BAA wins right to appeal Stansted ruling
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
UK airports operator BAA has been given the right to appeal an order to sell London Stansted airport.
Kingfisher accounts frozen again
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
India's Income Tax Department has frozen the bank accounts of Kingfisher Airlines for the second time this year after the carrier failed to meet a payment schedule - including arrears - for two weeks.
MAS joins A380 club
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has taken delivery of its first A380 aircraft, becoming the eighth carrier to buy the type.
AOT to spend US$1.9bn on Suvarnabhumi
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
Airports of Thailand (AOT) says it will spend about US$1.9 billion over the next five years to expand capacity at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport by 15 million to 60 million passengers in 2017.
Heathrow plays a 'critical' role - Matthews
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
UK airport operator BAA's chief executive Colin Matthews has fired another salvo at the country's government, saying all possible solutions must be examined in any analysis of how Britain maintains a hub airport - including another runway at London Heathrow.
A-P sees more passengers, less freight
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
Early traffic figures out of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) for April 2012, show airlines based in the region carried 17.2 million international passengers in April, a 12.2 per cent increase over the same month last year. Load factor was 76.3 per cent, 1.1 percentage points higher than in the same month last year.
Passenger traffic up, green shoots for air freight?
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
International passenger air traffic was 7.4 per cent higher in April 2012 than April 2011, while international freight traffic was down 4.5 per cent, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported.
Sabre-AA case delayed till October 3
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
Global Distribution System (GDS) Sabre reports its US lawsuit that is part of an ongoing legal battle between airlines and GDS providers over control of distribution content will go to trial on October 3.
American back to Haneda
- BTN News
- Thursday, 31 May 2012
US carrier American Airlines is to resume flights to Tokyo Haneda, Japan from John F. Kennedy International, New York from June 1. The service was dropped in the wake of the Japanese earthquake last year.
Another NZ partner for Tourism Fiji
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Tourism Fiji has confirmed the appointment of NZ-based Sparks Interactive as its new web site partner.
New board members join EEAA
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 May 2012
The Annual General Meeting of the Exhibitions and Events Association of Australasia (EEAA) confirmed the value of an increased focus on advocacy to achieve benefits for its membership.
Inaugural NT mega-famil seeks applications
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Australia’s Northern Territory will stage the inaugural Alice Stampede mega-familiarisation event in Alice Springs from 12-15 July.
Bingo in the air
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Bingo Airways, a new Polish charter airline, has started operations using a single A320 aircraft, with another two of the all-economy, 180 seat planes to be delivered by the end of this year.
