Month: January 2019

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, has acquired a stake in Philippine Airlines (PAL) Holdings Inc. The deal is worth US $95 million, and secures ANA Holdings a stake of 9.5 … [read more]

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has issued a statement, saying that it has detected a cyber attack on its information systems. The attack resulted in unauthorized data access on Airbus’ Commercial Aircraft business. … [read more]

Emirates is in talks regarding a relaunch of its non-stop connection between Hamburg and New York, according to a report from the local newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt. This comes after Peter Tschentscher, first mayor … [read more]

Ryanair has announced that it has increased its stake in Austrian low-cost carrier Laudamotion from 75 to 100 per cent. The purchase was confirmed now, but already completed in December 2018, when … [read more]

The latest long-haul Airbus aircraft type, the A330neo, has been certified for ETOPS operations with the potential for up to 285 minutes. It was certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) … [read more]

Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), has disclosed an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX jets and 18 Airbus A320neo. Specifically, ANA has placed a firm order for 20 737 MAX … [read more]

International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed that it will not make a third offer regarding the takeover of low-cost carrier Norwegian Air. Further, IAG will sell its existing 3.93 per cent stake … [read more]

Qatar Airways Cargo has started its new scheduled freighter service to Almaty, Kazakhstan. With the latest addition of the Kazakh city, the cargo carrier’s freighter network in continental Europe has increased to … [read more]