Authorities allege a drunken Delta passenger had assaulted Delta staff and police at Los Angeles Airport before she then was arrested. City News Service reports that 32 year old Lisa Piasecki of Erwin, North Carolina, was held at T6 by three crew members, who told officers she assaulted a Delta personnel. The Airport police say…
If there was any need to show how serious a threat the Gulf carriers have become to the club of legacy airlines, then the Big Six airline groups in the U.S. and Europe could not have come up with more impressive action: In December, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group wrote a letter to the European…
A group of lobbyists and a FedEx Express executive accused the three US major airlines of trying to roll back the clock on Open Skies policy and keep out international competition. Link
Air France-KLM is planning to speed up cost cuts and reduce investment after it had reported a drop in its full-year profits following last years’ pilots’ strike. The strike followed a dispute with pilots over plans to expand the groups budget airlines Transavia. The airline’s pilot strike which was the longest in 20 years had offset the…
British Airways has released a 3 minute video to promote its return to Kuala Lumpur from Heathrow, scheduled to begin from the 27th May. The video which was created by the marketing agency Cedar features advice on the town from Antony Lee, chief executive of AIG Malaysia, Cheryl Yeoh, a local start-up entrepreneur, Tan Kee…
RAF jets were scrambled on Wednesday after 2 Russian military aircraft were seen off the Cornwall coast, the Ministry of Defence has said. Full story link
Low-cost carrier Norwegian has continued its cooperation with several big tour operators by entering new agreements with TUI, Thomas Cook and Nazar. The agreements mean that Norwegian will fly charter passengers to several destinations in the Mediterranean.
ARKIA Israeli Airlines, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for up to four A330-900neo aircraft. The commitment makes ARKIA the first Airbus widebody customer in Israel and the first customer for the type in the region. The aircraft will help ARKIA to expand their growing operations into long haul business and leisure…
