Blogs Posts in Airlines category; 156 blog posts

China Eastern Airlines to post 'significant loss' for 2008

China Eastern Airlines, the country's third largest carrier, on Monday warned it expected to post a "significant loss" for 2008 due to fewer passengers and bad bets on fuel hedging contracts. The company said it faced an unaudite [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Etihad voted airline of year at British Travel Awards

The Abu Dhabi-based airline picked up the award at a glittering ceremony attended by 900 travel industry professionals on Friday 7 November at Battersea Evolution in London.James Hogan, chief executive of Etihad Airways, said. “It is [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Airline offers 100,000 free tickets to Thailand

BANGKOK - Budget carrier AirAsia on Wednesday offered 100,000 free seats to Thailand to lure back foreign visitors after a siege of Bangkok's airports by anti-government protesters. The airline said the seats would be available between Wed [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Major airlines report declines in traffic

Fort Worth based American (NYSE: AMR) recorded 9.5 billion revenue passenger miles in November, down from 11.1 billion during the same month last year. Revenue passenger miles is a measure of every paying passenger flying every mile, and is [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Australia air force wants to borrow airline pilots

CANBERRA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Australia's air force hopes to borrow pilots from civilian airlines, including flag carrier Qantas, to contain personnel shortages that have also seen much of the country's navy sent on holidays, the government [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Airlines Plot Latin America Course

As fallout from this year's economic crisis has rippled across the globe, international air travel has shrunk everywhere except in one region: Latin America. Even as the region's stock markets and currencies tumbled into a tailspin this mo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

American Airlines Considers a La Carte Pricing

The idea of paying a single, simple fare to fly on an airliner is becoming as quaint as stewardesses in short skirts.American Airlines is about to accelerate the trend of breaking the cost of a trip into an airfare plus many smaller fees. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

BMI's no comment on merger rumour

UK airline BMI has declined to comment on newspaper speculation that it has been approached by Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad over a possible merger. Etihad first went to BMI in the summer over a potential deal which values BMI at £600m, th [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Airport profits up 3pc to $113 million - bigger planes on th...

Auckland International Airport (AIA) has posted a 3.3 per cent rise in full year net profit to $113 million, due in part to strong domestic passenger growth from a more competitive local aviation scene. AIA said the result was achieved des [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

World's first aircraft onboard showers unveiled

Emirates, who took delivery of the massive aircraft in Hamburg, has decided to offer its premium customers the chance to refresh themselves. Such luxury is reserved to the 14 people in the first class cabin, who will even be able to look [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Northwest Reports Second-Quarter Loss on Fuel Bill

Northwest Airlines Corp reported a quarterly net loss on Wednesday, reversing a year-earlier profit, on skyrocketing fuel prices.The carrier, which plans to merge with Delta Air Lines Inc , said its second-quarter net loss amounted to $377 [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

American and Delta airlines lose $2.5bn in quarter on oil pr...

Two of the largest airlines in the US lost a combined $2.5bn (£1.25bn) in the second quarter, as rising jet fuel prices and restructuring costs hobbled their operations. American Airlines and Delta said they would ground additional [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Bangladesh airline orders two 737-800s

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered two Boeing 737-800 airplanes worth between $140 million and $158 million, according to Boeing. The Bangladesh airline also has purchase rights for another pair of 737-800s. In April, Biman Banglades [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Merger of United Airlines, US Airways Is Off the Table for N...

Plans to merge UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. were suspended -- for now -- when UAL Chief Executive Glenn Tilton told his counterpart, Doug Parker, Thursday that United is very near an alliance agreement with Continen [...]