Star Alliance wants to add budget carriers as members airlines
Star Alliance is seeking to expand its network. The global partnership of airlines would like to add more low-cost budget carriers to the mix. The move would reflect the growing trend among airline customers to choose low-cost carriers when booking tickets. Star Alliance would be in a position to provide budget travelers with more benefits […]
Airline stocks take off after domestic air traffic grows 20% in January
Stocks of aviation companies took off on Monday as investors reacted to strong growth in air traffic for January. Jet Airways, SpiceJet and InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) rose up to 5 percent on the back of this development. Domestic air traffic grew 20 per cent in January, with airlines ferrying more than 1.14 crore passengers, according […]
Man’s excessive farting in flight forces airplane to make emergency landing
A Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam had to make an unexpected landing in Austria because an unnamed elderly passenger had been farting excessively while on flight. Two other passengers sitting next to him had asked if he can get a hold of his wind, so to speak, as it was starting to smell […]
Lufthansa Group Airlines welcomes 8.7 million passengers on board in January 2018
In January 2018, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 8.7 million passengers. This shows an increase of 10.1 per cent compared to the previous year"™s month. The available seat kilometers were up 8 per cent over the previous year, at the same time sales increased by 7.4 per cent. The seat load factor […]
EAN to provide airline passengers with broadband internet
Passengers on British Airways flights will be the first to begin using the new European Aviation Network (EAN), a dedicated broadband service for aircraft developed by Deutsche Telekom, Inmarsat and Nokia. The EAN service consists of S-band satellite-based and ground-based networks, and is designed to provide airline passengers with access to the same wireless internet […]
ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for January 2018
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that total passenger traffic for January 2018 declined 2.5% when compared to December 2016. Passenger traffic rose 5.0% in Mexico, and declined 24.9% in San Juan and 5.0% […]
Hainan Airlines starting direct flights to Mexico
Hainan Airlines, China’s largest private airline, will launch direct flights between China and Mexico from March 21. It will also become the first Chinese carrier to operate nonstop flights between China and Latin America. The flight, which will stop at Tijuana, Mexico and arrive at Mexico City, will fly three times a week and be […]
Users shouldn’t be pre-funding airport expansion: IATA chief
Governments and airports should not expect users to pre-fund expansion projects, said the chief of a global airline body yesterday. He was commenting on plans by Singapore to likely do this for the future Terminal 5 at Changi Airport. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit 2018, the chief […]
Japan Airlines Expands Codeshare Agreements with Alaska Airlines and Qatar Airways
Japan Airlines has announced that it will be expanding its existing codeshare agreements with Alaska Airlines and Qatar Airways, allowing customers of all airlines to have more access to cities that the airlines serve around the world. The Japanese flag-carrier first entered into the codeshare agreement with Alaska Airlines in June 2016. The agreement provided […]
Airlines see improving profits in Q4 2017: IATA survey
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Tuesday that 75 percent of airlines surveyed early in January indicated an improvement in year-on-year profitability in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with the same period in 2016. In its latest business confidence survey of airline chief financial officers (CFOs) and heads of cargo, IATA found that […]
