Lufthansa and German trade union Verdi have signed a collective labor agreement on pay increases for about 30,000 staff from Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs.
Spring Airlines has announced plans to acquire 45 Airbus A320neos and 15 A321neos to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, in a deal valued at $6.3 billion at list prices.
Ryanair’s fleet is set to swell from 320 Boeing 737s this year to around 360 in 2016, as the Irish budget carrier begins its aircraft-delivery ramp up.
Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia Berhad plans to launch its latest direct flight between tier-two Chinese city Guangzhou and Langkawi, Malaysia at the end of January 2016.
Current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Ryanair is taking high court action against Google and Spanish online travel agency eDreams, claiming eDreams is misleading customers into thinking they are booking directly with Ryanair.
The next generation of turboprops must be faster and carry more passengers to compete with the latest regional jets, according to a senior Luxair executive.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is optimistic his carrier will strike a couple of short-haul feed agreements by next summer, although talks with Aer Lingus and Virgin Atlantic Airways have now ended.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted American Airlines a 60-day extension for its Los Angeles-Tokyo Haneda service, and has taken the unusual step of naming Hawaiian Airlines’ proposed Kona-Haneda route as a back-up if American does not fulfill the terms of the initial award.
Russia’s Aeroflot Group has reported a net profit of RUB1.83 billion ($27.7 million) for the nine-month period to Sept. 30, reversed from a net loss of RUB 3.56 billion in the year-ago period.
European carriers should focus on adopting some of the good practices of the Gulf “Big Three” carriers rather than complaining about them, Brussels Airlines CEO Bernard Gustin said.
The fatal crash of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 in December 2014 was precipitated by a fault in the aircraft's rudder warning systems, according to a report just released by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC).
