Rumania’s biggest airline, BlueAir, has suspended all operations until September 12 as it tries to sort out financial issues with the Rumanian government and regulators. The suspension of flights has caused chaos at Henri Coanda Airport in Bucharest after thousands…
The proposed acquisition of Alliance Airlines by Qantas could “substantially lessen” competition in large parts of Australia. That’s why the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is considering imposing several conditions until it can approve the acquisition, it said on August…
Just as it is heading for the busy (southern hemisphere) summer period, Air New Zealand is forced to reduce capacity by 1.5 percent in the coming six months. The airline says it is confronted with the highest levels of sickness leave…
The final call is on the regulators, but the fight for Spirit Airlines seems over. After Frontier Airlines’ decision on Wednesday to terminate the merger agreement with Spirit, the ultra-low-cost airline announced on Thursday that the boards of directors of Spirit…
A warning strike by the ground crew on Wednesday will have Lufthansa needing to cancel all its flights out of Frankfurt and Munich. The effects of the strike could even last until Thursday and Friday, the German airline warns, which quantifies…
Air France-KLM intends to sell part of the equity of Air France Engineering & Maintenance to Apollo Global Management, a New York-based asset management company. The negotiations are for a number of spare engines that are owned by the AF…