- Air Mauritius Posts Q1 Loss on Rising Fuel Costs[Aug. 11, 2011]
Air Mauritius on Thursday posted a pretax loss for its first quarter of EUR11.1 million versus a loss of EUR11.3 million loss a year earlier, and blamed low season and high fuel prices.
- Plane Lands at Belfast City Airport After Alert Warning[Aug. 09, 2011]
Ambulances and fire appliances were sent to the George Best Belfast City Airport after a plane developed a "technical fault" while in-flight.
- AMR to Spin Off Regional Carrier[Aug. 12, 2011]
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. provided details Thursday of its plans to spin off its in-house regional carrier to shareholders later this year, a divestiture aimed at reducing the parent company's costs.
- Asia Will Become the Nucleus for Aviation, Says Etihad Chief James Hogan[Aug. 12, 2011]
Growth in the aviation industry and liberalisation of regulations will make Asia the "new nucleus" for world air travel, said the head of Etihad Airways.
- Cathay Pacific's Total 777-300ER Commitment Reaches 50[Aug. 10, 2011]
Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways today announced the Hong Kong-based carrier has ordered eight Boeing 777 Freighters and four 777-300ER(extended range) airplanes. The order is valued at US$3.3 billion at list prices. With this announcement, Cathay Pacific becomes the 15th customer to order the 777 Freighter and increases its Boeing 777-300ER fleet to 50.
- Virgin Australia Partner Skywest Airlines Takes Delivery of Its First ATR 72-500[Aug. 12, 2011]
Australian carrier Skywest Airlines today took delivery of its first ATR 72-500, which is also the very first ATR 72 aircraft in Australia. Skywest Airlines will operate its new ATR fleet on behalf of Virgin Australia, as part of a 10-year agreement signed recently between both airlines to create a regional network for Virgin Australia. Today's first delivery follows the signature of a contract for 4 ATR 72-500s and 4 ATR 72-600s, plus 5 options, inked earlier this year between ATR and the leasing company Avation PLC. The remaining 3 ATR 72-500s will be delivered this year, while the 4 ATR 72-600s will enter into service in 2012. All of these ATR 72s will wear the new white and red livery of Virgin Australia.
- U.S. Airline Traffic Up 3.9 Percent in May[Aug. 12, 2011]
U.S. airline system traffic continued to grow in May from the same month of 2010, according to the preliminary data released by U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday.
- Qatar Airways to Fly between Chongqing and Doha[Aug. 11, 2011]
Qatar Airways will offer direct flights between the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing and Doha, capital of Qatar, as of November 28 this year, an airline's executive and a Chongqing government official said Thursday.
- China Railway Slumps as Government Halts New Train Projects; Airlines Jump[Aug. 11, 2011]
China Railway Group Ltd. plunged to a record low in Hong Kong trading and CSR Corp. tumbled after the government announced a halt to new train projects following last month's fatal high-speed crash. Airlines surged.
- Lao Airlines Signs Agreement to Buy Two Airbus 320s[Aug. 11, 2011]
Lao Airlines has signed an agreement with Europe's Airbus SAS to buy two A320 aircraft as part of plans to get listed on the stock market, media reports said Thursday.