It was in January 2015 that Qatar Airways first acquired a stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), buying 9.9% of the company for approximately £1.2 billion (US$1.7 billion), shortly after which it increased this stake to 10.01%. In May this year it increased that stake to 15.01% with the acquisition of a further 5%
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) has released information that a home flight simulator owned by the captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, has been examined by the FBI and that he had plotted a route similar to the path the missing airliner is thought to have taken when it vanished
Despite the US Department of Trade (DOT) granting tentative permission for Norwegian Air International to operate between the European Union (EU) and the US, the EU has given notice that it intends to arbitrate over whether NAI should have access to the US market. EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc sent a letter to the U.S.
A major hurdle has been overcome with regard to the implementation of internationally agreed rules on airliner pollution in the USA. The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has ruled that greenhouse gases emitted from aircraft endanger public health. The finding now requires that the EPA regulates greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft under the Clean AirAct.
At what can only be described as the worst possible time of the year, Air France cabin crew, which are represented by two unions – SNPNC-FO and UNSA-PNC – have voted to strike for seven days over a new collective agreement. The action will run between July 27 and August 02 inclusive. Air France has
It has been a difficult year so far for easyJet, the UK’s largest low-cost carrier. Having seen a significant rise in cancellations in the last three months (1,221 as opposed to 726 for Q3, 2015) as a result of air traffic control strikes, runway closures at London Gatwick Airport, the crash of EgyptAir flight MS804,
A new Dashboard Performance Management Scheme introduced by British airways to regularly assess the performance of cabin crew has seen 8,800 members of the British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA), a section of Unite which is the UK’s largest trade union, decide to vote on whether to take industrial action in an attempt to
Subsequent to the Sri Lankan government’s announcement in March this year that the nation’s flagship carrier and oneworld member, SriLankan Airlines will be unable to repay debts which have amounted to in excess of US$1 billion, it has now invited expressions of interest in the privatization of both SriLankan Airlines and its low-cost subsidiary, Mihin
No sooner has Theresa May taken up her new position as UK Prime Minister than letters from both Heathrow and Gatwick representatives have been written advising her that in each case, shareholders and investors are prepared to back the proposals which are currently still under review. In a letter to May from one of the
Though the ban can be lifted at any time, the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) in the US has stopped all flights from Turkish Airlines to the USA, which affects thrice daily flights from Istanbul to New York JFK, Istanbul to Los Angeles and daily flights to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Houston Intercontinental, Miami, San Francisco
