Finnair increased its’ traffic from Helsinki to Asia by 65 000 passengers during the first seven months of 2010. A total of 755 000 passengers traveled from Helsinki to Asia during the period from January to July. That’s 65 000 more than during the same period in 2009. Helsinki airport could record double digit percentage [...]

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 [...]

As of 1 April, the infamous EU blacklist of airlines got updated. Air Koryo is once again able to fly into the EU with two aircrafts that comply to the international standard of safety rules. The other planes in Air Koryos fleet is however still forbidden from entering EU. TAAG Angola Airlines are also allowed [...]

Asia’s largest airline is expected to cut workforce by 30 percent over the next three years. Every third employee of Japan Airlines is expected to become redundant in the failing Japan Airlines over the next three years. Salaries and benefits will also be lowered and subsidiary JAL Hotels will be sold out, writes the Japanese [...]

A strike broke out at Helsinki Vantaa airport after Finnair announced that they’re going to subcontract the ground support to contractors and give notice to 620 employees. -”By creating solutions based on strategic alliances, we can transform fixed costs to variable costs and focus on Finnair’s core business” says CEO Lars Heinonen. The tasks will [...]

Skyteam member Delta Airlines offers distressed Japan Airlines one billion U.S. dollars in order to leave the Oneworld airline alliance in favour of Skyteam. Skyteam group wants to save Japan Airlines, if they leave Oneworld and joins Skyteam instead. Delta plans to open routes to Japan and would like to secure cooperation with a Japanese [...]