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Travel Weekly reports on effort by Delta and low-cost carrier WestJet to obtain permission to operate an antitrust-immune joint venture on flights between the US and Canada could spur United Airlines and Air Canada into action on their dormant joint-venture partnership. This summer, Delta and WestJet will offer a combined 26 per cent of the US-Canada transborder aviation market […]
Travelmole writes that the Stobart Group has withdrawn its offer for Flybe after the pair railed to reach an agreement. In a statement, the Board of Stobart Group said it had decided it was not in its shareholders’ best interests to increase its latest proposal, which has been rejected by the Flybe board.
Business Traveller Online reports that Belgian carrier VLM will relaunch flights between Antwerp and Birmingham next week, following the resurrection of services between Antwerp and London City in October. The airline will serve the route between March 26 and October 27, and is currently offering promotional fares from €39 on way.
Norwegian Air Shuttle is raising fresh capital, selling off some aircraft and putting its frequent flyer scheme up for sale as the airline ‘tries to shore up its finances’. Norwegian also announced deepening estimated losses for the first quarter despite rapidly increasing revenues. The carrier announced yesterday that it will raise NKr1.3bn through a private placement. […]
Cathay Pacific has suffered consecutive annual losses for the first time in its history, as Hong Kong’s flag carrier remains under pressure from rivals in China and the Gulf. The company, 45 per cent owned by the British conglomerate Swire and 30 per cent owned by Air China, said yesterday that it lost HK$1.26bn ($160m) in 2017. It lost HK$575m in 2016. China’s three […]
The UK press have reported that IAG has warned that it could opt to keep new low-cost airline LEVEL out of the UK over air passenger duty (APD). They note that IAG launched the low-cost, long-haul carrier last year with flights from Barcelona to the US, and in November announced plans to set up a new base from Paris, flying to the Caribbean and North America […]
Niki Lauda has teamed up with German holiday airline Condor to sell flights for Laudamotion, the airline created after he bought Austrian carrier Niki out of insolvency. Lauda agreed a deal to buy Niki, a unit of collapsed Air Berlin, in January, beating a rival offer from IAG. Lauda plans to restart the carrier with 15 planes by […]
Air Belgium’s first two planes were registered in mid-February, taking the airline a step further towards meeting an end-of-March target date for launching its first commercial flight. The two Airbus A340 planes were added to the national air register today. Air Belgium is still awaiting its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) which the airline is hoping to receive imminently.
Ukraine International Airlines plans to double its passenger volume over the next four years. By the end of 2021 the airline aims to carry 13.3 million passengers. The chairman of the corporation’s supervisory board, Aron Mayberg, announced that the company intends to boost the volume of interlining passengers by 16 percentage points, to 60.4 per cent. In 2017, the airline handled 6.9 million […]
Emirates’ president Sir Tim Clark has hit back at American carriers accusing the Gulf airline of unjustly benefiting from government subsidies, saying that his company “has nothing to hide.” Sir Tim denied charges that Emirates has violated international Open Skies agreements, as alleged by the industry trade group Airlines for America. “We have provided our financials. We […]