning common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding, long delay or flight cancellation.The regulation came into force on Feb. 17, 2005, and provides for compensation of 250 ($302.73) for denied boarding on flights of under 1,500 km., 400 for flights of between 1,500 and 3,500 km. and 600 for flights of more than 3,500 km. Meals, hotel rooms and other compensation are required for certain delays.
- Jagson airline reveals great ambition[Jan. 10, 2006]
Small Indian carrier Jagson Airlines is seeking to become a national operator and plans to add Airbus A320-family aircraft to its fleet of turboprops.
- Saudis launch a new low-fare airline[Jan. 10, 2006]
A low-fare airline being set up in Saudi Arabia is expected to launch services by the middle of this year.
- Emirates censured in A340 accident probe[Jan. 10, 2006]
Emirates Airline's training and rostering practices have been criticised by South African investigators in their report into a take-off accident involving one of the carrier's Airbus A340-300s at Johannesburg in April 2004.
- EasyJet fairly flying with shares[Jan. 10, 2006]
Shares in low-cost airline easy Jet took off yesterday are adding more than ?100million to its value.
- Talks save Air NZ engineers' jobs[Jan. 10, 2006]
Negotiations are resuming between Air New Zealand and unions over the future of the airline's engineers.
- Airlines change how they herd us aboard[Jan. 10, 2006]
To wring out greater savings and to minimize passenger frustration, some airlines are adopting new ways of boarding.
- Singapore will expand airlines terminal[Jan. 10, 2006]
Singapore, which operates Asia's sixth-busiest airport, may double the capacity of its S$45mil terminal for budget airlines, Asia's first, betting more people will travel by air on discounted fares.
- Airliners nearly collide over Norway[Jan. 09, 2006]
Airliners carrying a total of 348 people came within 40 seconds of colliding over southern Norway at the weekend, the Oslo newspaper VG quoted a Norwegian aviation official as confirming.
- Air France KLM traffic up 11.9% in DEC[Jan. 10, 2006]
Air France KLM passenger traffic, as measured by revenue per passenger kilometre, rose 11.9 percent in December, the Franco-Dutch airline group said on Monday.