- Rising Oil Prices Pushing Airline Fees[Aug. 10, 2006]
As vacationers bask in the northern hemisphere's summer sun, airlines are raising fuel surcharges or warning that hikes are on the horizon because oil prices are back on the boil.
- Reaching Higher, Higher, Higher[Aug. 09, 2006]
Four years of cost-cutting at British Airways has resulted in a leaner more profitable carrier, but new CEO Willie Walsh wants more.
- Australia's AOPA Blasts Airports 'Failure'[Aug. 09, 2006]
Airport privatisation is a failed government policy that has handed control to operators who do not have the interests of aviation or the local community at heart, general aviation's peak body says.
- United Seeks Open Skies Over Pacific[Aug. 05, 2006]
Australia faces new pressure to open up lucrative air routes across the Pacific, this time from the US.
- High Aviation Costs Wiped Australia[Jul. 31, 2006]
High fuel costs, increased competition and the tyranny of distance have all but wiped Australia from the world travel map as a destination for European airlines.
- Austrian's Outlook Darkens After Loss[Jul. 26, 2006]
Austrian Airlines Group announced its half-year financial results yesterday and revealed that it will not achieve a balanced adjusted EBIT this year as planned owing to "continued high kerosene prices that exceed our budgetary assumptions, already set high as a precautionary measure, and because of the negative consequences of the capacity bottlenecks that have emerged at Austrian air traffic control since spring," according to CEO Alfred Oetsch.
- Alaska Designates Galileo as Partner[Jul. 25, 2006]
Galileo International has signed a five-year, full content enterprise agreement with Alaska Airlines. (7/25/2006)
- Old Boeing and Airbus Workhorses' War[Jul. 21, 2006]
While all the hype in the industry today surrounds the giant A380 and the hi-tech 787, the next battle between Boeing and Airbus will be over a replacement for the world's best-selling aircraft - the 737 and A320.
- Italy Ready for Alitalia-Air France KLM[Jul. 19, 2006]
Italy's government has reported shared that the only hypothesis for an Alitalia tie-up currently on the table is a long-standing prospect of a deal with French-Dutch airline Air France KLM. As per the information available, Italian transport minister Alessandro Bianchi said the government is ready to strengthen the existing partnership between Alitalia and Air France-KLM. (7/19/2006)
- Give the People What They Want[Jun. 19, 2006]
Count us among those who applauded when Northwest Airlines began offering passengers the opportunity to reserve a select number of aisle or exit row seats in the economy cabin for an additional fee of $15. Whether or not the program is successful over the long termand early returns are encouragingNorthwest has taken an important step down the road toward product differentiation. All coach seats are not the same, so why behave as if they are? Moreover, it has put the consumer in charge of the purchase decision. If you don't care where you sit, or you don't think a seat on the aisle is worth the extra cash, you don't have to buy it. We'll bet there are plenty of Southwest Airlines loyalists who nevertheless would happily pay for the ability to pre-select a seat.