Airlines news - essential news in airlines aviation

Latest Airlines news

Airlines Liable for Compensation in Case of Unforeseen Technical Faults: EU Court

Brazil Airline Gol Eyes Adding Boeing 737-900 to Fleet

Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas is in advanced talks with Boeing Co regarding the possible addition of 737-900 jets to its fleet, the airline's chief executive told journalists on Thursday. Last month CEO Paulo Kakinoff said Gol could trim its fleet of smaller 737-700...

Ethiopian Government's Minister for Transport to be keynote speaker at AfBAA

With just over a week to go until this year's African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) symposium, to be held on the 24th and 25th September, the organisers have announced that the Minister of Transport for Ethiopia, Workneh Gebeyehu will be attending as a keynote speaker. Gebeyehu is exp...

Pegasus Airlines VP marketing speaks of airline's strategy to become complete travel brand

Pegasus Airlines vice president–marketing Onur Dedekoylu spoke on September 16 by special invitation at this year's 12th World Low Cost Airlines Congress held at the London Business Design Centre. He highlighted Pegasus’ strategy to build on its unrivalled position as one of Europe’s fastest growing low-cost airlines to become a complete travel brand with a strong &ls...

Etihad Airways and partner airlines fundraising transaction increased

Etihad Airways and its equity partner airlines have increased the funds raised from their unique platform financing transaction to US$ 700 million following a surge in demand from international financial institutions. Etihad Airways, Etihad Airport Services, airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Aliltalia and Jet Airways announced on Tuesday they had successfully raised US$ 500 million through...

Emirates anticipates a busy travel period during Eid

Emirates is expecting more than 300,000 passengers to travel during the upcoming Eid Al Adha period as travellers head home or abroad for short holidays. Over 76,000 customers will travel on 18 September with Emirates, according to the airline's latest booking figures. The overall figures for the holiday travel period represent an increase of almost 65% over last year. The busiest...

Emirates celebrates B777 fleet completing 859,000 flights

Emirates celebrated the Boeing 777 fleet completing over 859,000 flights while logging over 4,720,000 flight hours since its first delivery in 1996. On September 3, the airline and Boeing marked the 150th Emirates 777 delivery milestone, with a triple delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs and one Boeing 777 Freighter. Emirates’ 147-strong Boeing 777 fleet criss-crosses the globe, cur...

Survey Finds General Opposition to ATC Privatization

A new survey of 800 registered voters suggests that most support privatization of government functions, but would be against the privatization of the air traffic control system. The survey revealed, “There is no appetite for privatizing the nation’s air traffic control system,” said Jefrey Pollock, president of Global Strategy Group (GSC), which conducted the survey on behalf of...

Intro Aviation confirms it will sell Austrian regional Intersky

German investor Intro Aviation wants to sell Austria-based regional Intersky this month, the company confirmed in a statement. “We are in close talks with an investor that wants to acquire 100% of Intersky,” a company shareholder told ATWrecently, declining to name the interested buyer. Intro Aviation, which bought into Intersky in 2012, also owns Irish regional&nb...

Transaero narrows first-half net losses to $57.6 million

Russia’s Transaero Airlines reported a 2015 first-half net loss of RUB3.2 billion ($57.6 million), narrowed from a RUB10.4 billion net loss in a year-ago period. First-half revenue grew 5.1% to RUB50.7 billion. Passengers carried in the first half remained flat year-over-year—5.8 million. RPKs decreased 11% to 19.3 billion. Transaero reported its first-half capital is negative&md...

Etihad Airways And Partner Airlines’ Fundraising Transaction Increased To US$ 700 Million

Delta Air Lines Employees to Build Seven Habitat for Humanity Homes in Six Cities

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) employees from across the country will build or renovate affordable, single family homes in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International. This year's fall builds will take place in six cities, including Delta's hubs in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York City and Seattle as well as in Los Angeles,...

Binter takes delivery of its first ATR 72-600

The Spanish carrier Binter, based in the Canary Islands, took delivery today in Toulouse of the very first of its 12 ATR 72-600s ordered through two different contracts signed in 2014 and earlier this year. With the introduction of these new ATR ‘-600s series’ aircraft the airline will progressively upgrade its current fleet, consisting of 16 ATR 72-500s. Binter, which is a lon...

First Finnair A350 conducts maiden flight

Finnair’s first Airbus A350-900 has carried out its maiden flight, just a few weeks before the carrier becomes the first European customer to introduce the twinjet. Having performed its first sortie, at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered aircraft will enter a final series of ground and flight checks. Finnair will initially put the aircraft i...

LIAT returns to Dominica

LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, announces the resumption of flights to and from the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica starting Friday September 18. LIAT was forced to suspend services to Dominica on August 27 due to the passage of Tropical Storm Erika which resulted in severe damage to the island and closure of the Douglas-Charles Airport. Chief Executive Officer David Evans applauded th...

Upcoming events

ILA Berlin 2026

10/06/2026 - 14/06/2026
Germany, Berlin

Farnborough International Airshow 2026

20/07/2026 - 24/07/2026
United Kingdom, Farnborough

Top of the week

BGS expands fueling partnership with Freebird Airlines ahead of summer 2026 season

Baltic Ground Services, an international provider of ground handling and aircraft fueling services, has expanded its cooperation with Turkish leisure carrier Freebird Airlines across several airports...

dnata wins multi-year Silk Way Group cargo handling contract in Singapore

dnata has secured a new multi-year contract with Silk Way Group to provide cargo and freighter handling services at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), further strengthening a longstanding global par...

Cathay Pacific announces plans to launch direct flights to Almaty

Affirming Cathay’ ongoing commitment to growing Hong Kong’s connectivity with Belt and Road countries, Cathay Pacific is pleased to announce plans to launch direct flights to Almaty,...

Kuala Lumpur, Houston, Singapore: Starting in October, Lufthansa will begin flying to new destinations with Allegris

Lufthansa is focusing more than ever on premium service: Following the introduction of the new in-flight service on all long-haul flights in early May, the number of destinations where passengers can...

Air passenger rights reform: as European negotiations nearing conclusion, up to 60% of travelers could lose their right to compensation

Air passenger rights in Europe are at a critical crossroads. On June 2, the European Union’s Conciliation Committee will meet for a final round of negotiations on the revision of the European re...

Liebherr and Loong Air sign service agreement for heat transfer equipment

Liebherr-Aerospace and Loong Air launched a long-term collaboration, with Liebherr-Aerospace providing major repair and re-coring services for the heat transfer equipment on Loong Air’s A320ceo/...