Category: Airlines

Singapore Airlines has recorded an impressive 11.4 percentage point rise in passenger load factor during March, signalling that the Asia Pacific region is rebounding strongly from the global financial crisis. During the month, the carrier cut passenger capacity by 2.2 per cent, while passenger kilometres increased by 13.9 per cent, resulting in the surge in

US Airways has announced that it has withdrawn from merger discussions with larger rival United Airlines, leaving it only with Continental Airlines as a potential merger partner. US Airways said that while it still believed in consolidation, the airline’s management had decided to discontinue discussions with United. It is the first acknowledgement that it has

Despite admitting that it has been costing his airline over $1.5 million a day, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce told reporters on April 21 that he does not expect the disruption to European flights as a result of the Icelandic volcano eruption will materially affect Qantas’s earnings outlook. “It won’t affect our earnings forecast. We will

Virgin Atlantic, Emirates and Qatar Airways are among the carriers who have announced that they will resume flights to London Heathrow after British authorities opened all airports in the UK on the evening of April 20, while Qantas will today operate its first flights. Following a successful test flight by a British Airways 747, the