Posts Tagged ‘Airlines’

Croatia Air To Cut Jobs, Get Capital Boost

  State-owned Croatia Airlines will be handed an HRK800 million kuna (USD$136 million) government boost to its efforts to become profitable from 2013. Transport minister Sinisa Hajdas Doncic announced the capital injection...


First China-Assembled A320 Flies at Airshow

A Sichuan Airlines A320 aircraft powered by V2500 engines flew above the crowds at the Zhuhai Airshow today. The aircraft was assembled and delivered in 2009 from the Airbus Tianjin Final Assembly Line China (FALC) – the ...



HNA May Cancel Airbus A380 Order

  HNA Group, China’s fourth-largest aviation group, is in talks with Airbus and may cancel its order for 10 A380 aircraft with a total list price of USD$3.8 billion due to weak market conditions, chairman Chen Feng s...


Hawaiian Launches Nonstop Service to Sapporo

Hawaiian Airlines launched its inaugural flight from Honolulu to Sapporo, Japan, and restored nonstop service between the two cities that had been discontinued by other carriers nine years earlier. Passengers of the inaugural f...



US Airlines, Airports Assess Storm Damage

  As airline, airport, rail and port workers dug through storm debris, dealt with power outages and assessed damage on Tuesday, one thing became increasingly clear: Restoring full services could take some time. Hurricane S...


Singapore Air To Take Stake In Virgin Australia

  Virgin Australia, Australia’s 2d-ranked airline, mentioned alliance associate Singapore Airways would purchase a ten p.c stake in it for AUD$a hundred and five million (USD$108 million) to assist it compete with be...