Airlines
US domestic air cargo market remains stagnant, no growth since 1999
22 July 2008
IATA survey: 70 per cent of airline CFOs downbeat on industry prospects over coming year
22 July 2008
BAE Systems' JetEye infrared missile defence system for commercial aircraft takes flight
21 July 2008
Air India Express starts Dhaka-Kolkata-Bangkok/Singapore flights
21 July 2008
Bahrain Air announces bi-weekly Kochi-Jeddah flights
21 July 2008
Air India to adopt cost cutting measures: Patel
21 July 2008
AI Express launches Mangalore-Kuwait direct connection
19 July 2008
SpiceJet still open for fresh “consolidation” moves
19 July 2008
Ex-SpiceJet CEO Siddhanta Sharma moves to IndiGo owner, InterGlobe
18 July 2008
Air India-IA slashes UAE-Delhi, Mumbai fares by 20 per cent
18 July 2008
Qantas slashes another 1,500 jobs, cuts back on growth plans
18 July 2008
Farnborough Air Show: Thales IFE systems to equip Embraer 170s headed for the Indian market
18 July 2008
Boeing announces $6.3 billion, 45 aircraft order from Air China
18 July 2008
American carriers bleed billions in second quarter losses
18 July 2008
Maunu von Lueders signs off as JetLite CEO
18 July 2008
India Post to induct more freighter aircraft
18 July 2008
Farnborough Air Show: Kingfisher to commence international services by September first week
18 July 2008
Anderson to run merged Delta – Northwest Airlines; Bastian to head NWA subsidiary
17 July 2008
Farnborough Air show: Startup LCC FlyDubai places $4 billion order for 50 737-800s
16 July 2008
Jet Airways selects Rolls Royce' Totalcare service package for A330-200 fleet
16 July 2008
Farnborough Air Show: Etihad Airways announces $9.4 billion order for Boeing planes
15 July 2008
Capt Gopinath's new venture, Deccan Cargo, to raise $50 million PE funding
15 July 2008
SpiceJet accepts Wilbur Ross's offer
15 July 2008
US regional airlines, pilots join the chorus – ask Congress to control oil speculation
15 July 2008
Lufthansa to expand its services in India
14 July 2008
Karnataka HC clearance of Kingfisher-Deccan merger may be challenged by the Centre
14 July 2008
Farnborough Air Show: Air India's latest Boeing 777-300ER on display
14 July 2008
Farnborough Air Show: ILFC mulling large order of 300 Airbus, Boeing aircraft
14 July 2008
Farnborough International Air Show opens for business in an uncertain environment
14 July 2008
Aviation minister Patel asks Bengaluru airport to double capacity
12 July 2008
Wadia family to stay invested in GoAir, asserts CEO Edgardo Badiali
12 July 2008
From India and China to Africa, aboard Brussels Airlines
12 July 2008
Air traffic drops for the first time in four years
12 July 2008
Jet, Deccan ditch plans for flight schools
12 July 2008
SpiceJet CEO, Sidhant Sharma, calls it a day
12 July 2008
Jet Airways ups market share against Air India in Q2
11 July 2008
Rolls-Royce, British Airways in joint initiative for alternative fuel testing
11 July 2008
Capacity roll back at Northwest bleeds 2,500 jobs
11 July 2008
Boeing foresees global shift to new, more efficient aircraft
10 July 2008
PMO sets up committee to examine financial crises faced by domestic airlines
09 July 2008
SpiceJet eyes $100 million funding - promoters may stay put
09 July 2008
Air India not to defer new deliveries
09 July 2008
Travel agents to discuss withdrawal of commission with airlines
08 July 2008
As passengers turn scarce, so do number of flights
07 July 2008
Capt Gopinath seeking investments for new cargo venture - may dilute 26 per cent stake
05 July 2008
Indian domestic aviation sector poised for next phase of consolidation
05 July 2008
BA, AA, Iberia may seek antitrust immunity for trans-Atlantic operations again: report
05 July 2008
If ANA opts for A380 super jumbos, decision may be game changer for Airbus in Japan
04 July 2008
Fuel price rise not to impact India's domestic air travel growth: KPMG
04 July 2008
For GoAir, the going gets tough
04 July 2008
Kingfisher Airlines to fly its own brand overseas
04 July 2008
China, Taiwan initiate historic engagement with first cross-strait flight
04 July 2008
Continental Airlines, five others to stand trial for July 2000 Concorde crash
03 July 2008
Lufthansa’s Pune-Frankfurt, all-business class, flight debuts
03 July 2008
Dragonair launches daily, non-stop Hong Kong-Bangalore service
03 July 2008
Jet Airways to launch direct flights from Pune to Hyderabad, Nagpur and Ahmedabad
03 July 2008
China Southern's historic flight to inaugurate cross-strait operations today
03 July 2008
Kingfisher's innovative arrangement to slash fuel costs will save Rs600 crore
03 July 2008
British Airways acquires French business-class carrier L’Avion for $107 million
02 July 2008
Bombay High Court stays DGCA circular extending pilot duty hours
02 July 2008
Three companies, including Alliance Air, submit bids for north-east regional air carrier
02 July 2008
Domestic airline meet inconclusive on issue of fare hike
02 July 2008
Etihad Airways reports record passenger, cargo traffic for first half of 2008
01 July 2008
Govt. may relax norms for international services as domestic carriers battle downturn
01 July 2008
Air India Express expands B737-800 fleet – will commence operations to Kuwait
01 July 2008
FlyYeti to suspend operations mid-July - cites uncertain conditions in Nepal
01 July 2008
Aviation fuel prices up by another 4.35 per cent
01 July 2008
JetLite shelves launch of international services
01 July 2008
Gulf Air starts daily, non-stop services to Hyderabad
01 July 2008
Regional carrier, Paramount Airways, to add routes, increase frequencies
01 July 2008
Etihad Airways set to place huge fleet order at Farnborough
30 June 2008
EU's Emission Trading System to include non-EU airlines
30 June 2008
Launch of Air India Cargo postponed again
30 June 2008
MCX to launch ATF futures contracts in July - airlines, refineries will now be able to hedge
30 June 2008
Merged Air India set to strike massive insurance deals for 2008-09
30 June 2008
Travel agents set to recover commissions from October
30 June 2008
Jet Airways' type rating training school gets DGCA approval
30 June 2008
AI Express announces schedules for Kuwait –Muscat-Mangalore
30 June 2008
Kingfisher may revise international plans
30 June 2008
Kingfisher borrows Rs1,000 crore from ICICI; defers international plans
28 June 2008
EU caps airline CO2 emissions as of 2012
28 June 2008
Jet fuel to cost even more
28 June 2008
Straightened air routes, rationalised charges and ATF prices would reduce airline costs
28 June 2008
Airlines roll back short-haul flights on rising input costs
27 June 2008
Jet Airways voted into the “world's best airlines” club
27 June 2008
Major global carriers agree to pay heavy fines to settle cargo anti-trust investigation
27 June 2008
Air China places orders for 20 Airbus 330s – deal worth $3.82 billion
27 June 2008
Southwest Airlines outlines a “different story” - to add routes and aircraft
27 June 2008
US, Brazil agree to expand air services
27 June 2008
American Airlines cuts services
26 June 2008
LCC dominated Indian market may set the trend for the region: CAPA
26 June 2008
Q1 results have “built a solid base” for the full year, says Lufthansa
26 June 2008
Biman Bangladesh orders four Boeing 737NGs
26 June 2008
Boeing: India demand may dip by half after 2012
26 June 2008
States withhold cut on ATF duties once again
25 June 2008
Air Mauritius profitable once again, British Airways sells stake
25 June 2008
SAARC flights impacted by high price of oil
25 June 2008
Fresh capital, international partners likely for an “improved” Alitalia
25 June 2008
SpiceJet cuts capacity from July
25 June 2008
Qatar Airways outlines expansion plans – 200 aircraft worth $30 billion on order
25 June 2008
Downturn may compel airlines to return aircraft, says aircraft-leasing firm, BOC Aviation
25 June 2008
Jet Airways losses mount - something has got to give in India: CAPA
25 June 2008
Kingfisher and Deccan to cut capacity by 10 per cent
25 June 2008
Airports may be asked to cut landing, parking charges: Patel
25 June 2008
Lufthansa to offer private jets in India, China
24 June 2008
Now, airplane turnarounds in fraction of the time, thanks to RFID
24 June 2008
GE Aviation Services picks Malaysia as hub for MRO business
24 June 2008
Jet Airways reports biggest quarterly loss in three years – 2007-08 net loss at Rs653.87 crore
24 June 2008
Airlines, US Dept. of Homeland Security lock horns over proposed airport 'exit' programme
24 June 2008
FedEx gets FAA nod for situational awareness avionics system
24 June 2008
Mainland and Taiwanese carriers script historic alliance
24 June 2008
Midwest Airlines to ground its fuel-hungry MD-80 fleet
24 June 2008
United Airlines to lay off 950 pilots - cuts in addition to those announced earlier
24 June 2008
Northwest chief, Steenland, urges US Congress to increase oversight of commodities trading
24 June 2008
Air India offers spot fares on Kochi route
24 June 2008
Kingfisher, Etihad angling for slots at London Heathrow
24 June 2008
JAL to test second-generation biofuel
23 June 2008
Southwest airlines signs up $175 million for FAA's roadmap for performance-based navigation
23 June 2008
British Airways first and business class flyers to shell out more than economy for fuel surcharges
23 June 2008
Government ownership of Air India 'must' remain: Praful Patel
21 June 2008
Headwinds whipping up for Kingfisher – Deccan acquisition under scrutiny
21 June 2008
Kingfisher, Deccan revise base fares upwards
20 June 2008
Jet Airways awarded by Singapore for passenger, cargo carriage growth
20 June 2008
Singapore Airlines might increase flights from India on account of higher traffic
20 June 2008
New private airlines could go international sooner
20 June 2008
Fewer people fly IA after merger
20 June 2008
Business charter segment loses altitude on fuel price hike
20 June 2008
Japan, India agree to double flight services by 2010
20 June 2008
Continental and United Airlines link network and services worldwide
20 June 2008
Air India’s Central Training Establishment conducts first Type Rating examination for pilots
20 June 2008
Airlines hike base fares
19 June 2008
OpenSkies gets airborne
19 June 2008
FedEx posts 44 per cent fiscal-year profit drop, loss in fourth quarter
19 June 2008
US airlines may cut more capacity on account of fuel costs
19 June 2008
Deccan Aviation Lanka bags crew rotation contract
19 June 2008
Jet Airways in code sharing talks with domestic airlines in China
19 June 2008
Stage set for 'open skies' negotiations between Australia and the EU
18 June 2008
Singapore Airlines reports flat load factor for May - increasing capacity matches traffic
18 June 2008
Qatar Airways to meet emission norms through use of GTL-kerosene fuel
18 June 2008
India is Qatar Airways' single largest market
18 June 2008
Aircraft cabin air better than in other crowded places: ATSB survey
18 June 2008
Karnataka High Court clears Kingfisher-Deccan Aviation merger
18 June 2008
Govt in a tizzy as airlines, airports ready to hike fares and user development fees
18 June 2008
United Airlines announces “iPod-compatible” airplanes on international routes
17 June 2008
Emirates to offer highest number of frequencies to India starting 1 July
17 June 2008
Shell-MRPL Aviation Fuels JV kicks off commercial operations with Jet Airways contract
17 June 2008
Taiwanese and Mainland carriers to launch direct services following cross-straits agreement
16 June 2008
Oman Air launches Muscat-Bangalore service
16 June 2008
Jet Airways launches daily Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco services
16 June 2008
Serbia to seek bids for flag carrier JAT Airways
16 June 2008
Virgin Blue announces capacity reductions and cost-savings initiative
16 June 2008
4,000 Delta Air Lines workers accept severance offers
16 June 2008
Jet Airways delays global expansion plans – to launch cargo operations
16 June 2008
Fuel impact: easyJet mulls closure of base at Dortmund
14 June 2008
Indian carriers eye non-metro routes for growth
14 June 2008
US airline industry heading for a crash under current oil price regime: US report
14 June 2008
Second attempt to rescue UK business class carrier, Silverjet, fails
14 June 2008
Air India Express cancels operations to Goa
14 June 2008
European Commission to investigate Italian government's bridge loan for Alitalia
13 June 2008
Fuel impact: Finnair looks at job cuts as fuel price leaves it “significantly weakened”
13 June 2008
Fuel impact: US airlines jettison freebies, slash routes and jobs
13 June 2008
Airlines find India’s non-format passenger data system difficult to implement
13 June 2008
Etihad, Jet Airways in codeshare agreement
12 June 2008
Air India inducts first lot of pilots trained in-house
12 June 2008
Air India to launch nation-wide cargo services from 1 July
12 June 2008
Fuel impact: Praful Patel, State finance ministers to try and resolve ATF sales tax issue on 16 June
12 June 2008
Jet Airways mulls a slew of measures to increase profitability in adverse conditions
12 June 2008
Fuel impact: Deccan may rationalise routes, defer fresh deliveries
12 June 2008
Fuel impact: SpiceJet reduces number of daily flights
12 June 2008
Oil companies told to cut ATF prices: Praful Patel
11 June 2008
Aviation Outlook India 2008: Price surge magnifies airline losses
11 June 2008
Air-India should perform or perish: Patel
10 June 2008
Emirates backs the Airbus’ A380
09 June 2008
Finnair to increase India flights; plans services to Bangalore, Chennai
07 June 2008
Reliance ADAG eyeing SpiceJet
06 June 2008
Emirates to get its first Airbus A380 in July
06 June 2008
Airlines to keep fuel surcharge; say 4 per cent ATF price cut is no relief
06 June 2008
Newspapers distorted Virgin Blue risk report: JPMorgan
06 June 2008
Qantas to trim Asian operations
05 June 2008
Airlines may suspend flights on unviable routes
04 June 2008
Ryanair to hike fares by 5 per cent, ground 20 aircraft as fuel costs soar
04 June 2008
United Airlines to slash capacity by 14 per cent, cut up to 1,600 jobs
04 June 2008
British Airways weighs flight cuts as oil prices bite
03 June 2008
EADS looks to Mallya for business jetliner JV
03 June 2008
Airlines hike fares as ATF prices go up by 20 per cent
02 June 2008
Local airlines not ready for e-ticketing deadline: IATA
02 June 2008
United Airlines calls off merger talks with US Airways, looking at Continental alliance
31 May 2008
Silverjet turns in its wings
31 May 2008
A concerned government to conduct review of aviation industry in June
30 May 2008
AI Express to launch Pune-Dubai services from June
30 May 2008
Gulf Air places $5 billion order for 35 Airbus aircraft
29 May 2008
Logistics and cargo major, DRS Group, plans air freight service
29 May 2008
83 per cent slash in basic fares on Air India's Kerala, Andhra flights as ATF taxes come down
29 May 2008
Airbus says orders for A380 superjumbo in 2008 could be less by a third
29 May 2008
Alitalia reports $777 million loss for 2007
29 May 2008
Jet Airways introduces online check-in facility on international flights
28 May 2008
JetBlue Airways defers deliveries of 21 A320 jets to offset fuel costs
28 May 2008
Lufthansa increases Kolkata-Frankfurt services to five a week
28 May 2008
Indian carriers can utilise services of foreign pilots only till 2010: DGCA
28 May 2008
Singapore Airlines to deploy another A380 super jumbo on London-Singapore route
28 May 2008
Check-in baggage may be charged, says Jet Airways chief
28 May 2008
SpiceJet likely to raise fares if fuel costs continue to surge
27 May 2008
Fuel prices compel hike in fares, says Jet Airways chief Goyal
27 May 2008
Ten airlines operating out of Hong Kong to hike fuel surcharge
27 May 2008
Jet Airways all set to commence Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco services from 14 June
27 May 2008
The pioneer's touch - Capt Gopinath seeks to trigger freighter boom with new venture
26 May 2008
Air India to shift London-US flights to European hub
26 May 2008
e-ticketing will cover 90 per cent of interline travel by 31 May, says IATA
26 May 2008
Bahrain Air launches thrice-weekly Bahrain-Kochi service
26 May 2008
SkyTeam hopes to have Kingfisher on board in the latter half of the year
26 May 2008
Bmi reports 48% decline in full-year profits for 2007
26 May 2008
As oil prices soar, airlines begin to see red
24 May 2008
AI to offset rising operational costs with 10% hike in basic fares
24 May 2008
SriLankan deriving benefits from handling own ground operations in India
24 May 2008
Northwest says it too may charge for all checked luggage
24 May 2008
Malaysia Airlines reports 9.5 per cent drop in Q1 profit
23 May 2008
Fuel costs and sharp drop in passenger load factors set to impact profits: Finnair
23 May 2008
UPS to transfer intra-Asia air hub to Shenzhen from 2010
23 May 2008
SkyTeam alliance receives anti-trust immunity for trans-Atlantic operations from US Dept of Transportation
23 May 2008
OpenSkies to commence Paris, Orly-New York, JFK operations 19 June
23 May 2008
American LCC Mesa faces bankruptcy if lawsuit against Delta fails
23 May 2008
Silverjet fails to secure financing – trading of shares suspended temporarily
23 May 2008
Australian LCC, Jetstar Airways, receives CAPA's Low Cost Carrier of the Year 2007 award
22 May 2008
Air France -KLM reports first quarterly loss since 2003 – annual profits will also fall
22 May 2008
Soaring oil prices to draw blood from airlines: CAPA report
22 May 2008
Indian regional airline, Star Aviation, confirms order for 10 Embraer E-170 aircraft
22 May 2008
As fuel prices orbit higher, American Airlines announces job cuts
22 May 2008
New civil aviation rules to address consumer problems – refunds to become mandatory
22 May 2008
Customer survey finds US airlines’ services to be unsatisfactory
22 May 2008
India-based BJETS orders 10 Hawker Beechcraft 4000 business jets worth $330 million
21 May 2008
Kingfisher readies international schedule
21 May 2008
Jet Airways, All Nippon Airways enter into frequent-flyer partnership programme
21 May 2008
Jet Airways ties up with American major United Airlines
21 May 2008
Kingfisher confident of launching international services from 27 August
20 May 2008
Singapore Airlines operates inaugural intra-Asia, Tokyo-Singapore, flight of the A380 superjumbo
20 May 2008
Jet Airways appoints Capt Declan Connolly as VP, flight operations
20 May 2008
Government proposes uniform cap of 12.5% tax on ATF as an intermediate measure
19 May 2008
Fixing of fuel surcharge by domestic airlines could be probed, says Competition Commission official
19 May 2008
Jet Airways to San Francisco – Shanghai – Mumbai daily service from 14 June
17 May 2008
British Airways doubles full-year profit - to pay out first dividend since 2001
17 May 2008
Thai Airways starts daytime services on Delhi-Bangkok route
17 May 2008
Domestic air traffic in India grows 8.6% in April
17 May 2008
Kingfisher eyes services to Kathmandu from July
16 May 2008
DHL/Blue Dart aviation to start direct services on Kolkata-Dhaka route
15 May 2008
Delta pilots ratify merger with Northwest
15 May 2008
Delta-Northwest merger comes under US Congress scanner
15 May 2008
Finnair in talks with Indian carriers for local connectivity
15 May 2008
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair report tough times ahead for freighter operations
15 May 2008
China Eastern moves to raise $2.1 billion in capital
15 May 2008
SpiceJet launches cargo arm
15 May 2008
Singapore to be Gati's international regional headquarters
14 May 2008
Hong Kong carrier, Dragonair, re-schedules launch of Bangalore service to July
14 May 2008
Emirates ramping up India operations
14 May 2008
Family held stake in SpiceJet may be up for sale
14 May 2008
Jet Airways introduces direct Chennai-Pune daily services
13 May 2008
Government asks Air India to resubmit proposal for capital infusion of Rs1,000 crore
12 May 2008
JAL swings back to profit in FY07
12 May 2008
Etihad may code share with BMI, Jet Airways
12 May 2008
Aviation industry sees fewer fatalities, says IATA report
09 May 2008
American British Continental: easy as ABC, but does it add up in the sky, asks CAPA
07 May 2008
Foreign airlines roped in to promote Indian destinations on board their aircraft
06 May 2008
European Commission asks Italian govt to respond about Alitalia bridge loan by 19 May
06 May 2008
JB Aviation to start scheduled chopper services in southern states of India
06 May 2008
GoAir launches new scheme - offers return tickets for zero fare
06 May 2008
Emirates receives $110 million as compensation for A380 delay
05 May 2008
Air India Express planning to fly to Kuwait
05 May 2008
JAL more than doubles profit forecast
05 May 2008
Air India's domestic fares to go up 10 per cent
05 May 2008
Bangladeshi domestic carrier, United Airways, eyes Dhaka-Kolkata route
05 May 2008
Boeing delivers Air France's fiftieth 777 airplane
03 May 2008
Synergies in JetLite and SpiceJet combine, says senior Jet Airways official
03 May 2008
Global air passenger traffic growth continues to slow: IATA
02 May 2008
AirAsia to offer return fares at Rs5,000 on Trichy-Kuala Lumpur route
02 May 2008
Government threatens action if airlines persist with congestion fees
02 May 2008
Pakistan International Airlines reports a loss of $207.5 million for 2007
02 May 2008
ZAV Air receives initial permission to operate in the east/north-east of the country
02 May 2008
India's ministry of defence frees up airspace for civil use – joint operation to be tested in Chennai
02 May 2008
All-business class British airline, Silverjet, secures $25m lifeline from UAE investor
01 May 2008
Club One Air to launch subsidiary for low cost private jet operations
01 May 2008
British Airways in talks with American, Continental for trans-Atlantic alliance
01 May 2008
Air travel costlier as domestic carriers raise basic fares and fuel surcharge
01 May 2008
Jet Airways, Cathay Pacific frequent flyer programmes announce partnership
01 May 2008
Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2008, will provide Indian air passengers increased compensation
01 May 2008
Essar, GMR Group in fray for Czech airline, CSA, and Prague airport
30 April 2008
Jet Airways scoops top honours for JetPrivilege programme at Freddie Awards 2007
30 April 2008
Air Arabia reports increased load factor on its Indian destinations network
30 April 2008
A peeved Berlusconi threatens to nationalise Alitalia
30 April 2008
Tunis Air opts for Airbus aircraft for its fleet renewal programme
30 April 2008
Finnair Q1 profit dips 40.9% on high fuel costs
30 April 2008
SAS announces heavy Q1 loss – cuts in capacity and jobs to follow
30 April 2008
Indian aviation industry will look for 6,000 additional pilots over next five years: Praful Patel
29 April 2008
Impressive achievements for Air India Express in three years since inception
29 April 2008
US small airline crisis escalates - Eos Airlines now sixth airline to shut shop
29 April 2008
Kingfisher Airlines launches daily Chennai-Tiruchirapalli services
29 April 2008
Continental backs off from merger games
29 April 2008
New Hyderabad international airport registers growth in passenger and air traffic movements
29 April 2008
Norms may be eased as domestic carriers look to deflect losses through international operations
28 April 2008