The European Union is on a collision course with the rest of the world over the new Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) tax that could prove disastrous, an EU Member of Parliament warned Nov. 4.
Aer Lingus Group (EI) reported a third-quarter operating profit of €94.5 million ($130 million), after exceptional items, up 14.1% from €82.8 million earned on an operating basis in the year-ago period.
A Qantas (QF) Airbus A380, en route from Singapore to London Friday, was diverted to Dubai after the crew was alerted to an engine oil problem in the No. 4 engine, shutting it down.
The European Union is on a collision course with the rest of the world over the new Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) tax that could prove disastrous, an EU Member of Parliament warned Nov. 4.
Alitalia (AZ) resumed flights between Rome Fiumicino (FCO) and Tripoli Thursday, after an eight-month suspension. AZ 868 landed in Tripoli at 2 p.m. local time with 100 passengers on board. AZ is the first EU airline to restart commercial (passenger and cargo) service to/from Libya. Currently, flights are operated to Tripoli Mitiga, but in the next few days operations will shift to Tripoli International. AZ operates a 4X-weekly service between FCO and Tripoli.
Air Berlin (AB) announced Helmut Himmelreich has been named COO, replacing Christoph Debus, who is leaving the company Dec. 31. Himmelreich is former AB chief maintenance officer. Longtime AB Technik management board member Marco Ciomperlik will replace Himmelreich.
Munich Airport (MUC) suffered heavy traffic delays Thursday after a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 777-300ER slid off the southern runway just after landing.
Asia Pacific airlines sustained growth in international passenger traffic during September, but international cargo declined, according to figures released Nov. 3 by the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group posted a net profit of S$238.9 million ($187.6 million) for its fiscal-year first half ended Sept. 30, down 62% from net income of S$632.7 in the year-ago period.
The European Union (EU) has over-reached and needs to rethink its approach to new taxes that would offset airline emissions, according to the head of the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
The ICAO governing council on Wednesday agreed to adopt a working paper urging the European Union (EU) and its member states to refrain from including flights by non-EU carriers to/from an airport in the EU in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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The Russian online travel industry, if not in its infancy, is barely into toddlerhood. Until the mid-2000s, travel e-commerce didn’t exist. The initial pioneer went bankrupt. Several more emerged at the same time, and Hotels.com and Booking.com came in. Some start-ups tried to copy the Booking.com model – and the company’s success – but one entrepreneur said they were overlooking a distinctive trait of Russian travelers: “They like to buy travel packages from tour operators,” Mikhail Reider, founder of HipWay, said.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group posted a net profit of S$238.9 million ($187.6 million) for its fiscal year first half ended Sept. 30, down 62% from net income of S$632.7 in the year-ago period.
Asia Pacific airlines sustained growth in international passenger traffic during September, but international cargo declined, according to figures released Nov. 3 by the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Air Berlin will launch 3X-weekly Berlin Tegel-Los Angeles service at the end of March. It will increase 4X-weekly TXL-New York JFK service to daily from May. AirAsia X completed its switch from London Stansted to London Gatwick airport (LGW) Oct. 24. The long-haul, low-cost airline will launch 3X-weekly LGW-Kuala Lumpur Airbus A340-300 service in November, increasing to 5X and 6X-weekly from December-March.
EasyJet (U2) said its new base at Lisbon airport (LIS) will officially open April 19 with two permanently based Airbus A319s and five new services to Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Venice and Asturias.
Air France (AF) expects to operate a full schedule Thursday, following five days of disruptions owing to strike action called by some of the unions representing its cabin crew.
Financially troubled Air Berlin (AB) said it is in talks with Boeing and Airbus to delay aircraft deliveries as part of its Shape and Size cost-cutting program.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 freighter, making it the first carrier in Asia/Pacific region to operate the aircraft.
