LONDON – Following on from FIFA’s recent announcement that fewer foreign fans than expected will be going to the World Cup, due in part to a lack of flights, it has been revealed by the BBC on 29th January that six South African airlines are to be investigated for allegedly colluding to hike the price [...]

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BEIRUT, LEBANON – An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation has assessed a $30,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for failing to disclose the full price consumers must pay for air transportation as required by the Department’s rules.

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SEATTLE, WA – On Dec. 30, 2009, Horizon Air became the first scheduled-service passenger carrier to operate a flight using Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) technology.

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WASHINGTON D.C. – The nation’s largest airlines set a single-month record in November for on-time performance for the nearly 15 years the U.S. Department of Transportation has collected comparable data, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation

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CHICAGO – United Airlines took the top spot among the major network carriers in on-time performance for the month of December, based on preliminary industry data.

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PHOENIX, AZ – Mesa Air Group, Inc. today announced that it has commenced a financial restructuring through the voluntary filing of petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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QUEBEC – Today, in the wake of improvements to airline services at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport and in accordance with the trend of previous years, Porter Airlines begins its new schedule offering three daily return flights to Toronto’s downtown Airport.

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Following an intensive and robust evaluation process, Air New Zealand has ordered 14 Airbus A320 aircraft to replace its existing domestic fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300s. The aircraft will be powered by IAE engines.
The A320, which is larger than the aircraft type it will replace, will enable Air New Zealand to increase capacity on routes [...]

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