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NIKI LAUDA SAYS WILL BE READY TO BID FOR NIKI AIRLINE ON DEC 20
On Saturday, German logistics firm Zeitfracht and maintenance group Nayak confirmed they were interested in some Niki assets, including Niki Technik, and crews... READ MORE›
AIRLINES REV UP TO OFFER DISCOUNT AIRFARES -- BUT DON'T BE BLINDED BY THE PRICE, SAY EXPERTS
The airlines are going to get their money from you one way or the other... READ MORE›
HOLIDAY CHAOS DIVERTED AS PILOTS REACH DEAL WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES
American airlines scrambles to find pilots to cover holiday rush... READ MORE›
AMERICAN AIRLINES GLITCH LEAVES 15,000 CHRISTMAS FLIGHTS WITHOUT A CAPTAIN
American, the world's biggest airline, has about 15,000 active pilots and expects to operate more than 200,000 flights in December... READ MORE›
JAPANESE DEPARTURE TAX COULD HAVE LARGE IMPACT ON AIRLINES SUCH AS LOW-COST CARRIERS
Japanese departure tax could have large impact on airlines such as low-cost carriers ANA CEO... READ MORE›
IT IS AMAZINGLY CHEAP TO ACQUIRE A FLEET OF AIRBUS JETS
Warren Buffett described airlines as an investor deathtrap, so what's the attraction for private equity?... READ MORE›
NORWEGIAN FLEET EXPANDING BY 'CRAZY NUMBER' SAYS AIRLINE'S SALES CHIEF
The airline, whose route network includes London Gatwick, Belfast, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh, has around 130 aircraft and more than 260 on order... READ MORE›
RYANAIR EMAILS CUSTOMERS TO CLARIFY THEIR RIGHTS AFTER LEGAL ACTION THREATS
Ryanair's offer to passengers features several conditions, including assessing the cost of flights on other airlines on a case by case basis before bookings are made... READ MORE›
RYANAIR EMAILS CUSTOMERS TO CLARIFY THEIR RIGHTS AFTER LEGAL ACTION THREATS
Ryanair's offer to passengers features several conditions, including assessing the cost of flights on other airlines on a case by case basis before bookings are made... READ MORE›
RYANAIR 'FAILED TO RESPOND TO CANCELLATIONS TALKS REQUEST'
The CAA enforces consumer rights for passengers on UK flights, meaning it could take Ryanair to court, where the airline would face being fined... READ MORE›
RYANAIR PASSENGERS LEFT FRUSTRATED BY REFUNDS PROCESS AMID CANCELLED FLIGHTS
Holly Jayne Austin posted Has anyone managed to get through to Ryanair or had a refund?... READ MORE›
RYANAIR PASSENGERS 'TOLD TO PAY TWICE FOR EXTRAS WHEN RE-BOOKING'
Said it was outrageous that people could be double charged and urged the airline to issue refunds swiftly... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Low-cost Carrier
BRITISH WOMAN, 26, BECOMES ONE OF WORLD'S YOUNGEST AIRLINE CAPTAINS
An easyJet spokeswoman said the budget carrier believes McWilliams is the world's youngest commercial airline captain... READ MORE›
ARE CANADIANS READY FOR NO-FRILLS FLYING?
In other words, WestJet will be competing with itself with the new airline... READ MORE›
FRANCE ANNOUNCES WORLDS TOUGHEST ANTI-SMOKING LAWS
The price of a packet of 20 cigarettes in France has doubled in 14 years to 7 5... READ MORE›
RYANAIR CANCELS 82 FLIGHTS AFTER IT 'MESSED UP' CREW'S TIME OFF
Flights are operating as usual for customers who haven't received emailed communication from the carrier, Europe's biggest discount airline said in an update Saturday... READ MORE›
AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501 MISSING: Q&A - WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE FLIGHT AND WHAT POSSIBLE CAUSES WILL BE INVESTIGATED?
Many Indonesian airlines are banned from Europe because of safety concerns... READ MORE›
BABY BORN ON AIRPLANE GETS 1 MILLION AIR MILES
After being born four hours into a flight from Dubai to Manila, baby girl Haven has been gifted one million air mile points... READ MORE›
NEWLEAF'S 'ULTRA-LOW' AIRFARES APPEAL TO WINNIPEG TRAVELLERS
NewLeaf will have direct flights from Winnipeg to Abbotsford, B.C., Kelowna and Hamilton... READ MORE›
RYANAIR SAYS GREEK GOVERNMENT IGNORED ATTEMPTS TO NEGOTIATE REDUCED AIRPORT TAXES
Budget airline Ryanair has accused the Greek government of ignoring its attempts to talk about reducing airport taxes in the low season in return for increased..... READ MORE›
RYANAIR FARES TO THE US FOR UNDER EUR100
Mr O'Leary pointed out that Ryanair was already the biggest airline in a number of countries in Europe, including Britain, Spain, Italy and Poland... READ MORE›
LUFTHANSA WANTS AIR BERLIN LONG-HAUL PLANES
Lufthansa is especially interested in Air Berlin's routes to U.S. cities including New York and Washington D.C., the source said on Tuesday... READ MORE›
WITH FLIGHTS BACK IN THE SKIES, BRITISH AIRWAYS MUST NOW REPAIR DAMAGED REPUTATION
Airlines' reservations and IT systems are often a combination of modern systems built on top of technology from the 1960s... READ MORE›
NORWEGIAN AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO BOOST FINANCES
Norwegian Air Chief Executive Bjoern Kjos defended the airline's capital levels, saying it relied more on national export-import banks... READ MORE›
AIR FRANCE WARNS OF JOB CUTS AFTER PILOTS REJECT LONGER HOURS
Although Air France will break even this year, the management says that it cannot compete indefinitely with low-cost carriers and state-subsidised airlines from the Gulf... READ MORE›
THE FIVE BIGGEST AIRLINES PLUNGED 7.5% IN AUGUST, WIPING OUT $10 BILLION IN MARKET VALUE
The Five Biggest Airlines Plunged 7.5 percent in August, Wiping Out 10 Billion in Market Value... READ MORE›
AIRASIA HAS LITTLE MARGIN FOR ERROR IN CRISIS OVER MISSING JET
Shares in Asia Aviation PCL, the holding company for Thai AirAsia in which the AirAsia group owns 45 percent, fell 2... READ MORE›
RYANAIR APOLOGISES AFTER CUSTOMER HAD TO SIT BESIDE POOL OF VOMIT FOR FLIGHT
Budget airline Ryanair has apologised to a customer after he had to sit beside a pool of vomit on a Dublin-bound flight... READ MORE›
NETFLIX FEE HIKE AND MEAT INSPECTION PROBLEMS
Ultra-low-cost carriers are ultra profitable, but so far though the market has been a struggle for domestic carriers in Canada... READ MORE›
INDONESIAN OFFICIALS SAY AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501 SENT NO DISTRESS SIGNAL
AirAsia, which has a presence in most of Southeast Asia and recently India, has never lost a plane before and has a good safety track record... READ MORE›
TRANSASIA AIRWAYS HAS SECOND CRASH IN LESS THAN A YEAR
Before that crash, the airlines hadn't seen a deadly accident since 2002, when two pilots were killed as a TransAsia ATR Cargo plane crashed into the sea... READ MORE›
THE $40 BILLION JET BUYING SPREE - INDIGO'S BIG BET
But few airlines have translated that optimism into new orders on the scale of IndiGo's since most are losing money... READ MORE›
BOEING WINS $11.3 BILLION ORDER FOR 100 PLANES FROM VIETNAMESE AIRLINE
Vietnam is expected to rank among the world's 10 fastest-growing aviation markets in the next two decades, according to the International Air Transport Association... READ MORE›
PROFILE OF AIRLINE BOSS TONY FERNANDES
In 1999, he became the Vice President of Warner Music South East Asia... READ MORE›
AIRASIA HAS HAD $1 BILLION TAKEOVER OFFER FOR LEASING UNIT
AirAsia has had 1 billion takeover offer for leasing unit report... READ MORE›
GERMANWINGS PLANE CRASH: CO-PILOT ANDREAS LUBITZ WAS 'HAPPY HE HAD THE JOB' WITH AIRLINE
Germanwings plane crash co-pilot andreas lubitz was happy he had the job with airline... READ MORE›
INDIA'S INDIGO SECURES RIGHTS TO BUY 100 MORE AIRBUS A320 PLANES
IndiGo, India's largest airline by market share, said earlier on Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to buy 250 of its A320 aircraft to expand its fleet... READ MORE›
AIRASIA X'S LONG-HAUL MODEL WON'T FLY
Things look different in Southeast Asia, where geography and the ambitions of local airline executives have spawned a clutch of long-haul low-cost carriers... READ MORE›
ASIA AIRLINE MERGERS MAY BE IN THE CARDS AFTER WORLD'S LARGEST BUDGET CARRIER TIE-UP
The creation of the world's biggest alliance of low-cost airlines may signal that some of Asia's struggling budget carriers are headed for the altar... READ MORE›
AIRLINES SCRAMBLE FOR NEW COCKPIT RULES AFTER INTENTIONAL CRASH BY LOCKED-IN CO-PILOT
Airlines and policymakers rushed to mandate two crew members be in the cockpit at all times following revelations that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwin... READ MORE›
HOLIDAYMAKERS TO BENEFIT FROM LOW-AIRFARE BONANZA AS RYANAIR BATTLES RIVALS
Summer holidaymakers and winter skiers are set for a cheap air fares bonanza this year, according to Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE 10 SAFEST LOW-COST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD
7 Thomas Cook is one of the largest holiday charter airlines in the world... READ MORE›