SAS expects to have lost between 80 and 90 million US Dollars due to the volcanic ash from Iceland. Large sums have been spent to pay for alternative transportation and reimbursement of expenses for the passengers’ hotel stays, meals and more. The sum also includes actual booking losses up to and including May 7. -”This [...]

The Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines, follows Turkish Airlines in their footsteps by opening a low-cost route to Istanbul. Earlier this year it was announced that Turkish Airline’s low cost division Anadolujet would open a route between Stockholm and Istanbul. It would be trafficated four times a week. Pegasus now choose to do the same thing. [...]

As a sign of the current times when many airlines are having a hard time showing proftis, Continental Airlines and United Airlines are in a meeting about a possible merger between them. If the airlines merge, they will pass Delta Air Lines to form the world’s largest airline. Negotiations for a merger began earlier this [...]