Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa boost their shared flight network
Image Courtesy Bill Abbott It’s about to get even easier to fly from Australia to almost anywhere in Europe. Australian travellers bound for Europe will find more flights on the…
Lufthansa’s Eurowings says bookings strong despite inflation worries
Lufthansa’s budget carrier Eurowings said on Wednesday it was not seeing fewer bookings due to consumers’ worries about inflation and recession amid the war in Ukraine. “We have had concerns…
Flydubai and Standard Chartered sign Sale and Leaseback deal for five Boeing aircraft
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Standard Chartered and Dubai-based carrier, flydubai, have successfully signed the Sale and Leaseback (SLB) agreement for five new Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts. Four aircraft were…
Air France-KLM launches 2.3 bln euro rights issue
Air France-KLM on Tuesday unveiled a 2.256-billion-euro ($2.41 billion) rights issue to existing shareholders to strengthen its balance sheet and further repay French state aid. The French and Dutch states…
Spirit Airlines says shareholders unlikely to vote against Frontier deal
Spirit Airlines Chief Executive Ted Christie said on Monday it is unlikely shareholders would vote against its proposed merger with Frontier Group Holdings Inc. The Florida-based ultra-low-cost carrier is facing…
Rex pulls the plug on Sydney-Canberra flights
Competitive pressure forces Rex Airlines to withdraw from the popular business route. Barely a year – one year, one month and 11 days, to be precise – after introducing flights…
London Heathrow is the World’s Busiest International Airport This Week
Image: Adrian Agawin Total scheduled airline seats this week remains above the 90 million mark, a few regions have reported slight reductions in capacity leading to a total seat reduction…
Turkish Airlines snaps up six Airbus A350-900s, some to be delivered in 2022
Image: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock.com Turkish Airlines is picking up more widebody aircraft for its fleet, with a last-minute deal for jets to be delivered from this year. The Turkish flag carrier…