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New name, image for Air Pacific

: Latest News; Monday, 14 May 2012

Fiji’s Air Pacific is to be rebranded with its original 1958 name of ‘Fiji Airways’.

Lan proceeds with Tam share swap

: Latest News; Monday, 14 May 2012

Chile's Lan Airlines is launching the share swap offer that will complete its takeover of Brazil's Tam to create the Latam Airlines Group, the largest carrier in Latin America and one of the world's biggest airlines.

Cathay to limit freight capacity growth

: Latest News; Monday, 14 May 2012

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is to cut operating costs to combat a "challenging" business environment and it also has issued a profit warning for its first half 2012 results, blaming high fuel prices and poor cargo returns.

Fuel costs hammer IAG result

: Latest News; Monday, 14 May 2012

Fuel costs were partly responsible for a larger than expected 2012 Q1 loss of EUR249 million at International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways and Iberia.

BA sells Bmi Regional, names 'saved' Bmi routes

: Latest News; Friday, 11 May 2012

UK-based Bmi Regional (part of the Bmi/Bmi Regional/Bmibaby group recently sold by Germany's Lufthansa to British Airways parent IAG), has been sold to Aberdeen, Scotland-based Sector Aviation Holdings for GBP8 million. Sector Aviation is a consortium of aviation business people including a group known previously as Granite Aviation.

Travel/hospitality brands climb Facebook rankings

: Latest News; Friday, 11 May 2012

A bi-monthly Facebook Performance Benchmarking Report detailing how the top 20 major brands in 12 different industries use it to interact with customers has been produced by social media agency Online Circle.

Emirates Group reports strong growth, profit

: Latest News; Friday, 11 May 2012

Dubai-based Emirates Group has announced its 24th consecutive year of profit and company-wide growth.

Singapore Airlines' profit plummets

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 May 2012

Singapore Airlines Group says high fuel prices and an uncertain global economy for weighed heavily on the Group’s earnings in the 2011-12 financial year, pushing net profit down by S$756 million or 69 per cent to S$336 million. Group revenue grew by S$333 million (+2 per cent) to S$14,858 million on the back of a 3.6 per cent improvement in passenger carriage, partially offset by weaker yields.

Virgin/Skywest alliance gets ACCC nod

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 May 2012

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorisation to a Corporate Alliance between Virgin Australia and Western Australian carrier, Skywest Airlines for five years.