Airbus‘ new super jumbo is late once again. This time, it is for German airline Lufthansa, which will have to wait for their new aircraft. Just a month ago, the airline hoped to get the 15 ordered aircrafts in March, but the planes are delayed. According to Bloomberg, Airbus have informed Lufthansa the delivery will [...]

The deal is estimated to be worth 7 billion dollars and the airlines hope to finish it before the end of next year. Spanish Iberia and British British Airways has signed a preliminary agreement to merge, Airwise writes. The merger creates the world’s third largest airline in terms of yield. British Airways is to extend [...]

It was Etihad Airways from the UAE who won the award for best airline at the World Travel Awards this year. 180,000 people in the travel industry had their say on which players are best in their respective niches. The most prestigious prize in the aviation industry was taken by Etihad Airways, which became the [...]

Norwegian, in a effort to collect money, issues new shares to a value of up to 260 million Norwegian crowns. The airline Norwegian will issue up to 1.62 million shares, reports the news agency Direkt according to DI. That represents about 5 percent of outstanding shares, at a value of between about 250 and 260 [...]

SAS reported a profit, before tax, of half a billion SEK more than analysts’ expectations. During last year’s third quarter SAS reported a profit of 110 million SEK before tax. This year the airline reported a profit before tax of 114 million SEK for the same quarter. That is more than half a billion over [...]

German airline Lufthansa recently announced that they will soon begin offering both wireless LAN and cellular networks on it’s long distance flights between Europe and USA. On Monday, the airline Lufthansa announced that they plan to improve job opportunities for those who fly between Europe and America. The company will offer its passengers both wireless [...]

The airline Norwegian will start low cost flights to the USA, South America and Asia. Preferably as early as next year. If the demand is there, Norwegian will launch its first long-haul routes next year. Fifteen routes from Scandinavia to major cities in the U.S., Asia and South America are on the wish list, writes [...]

Finnair‘s passenger traffic plummeted by 13.7 percent in September, measured in RPK. Finnair flew 13.9 percent fewer passengers in September. Measured in RPK, revenue passenger kilometers, passenger traffic declined by 13.7 percent, writes the news agency Direkt according to Dagens Industri. Capacity decreased by 12.2 percent and passenger load factor by 1.3 percent to 76.6 [...]

SAS sells its entire stake in BMI to Lufthansa. SAS Group sells its 20 percent of the airline British Midland, BMI to the holding company LHBD. LBDH already owns 80 percent of the airline. LHBD on the other hand is owned 35 percent by Lufthansa. The price for the shares is approximately 19 million pounds. [...]