Air China and its subsidiary Shenzhen Airlines have finalized an order for 100 Airbus A320 aircraft as the Chinese flag carrier seeks to increase capacity 15.9% in southern China.
Jet Airways reported a net loss of INR4.8 billion ($89 million) for the 2012-13 fiscal year ended March 31, narrowed from a loss of INR12.3 billion in the year-ago period.
Fast-growing Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement that starts June 3 on KLM flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen and Izmir Adnan Menderes to Amsterdam.
Airline Management Solutions, which comprises a group of four Romanian investors, is to acquire the assets of low-cost carrier Blue Air from former majority owner Romstrade.
Qatar Airways Cargo has refreshed its fleet with three new Airbus A330-200Fs. The new freighters replace the same number of A300F aircraft that have been retired from the fleet. Arrival of the aircraft signals a new era for the airline’s cargo operations, Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker said. “The capacity of Qatar Airways Cargo has been significantly increased,” he said.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has granted an airworthiness certificate for the Boeing 787, clearing the way for China Southern Airlines to take delivery of its first Boeing 787 at the end of May or early June.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will operate five non-scheduled Boeing 787 flights at the end of May, marking a return to service by the Dreamliner launch customer since the aircraft was grounded in January.
European Commission antitrust regulators have accepted concessions from Air Canada, Lufthansa and United Continental Holdings to ease competition concerns about their A Plus-Plus transatlantic joint venture.
Indonesia’s Lion Air plans to base up to six Boeing 737-800s with its new Thai subsidiary, which will be based at Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport, according to a report in the Bangkok Post.
Air Berlin, which is cutting 900 jobs as part of its Turbine savings program, will transfer more than 50 pilots to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways as the German carrier reduces its fleet and its majority shareholder prepares for international expansion.
Turkish Airlines is planning to increase the number of Russian routes pending an agreement with Russian aviation authorities on destinations, the carrier’s Russia representative Mefail Deribas said.
