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Air France to Cut Some Jobs in 2016, Rest of Plan Negotiable: CEO

United Continental Said to Have Weighed Naming Interim CEO

United Continental Holdings Inc.'s directors as recently as Friday were at an impasse on whether to appoint an interim chief executive officer or start seeking a new one to replace ailing Oscar Munoz, a person familiar with the situation said. Munoz suffered a heart attack Thursday after litt...

Man Dies on Dublin-Bound Flight "After Biting Passenger"

A man has died on board an Aer Lingus flight bound for Dublin, Irish police said on Sunday night. The 24-year-old was reportedly restrained after becoming agitated and biting a man about halfway through the two-hour journey from Lisbon. Police said they were investigating after the flight was div...

Star Alliance Launches New Social Media Campaign in China

Star Alliance has launched a social media campaign in China, targeted at international frequent flyers in this market, as well as their friends, colleagues and family members. Using the slogan "you make the difference", the Alliance is encouraging the traveller's "circle of friends" to show their appreciation for their dedication to work and travel. In addition, the campaig...

Qantas to unveil Retro Roo II in November

Qantas says it will add a second retro-jet to its fleet in November when it unveils another Boeing 737-800 in one of the airline’s historic liveries as part of its 95-year anniversary celebrations. The airline hopes the second ‘Retro Roo’, which will feature one of Qantas’s 12 historic liveries since 1920, will spark a “fresh wave of Australian aviation nostal...

ANA Star Wars-Themed Dreamliner Takes First Passenger Flight

Ahead of scheduled services on Oct. 18, 2015, All Nippon Airways' Star Wars-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner took its first ride with Star Wars fans over Haneda, Tokyo on Oct. 17, marking the first passenger flight of R2-D2™ Jet. Cosplayers, dressed up as their favorite characters from "Star Wars", line to board the ANA 787 (Registration JA873A) named the "R2-D2 ANA JE...

Air India Offers 25% Discount for Women Flyers

Rolling out freebies to its domestic flyers and business class passengers, national carrier Air India on Saturday offered four schemes, including 25 percent flat discount to women travellers, due to high air travel demand during the festive season. Air India offers four schemes to the executive class passengers flying the domestic sectors as part of the super festival bonanza, the airline said...

Final US Airways Flight Completes Journey, Lands in Philly

The final US Airways flight has landed in Philadelphia, completing the last leg of its roundtrip journey. The Airbus A321 landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 5:54 a.m. Saturday after departing from San Francisco at 1:07 a.m. as a red-eye flight. The plane is Flight 1939, named for the airline's founding year. The flight departed from Philadelphia at 10:36 a.m. Fr...

"Electrical Smell" Forces Southwest Airlines Flight to Divert

A Southwest Airlines flight en route from Denver to Seattle had to be diverted Friday when the captain declared an emergency due to an "electrical smell in the cabin," according to a statement released by the airline. The pilot told air traffic controllers that flight attendants and passengers said they smelled burning rubber. The plane returned to Denver and Southwest Airli...

AirAsia Japan Eyeing 20-Plane Fleet in 4 years

AirAsia Japan will build up its fleet to 20 aircraft over four years, President Yoshinori Odagiri said Friday, with the low-cost carrier aiming to eventually serve the Chinese coast. The airline, whose owners include Malaysia-based AirAsia and Japanese virtual mall giant Rakuten, is slated to begin operations next spring. It will start out with three routes: domestic service linking N...

Missiles and Jets Are "Operating on Very Different Altitudes": Cathay's Decision to Change Hong Kong-Europe Route Disputed by Other Airlines

A gulf has emerged among airlines flying between Hong Kong and Europe on routes over the Middle East that may become vulnerable as Russia fires missiles on war-ravaged Syria. Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines and Turkish Airlines continue to operate flights over the Caspian Sea despite warnings from air safety agencies last week - issued soon after Moscow escalated its military...

Fuzhou Airline Welcomes First Direct-Delivered 737-800 Aircraft

Chinese startup Fuzhou Airlines (FU) welcomed its first direct-delivered Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC) on Oct. 17. The 737-800, Registration B-7105, is painted with logo of 2015 National Youth Games on its fuselage, which started operating Fuzhou-Haikou and Fuzhou-Shanghai Pudong routes after the welcoming ceremony. Fuzhou Airlines is a regio...

China's Aviation Officials Took Bribes in Exchange for Favouring Airlines: Graft Watchdog

Some senior executives of China's Civil Aviation Administration were found to have used their power over flight routes and schedule planning to ask for huge bribes from airline companies, according to the findings of inspectors sent by the Communist Party's graft watchdog. "Some people made use of their authority to grant approvals to receive huge amount of bribes and giv...

Mahan Air B747 loses engine on climb out from Tehran

A Mahan Air Boeing 747 lost an engine on take off from Tehran Mehrabad with debris from the engine crashing into an urban part of the city. The aircraft, bound for Bandar Abbas in the south of the country landed back at Mehrabad without any injury to the 426 passengers on board. Reports say that part of the plane's engine number three fell off two minutes into the flight with some parts...

ACI members aims to boost the competitiveness of European aviation

As the finishing touches are being put to the EU’s landmark Aviation Package, Augustin de Romanet, President of ACI EUROPE and President & CEO of Aéroports de Paris, met earlier today with Violeta Bulc, the EU Transport Commissioner. He was accompanied by Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport and Armando Brunini, CEO of Aeroporto di Napoli – both mem...

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