Arik Air, the growing private airline based in Lagos, Nigeria, has signed a firm contract for the purchase of three Airbus A340-500s. This order makes Arik Air the 10th and latest customer for theA340-500. … [Read more...] about Arik Air
Carriers
United Airlines
United Airlines doubled its fee tocheck a second bag on North American flights to US$50, blaming the increaseon “volatile” fuel prices. The new chargeapplies to customers who purchasetickets for travel up until 10 November.It said the new fee schedule will generatean estimated $700 million in revenuein 2009. … [Read more...] about United Airlines
XL Airways
XL Airways UK grounded all flights last month after its parent company, XL Leisure Group, the UK’s third-largest tour operator, was put into administration, leaving an estimated 85,000 passengersstranded abroad. … [Read more...] about XL Airways
Qantas
Qantas used the handover ceremony of its first A380 in Toulouse recently to announce that it is likely to add to the 20 of the type it already has on order. CEO Geoff Dixon and his successor, Alan Joyce, made clear that a new order is a virtual certainty, though Dixon qualified that any order would have to be within QF’s current A$35 billion ($27.9 billion) budget for capital spending on aircraft. Its first commercial A380 flight will be from Melbourne to Los Angeles on 20October. … [Read more...] about Qantas
Air Menzies International
A serious security breach left Air Menzies International unable to x-ray air cargo shipments at a number of UK locations, including London Heathrow recently. UK Department for Transport officials discovered apparent failures on the part of Menzies Aviation at Heathrow to comply with security requirements inrelation to the screening of cargo. … [Read more...] about Air Menzies International
Air China and China Southern Airlines
Air China and China Southern Airlines both endured double-digit yearover- year traffic declines in August, and while some of the drop can be attributed to heightened security related to the Beijing Olympics, slowing domestic economic growth likely means a poor full-year 2008 traffic and financialperformance for Chinese carriers. … [Read more...] about Air China and China Southern Airlines
