ITA buys Alitalia brand for one third of starting price
ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo (AZ, Milan Linate) has acquired the Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) brand and website for EUR90… Read More »
Watchdog may approve Korean Air-Asiana deal, with conditions
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission is expected to approve the planned merger between Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) and Korean… Read More »
Amazon Air founder has a new start-up that aims to take on FedEx and UPS by speeding up shipping
In late 2014, Scott Ruffin was deep in the trenches of Amazon’s logistics operation, when he was tapped to solve… Read More »
IATA’s latest global airline financial outlook: Regional Performance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) opened its annual general meeting in Boston and announced its latest outlook for airline… Read More »
American Airlines CRO says the Airbus A321XLR is key to its international network
American Airlines is looking forward to a post-crisis world where international flying comes back strong. Already thinking to 2022, it… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X to apply for $120mn gov’t-backed loan
In its unaudited quarterly report for the three months ending June 30, released on September 27, AirAsia X (D7, Kuala… Read More »
Qatar Airways says losses reach $4.1 billion amid pandemic
Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it suffered a more than $4 billion loss in revenues over the last fiscal… Read More »
SAA and Kenya Airways moot pan-African airline group
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) and Kenya Airways have announced their intention to form a pan-African airline group… Read More »