Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai has begun selling business-class fares, in preparation for the launch of its premium service operations in October.
Thai Airways reports a second-quarter net loss of THB8.4 billion ($270.8 million), a performance that more than quintuples its THB1.5 billion net loss in the year-ago quarter.
All Nippon Airways parent ANA Holdings has rebranded AirAsia Japan as “Vanilla Air,” by which name the Tokyo-based low-cost carrier (LCC) will be known from Nov. 1.
International Airlines Group (IAG)—parent to British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has called on its shareholders to meet Sept. 26 to formally approve orders for 98 Airbus and Boeing aircraft in an extraordinary general meeting in Madrid.
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines ended the first half with a net profit of TRY44.1 million ($22.6 million), reversed from a TRY70.1 million loss for the same period last year.
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have not been able to find any indications of aircraft system malfunctions on the United Parcel Service (UPS) Airbus A300-600 freighter that crashed Aug. 14 in Alabama.
Air India has issued a tender to lease 19 Airbus A320s, in a move that will sharply increase its fleet size and improve its ability to compete with privately run carriers.
Russia’s Transaero Airline reported a first-half profit of RUB261.92 million ($7.95 million), according to Russian accounting standards, up 54% from the year-ago period.
Airberlin has suspended bookings for flights to Egypt’s Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Sharm el Sheikh until Sept. 15 owing to unrest and violence sweeping the country.
Thomas Cook Airlines Group is planning to establish a second hub in Manchester and will base a third Airbus A330-200 starting from the winter season 2013-14.
The Indian government is examining India’s air traffic rights with Austria and Switzerland, four years after their national carriers—Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines—were acquired by Lufthansa, according to several Indian media reports.
Guernsey-based regional carrier Aurigny is to acquire its first jet, an Embraer E-195, so it can replace capacity lost by Flybe’s London Gatwick-Guernsey exit.
Indonesia’s Lion Group intends to expand its Wings Flying School and Lion Training Centre in Jakarta and is seeking international training partners as part of the growth plan.
