United Airports of Georgia will host the route development forum for CIS, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Asia for the second time in July 2015
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) continued strike action Friday for the third day this week, in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Proflight Zambia and RwandAir have signed a codeshare agreement on the Lusaka - Johannesburg route with RwandAir as the operating carrier and Pro flight Zambia as the marketing carrier.
France and Germany are leading a call for the European Union to ensure fair competition between EU airlines and those from the Gulf region, who are accused of receiving major state backing.
Citing “distortions in the market,” European Union (EU) transport commissioner Violeta Bulc said she will seek a new mandate from EU countries to open talks with the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia over “unfair subsidies to airlines.”
Luxembourg-based Cargolux has signed a letter of intent with Oman Air allowing the freight specialist to use the Middle Eastern carrier’s facilities in Muscat, Salalah and Sohar.
Canada-based First Air has announced that it is actively looking to add new aircraft to its fleet in order to modernise and decrease the number of aircraft types in use.
Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Peach Aviation has unveiled plans to open a new base in Sendai, just a month after revealing its intention to add a hub at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker today said the airline subsidy evidence against Qatar and the United Arab Emirates was “overwhelming” and “unprecedented.”
Southwest Airlines is to begin flights from Houston Hobby to both Mexico City and San Jose Cabo after receiving approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Mexican civil aviation authority (DGAC).
Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan has made his first public comments on the growing campaign by the three largest US carriers against the three Gulf airlines they say operate on the basis of unfair government subsidies.
Dublin-based carrier, Ryanair is reportedly in talks with manufacturers, with a view to ordering long-haul aircraft after its board approved plans to begin transatlantic flights.
Denel has joined forces with local hold baggage screening company, Aviation Co-ordination Services (ACS) in their drive to provide secure hold baggage screening services at African airports outside of South Africa.
Austrian Airlines has announced its plans to expand its North American offering to include five-weekly flights to Miami, as well as additional flights to destinations in Europe.
ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, the national airline of the Republic of the Congo has announced its plans to launch a route to Dakar in Senegal via Bamako in Mali.
