Greek carrier Olympic Air's proposed merger with Aegean Airlines has run into problems with the European Commission, which has expressed doubts that the...

Chinese carrier Shenzhen Airlines is to purchase 10 Airbus A320s, delivery of which is to begin in two years' time. The agreement comes four months...

British Airways is to take on three Boeing 747-8 freighters for its World Cargo division next year, which will be operated under a wet-lease through Global...

Vietnam Airlines' joint-venture carrier in Cambodia has joined Sabre's customer sales and service (CSS) system. The CSS system will assist Cambodia...

As a barometer for the health of the airline industry, this year's Farnborough Air Show provided a further welcome shot in the arm. Hot on the heels of fast-improving...

China's Shanghai Airlines is to leave Star Alliance following the decision of its merger partner, China Eastern Airlines, to join rival SkyTeam. China...

As delegates sign up for the Network LatAm conference, taking place in Costa Rica on 5-7 December, US low-cost carriers are looking to up their activity in this relatively untapped market, writes Brendan Sobie in Washington The 2007 expansion of Spirit Airlines into Central America was groundbreaking in many respects. Not only did Spirit bring an entire region its first taste of low-cost service, but the carrier also boldly entered four Central American markets in a four-month window. As Spirit chief marketing officer Barry Biffle recalls, launching service to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in mid-2007, followed by Panama at the beginning of 2008, was simply "pragmatic" as the region was "starving" for low fares and represented the last white spot in Spirit's network. "Basically we were left to fly to Central America," Biffle explains. He adds that it made sense to group the new routes because they were not large eno

As consolidation continues among network carriers, history shows the success or failure of airline mergers hinges on the actual integration process, write Max Maruna and Peter Morrell of Cranfield University Although 82% of married couples in the USA will reach their fifth wedding anniversary, only 52% will celebrate 15 years of marriage. Likewise, across all sectors, including the aviation industry, there is plenty of courting, but it is worth noting that more than half of consummated mergers fail to achieve their objectives. Only a few tie-ups add value, while in some cases shareholder value is actually destroyed. In the USA there were 18 major airline mergers between deregulation of the domestic market in 1978 and July 2005. Of those, only the integration of Delta Air Lines and Western Airlines in 1987 was considered successful.

The Airblue passenger aircraft that crashed yesterday in Pakistan was doing a circling approach to runway 12 at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International...

The Airblue Airbus A321 that crashed yesterday, killing all 152 people on board, was doing a circling approach to runway 12 at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto...

Delta Air Lines has emerged as the first publicised customer for an award-winning new product from Panasonic Avionics and Weber Aircraft that integrates...

Etihad Airways will deploy its newly delivered Airbus A330-200 Freighter on routes to Africa and China from its Abu Dhabi base from September.

German carrier Air Berlin's move to become the 14th member of oneworld signals new ground for the airline, the grouping and alliances in general. Air...

The aircraft involved in today's crash in Pakistan has been identified as an Airbus A321 operated by privately-owned Pakistani carrier Airblue. Airbus...

A Pakistani passenger aircraft has crashed in Pakistan with about 150 people on board. There were 146 passengers and six crew on board the Airblue...

Malaysia-based AirAsia is evaluating whether to launch a domestic operation in Australia. Azran Osman-Rani, the CEO of AirAsia's long-haul carrier...

SpiceJet has won board approval for a fresh order of 30 Boeing 737-800s. Deliveries to the Indian carrier are scheduled to begin in 2014 as it sees...

Continental and United Airlines have unveiled an eight-member senior management team equally split between current senior level executives of both carriers....

Cockpit crew representatives are pressing the Israeli government to scrap its "Code Positive" pilot identification system, claiming that trial operations...

Air Berlin's Austrian associate carrier Niki is to become an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance when the German airline joins in early 2012. Niki,...