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In what was described as “an attempt to buy off local opposition to a third runway”, last May it was announced that London Heathrow Airport had put together a compensation package extending to some £550m (US$825m) for the purchase of property blighted by the new runway, that sum to also include £250 million (US$375m) for […]

Jazz Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chorus Aviation, released that its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (‘ALPA’) have ratified their tentative agreement reached on January 13th, 2015. The term of this agreement is 11 years expiring on December 31st, 2025. ALPA represents approximately 1380 pilots employed at Jazz. The term of

On March 8th 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared without trace, though believed to have been somewhere over the Indian Ocean. In a pre-recorded statement aired on national TV on Wednesday this week, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director-General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman announced that it was

Gogo’s  wireless in-flight entertainment product – Gogo Vision – is now installed on more than 1,700 commercial aircraft across six major airlines the company reported and continues to roll out in the business aviation market. Today, more than half of the aircraft flying around the world with wireless in-flight entertainment are equipped with the Gogo

It was on the 29th July 2014 that alarm bells started to ring for the future of Japan’s Skymark Airlines Inc. when it announced it was struggling over negotiations with Airbus SAS over their order for six A380 jets. The order had been signed in 2011 at a cost of 191.6bn Yen (US$1.88bn) and Skymark

Six years after the fatal crash of a regional turboprop plane operated by Colgan Air near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 on board and one man on the ground, the USFAA have now begun to implement new safety rules that are the last airline safety enhancements mandated by Congress in 2010 in response to

South African-based Fireblade Aviation (Pty) which manages the only Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORT) has selected FBO One, from Amsterdam Software, as its online management tool to run its FBO and fuel management activity. Fireblade Aviation FBO, which became operational on September 1st 2014, is aiming to fulfil a

Porter Aviation Holdings has completed the sale of its passenger terminal at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA) to Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners GP (Nieuport Aviation), a consortium of Canadian and international infrastructure equity investors. Nieuport Aviation comprises InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (InstarAGF), Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited, Partners Group, and institutional investors advised by

The board of Aer Lingus has recommended acceptance of an increased €1.36bn (US$1.5bn) takeover offer from IAG, who are now left with the problem of allaying any concerns the Irish Government may have in order to gain their approval. “IAG recognises the importance of direct air services and air route connectivity for investment and tourism