- Delta, US Airways Get Tentative OK for Slot Swap[Jul. 22, 2011]
A Delta plane sits on a runway prior to takeoff at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York December 25, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson
- Air New Zealand Trans-Tasman Routes Rebound[Jul. 22, 2011]
Air New Zealand chief financial officer Rob McDonald says the airline's trans-Tasman operations have rebounded strongly and will improve further as the alliance with Virgin Australia kicks in.
- HK Approves 3 Airlines' Fuel Surcharge Reduction[Jul. 22, 2011]
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) gave approval for the passenger fuel surcharges levied by three airlines to be reduced by about 3 percent, it said on Friday.
- Singapore Air Picks Boeing 777-200 for Its New Airline[Jul. 22, 2011]
Singapore Airlines said its new low-fare carrier, which will operate next year, has selected Boeing 777-200 aircraft for its fleet.
- Incident: Korean A388 at Tokyo on Jul. 21st, Engine Pod Strike[Jul. 21, 2011]
A Korean Air Airbus A380-800, registration HL7611 performing flight KE-701 from Seoul (South Korea) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 168 people on board, landed on Tokyo's runway 34L at a right bank angle sufficient to have the outboard right engine's pod contact the runway surface. The airplane rolled out safely at around 11:20 L (02:20 Z) and taxied to the apron.
- Air China Launches "Customer Profile" -- Convenience for You[Jul. 22, 2011]
- Qantas Pilots Begin In-Flight Protests[Jul. 22, 2011]
Pilots on international Qantas flights began industrial action this morning in their campaign to stop jobs moving offshore.
- Boeing Delivers 400th Airplane to GECAS[Jul. 21, 2011]
- US Airways, United Continental, Alaska Profitable but Fuel Prices Drag on Earnings[Jul. 22, 2011]
- Air France-KLM Board to Meet on 100 Plane Order[Jul. 21, 2011]
Air France-KLM's board will meet on July 27 to discuss an order for 100 long-haul aircraft to be split between Airbus and Boeing, La Tribune reported without saying where it got the information.