- More Flights Carrying Doctors Dispatched for Wuhan[Feb. 09, 2020]
Two more flights from Xiamen Airline with 17 medical teams were dispatched to Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, on Sunday afternoon, said the civil aviation administration.
- BA Boss Optimistic in Spite Of Virus Challenges[Feb. 07, 2020]
The boss of British Airways' parent company believes the world's aviation industry will face relatively mild turbulence as a result of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak.
- Qatar Airways Swoops for RwandAir Stake and Eyes Bigger LATAM Holding[Feb. 06, 2020]
Qatar Airways is in talks to buy a 49% stake in Africa's RwandAir and is interested in doubling its holding in LATAM Airlines Group to 20%, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
- Charter Flights to Bring Home 2,000 Chinese Tourists from the Philippines[Feb. 05, 2020]
Xiamen Airlines will dispatch nine charter flights from Feb 5 to 10 to the Philippines to bring home about 2,000 Chinese tourists stranded there following the coronavirus outbreak.
- LATAM to Leave Oneworld Effective 1 May 2020[Feb. 03, 2020]
LATAM Airlines Group will end its membership in the oneworld® alliance effective 1 May 2020, following the group's decision to leave the alliance.
- Flight of Fancy Leads to Life on the Wing[Feb. 03, 2020]
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.
- Malaysia Regulator to Probe If AirAsia Broke Rules in Airbus Deals[Feb. 02, 2020]
Malaysia's securities regulator said on Sunday it will examine whether AirAsia Group and unit AirAsia X broke securities laws, after UK prosecutors accused executives of receiving bribes from Airbus for buying planes.
- AirAsia Shares Plunge after Airbus Bribery Allegations[Feb. 03, 2020]
Shares of Malaysia's AirAsia Group and unit AirAsia X fell on Monday, after allegations by Britain's Serious Fraud Office that Airbus paid a bribe of US$50 million to win plane orders from Asia's largest budget airline group.
- Ryanair to Take Longer to Reach 200 Million Passenger Target Due to 737 MAX Woes[Feb. 03, 2020]
Ryanair will take longer than expected to reach its long-term target of flying 200 million passengers per year due to delays in the delivery of Boeing's 737 MAX jet, the Irish airline announced on Monday.
- Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for DecembeR 2019[Jan. 16, 2020]
The Cathay Pacific Group today released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2018.