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Record membership for FIATA

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

FIATA says a highlight of its recent World Congress was the admittance of 12 new association members from Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Uruguay.

Boeing strike deadlock a major blow for airlines

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

There’s been a further blow for airlines waiting for Boeing aircraft deliveries, with no end in sight to the strike at the US planemaker’s Everett assembly plant near Seattle.

Airlines on track for profits

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Airline capacity cuts and other cost cutting measures may ensure profits next year if fuel prices stay at current levels, according to US airline analyst Jamie Baker of JP Morgan Chase.

BA-Iberia deal changes

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

With the merger between UK carrier British Airways and Spain’s Iberia now on hold, the latter has taken advantage of the steep fall in the British Airways share price to more than double its stake in BA to 7.3 per cent in the past three weeks.

JAT gets new planes

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The Serbian government is to help its national airline, JAT, to buy new aircraft after an attempt to find a buyer failed.

Virgin founder chips in for US brand

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

UK-based Virgin Group, part owner of US airline Virgin America, is to add more capital to help the carrier break even.

BA adds Dubai, South Africa services

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 October 2008

UK carrier British Airways will increase weekly London Heathrow-Dubai UAE flights to 20 from the current 14 from 29 March 2009. The carrier also is increasing weekly services from Heathrow to Johannesburg, South Africa from 14 to 19 from 1 May 2009. -Jack Handley

Three months of cargo drops

: Latest News; Monday, 13 October 2008

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says global freight traffic contracted 2.7 per cent in August as carriers in Asia Pacific flew less cargo.