CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited ("CDB Leasing"), announced today, on the sidelines of Singapore Air Show, the promotion of Sign Kadouh to Head of Asia Pacific.

South Korea's Asiana Airlines has asked cabin crew members to take unpaid leaves as the flag carrier's China routes have been reduced due to concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.

Sheremetyevo International Airport won the Russian Air Gate 2020 National Award in the Best Airport by Journalists' Vote category. It also came out on top in the Inauguration of the Year category for commissioning the third independent runway.

To cater to Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and the Asia Pacific region's rising needs for Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services, ST Engineering is exploring the setting up of an airframe MRO joint venture (JV) in Vietnam with Vietnam Airlines and other potential airline partners. The JV will operate out of Vietnam Airlines' facilities located at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to provide base maintenance services.

After taking a short nap during an 11-hour Hainan Airlines' flight from Beijing to Los Angeles, United States, Katerina Galajdova took over the beverage cart from her Chinese colleague and rolled it down the aisle.

Four Los Angeles-area schoolteachers who were doused with jet fuel dumped by a Delta Air Lines plane in the minutes before it made an emergency landing sued the airline on Friday, accusing the flight crew of negligence.

German cabin crew union UFO said on Saturday it was planning further strikes at Lufthansa to increase pressure on management after talks with Germany's largest airline and two potential mediators did not yield any results.

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) today announced it has named Bruce Hanna ACTE Regional Director for EMEA, effective 15 January. In this role, Bruce will be responsible for collaborating with ACTE global members and partners as the organisation works to bring the best in education and networking opportunities to the corporate travel industry worldwide.

An attempt by Deutsche Lufthansa to avert a planned cabin crew strike at the airline's Germanwings unit failed on Saturday as their trade union rejected management concessions as insufficient.

Effective 1 January 2020, Adriaan den Heijer is appointed executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo and managing director of Martinair Holland NV.