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Qantas returns to investment grade credit rating

Qantas has received a welcome 95th birthday gift in the form of a return to an investment grade credit rating that chief executive Alan Joyce describes as a “welcome endorsement” of the hard work from everyone at the airline in recent times. Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...

Study of materials on case of A321 jet crash in Egypt is in final stage — Putin

The Russian leader made this comment during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Turkey’s Antalya The study of materials on the case of the crash of the Russian plane in Egypt is at its final stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin ha...

Russian government cuts civilian aviation development program

Total financing for the 2006-2015 program was lowered from $5.9 billion to $5.8 billion Russia has amended the federal target program on civil aviation development in 2002-2010 and until 2015, slashing a whole number of targeted figures for this year, according to the government’s resolution posted on the legal information web portal on Monday. The sale of ready-made aircraft and...

OPINION: Oil respite should push airlines for greater efficiencies now

Procrastination, we are oft-warned, is a Bad Thing. Putting off to tomorrow what could be done today sounds dangerously like sloth – a gift to the early birds and a sure way to store up trouble. Unless you prefer another aphorism: haste makes waste? Eschewing knee-jerk reactions to sit on one’s hands looks wise when dawn breaks on new realities. Airlines must be wondering where l...

ANALYSIS: Open skies key to unlocking Latin partnership potential

Latin American and Caribbean airline executives arrive in San Juan for this year's ALTA Airline Leaders forum with closer partnerships and investments firmly on the agenda. In the past year United Airlines has invested in Brazilian carrier Azul while the latter's owner David Neeleman led a consortium that won the TAP Portugal privatisation tender....

Air India Plane Skids Off Runway at Karipur Airport

A UAE-bound Air India plane slid off the runway at Kozhikode's Karipur International Airport in Kerala, on Monday, reports said. A huge tragedy was averted after the plane skidded off the runway, which is under maintenance, Manorama Online reported. All the passengers and crew members are reportedly safe. The incident took place just before the Sharjah-bound flight took off Karipur...

Garuda Indonesia to firm up widebody order by year-end

Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) Chief Executive Officer Arif Wibowo says his airline will finalize its widebody refleeting plans by the end of the year. In an interview with Reuters, Wibowo said the Indonesian carrier is still studying the A350-900 and B787-9's fuel efficiency and operating costs before making a final decision. During the Paris Airshow 2015, Garuda signed Lett...

Paris air travel proceeds, but some may cancel future flights

Even as airlines operated a normal schedule of flights into and out of France on Saturday, some carriers expressed their concerns about routing to Paris after a series of terror attacks. American Airlines Group, the world's biggest carrier by passenger traffic, said on Friday it was delaying flights to Paris in response to the explosions and shooting attacks there, even though French airpor...

Qantas 737 Jet in Tailstrike at Sydney Airport After Wrong Data Tapped into iPad

A Qantas 737 jet carrying 152 passengers and crew scraped its tail on the tarmac at Sydney Airport after the pilots tapped the wrong data into an iPad linked to the aircraft's computer, air safety investigators have found. Shortly after the Boeing 737 departed Sydney bound for Darwin, a flight attendant who had been sitting in the plane's rear galley reported hearing a "squeak...

Brazil's Flyways Linhas Aéreas secures AOC

Flyways Linhas Aéreas (FYW, Rio de Janeiro Int'l) has secured its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Brazilian civil aviation authority (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil - ANAC). As such, the start-up must still gain clearance from ANAC to commence the sale of tickets, something it hopes to complete in time for a revised launch date of December. Using a pai...

Montenegro Airlines to start Bosnia Herzegovina-Austria ops

Montenegro Airlines (YM, Podgorica) has signed a partnership agreement with Tuzla Int'l airport in Bosnia Herzegovina wherein the Montenegrin carrier will operate two weekly return charter flights to Vienna, Austria beginning December 21. A total of forty flights will be flown through to March 31 of next year. There are plans to develop the service into a scheduled operation should it prove...

Tianjin Airlines files application for maiden longhaul route

Tianjin Airlines (GS, Tianjin) has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for permission to begin longhaul flights from Chongqing to Vancouver Int'l, Canada via Tianjin in June next year. The carrier plans to operate the route 4x weekly using A330 equipment. Should it secure the official greenlight, it would become the second Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou) subsidiary to...

ANA Seeks Stakes in Other Asian Airlines

ANA Holdings Inc. is looking to bolster its hold on Asian traffic through equity stakes in other Asian carriers and joint venture agreements, said Chief Executive Shinya Katanozaka. "We are approaching a number of Asian airlines," Mr. Katanozaka said in an interview. The parent of All Nippon Airways Co. has enjoyed a boom period with the low yen fueling demand for inbound traffic....

Qantas Code Share Deal with China Eastern Airlines

A code-sharing deal between Qantas and China Eastern Airlines will make it easier for Chinese tourists to visit Tasmania, the State Government has said. Under the new arrangement, China Eastern will put its airline code on Qantas services from Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart, and on Melbourne-to-Launceston flights. The deal means Chinese travellers will be able to get all the way from Ch...

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