Posts Tagged ‘Airways’

Qatar Air Says To Get 787 Compensation

  Qatar Airways said it would receive compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliners, as it returned the aircraft to service for the first time in three months. “We will get compensation because we...


Kenya Airways Receives First Fully Owned Freighter Jet

The new freighter jet, a Boeing B737-300, has a cargo capacity of 20 metric tons. It is the first of four passenger aircraft owned by the airline which were identified for conversion into freighters in October 2012 to strengthe...



Air Pacific Takes Delivery Of First New Airbus A330

Air Pacific (soon to be Fiji Airways) announced that it had successfully taken ownership and delivery of its first-ever brand-new wide body aircraft, the Airbus A330-200. The aircraft is the first of three ordered by the airlin...


Airbus A330 Becomes Flagship Aircraft for Fiji’s National Airline

Air Pacific, Fiji’s national airline, has formally rolled out its soon to be adopted new ‘Fiji Airways’ identity with the delivery of its first new A330-200 aircraft. Whilst the carrier will officially adopt the ‘Fiji Airw...



AirAsia Buys Into Philippine’s Zest Airways

  The Philippine unit of Asia’s biggest budget airline AirAsia has agreed to acquire 49 percent of small-scale regional carrier Zest Airways, as it moves to turn its Philippines business into a moneymaking operation....


Qatar Air Files Claim Over New Airport

  Qatar Airways said it was filing a USD$600 million legal claim against a contractor for a delay in opening a new airport in Doha. Lindner Depa Interiors, a German-Dubai joint venture, holds a USD$250 million contract to ...