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Work on the second stage of the Stawell airport upgrade has started. The airport is the fire-bombing base for western Victoria and larger planes will be able to land at the airport once work is completed. The AU$3.5 million project is funded by the Victorian Government and the ...
Airfares at major U.S. airlines are climbing again, continuing a dizzying pace of nearly weekly increases on both penny-pinching vacationers and expense-account corporate fliers. The airlines are raising fares to cover higher jet fuel prices, and the strategy seems to be working. ...
HNA Group, China's fourth-largest airline group and parent of Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd, said it will sign aircraft purchase orders on Tuesday with leading aircraft manufacturers, including Boeing Co. and Airbus. HNA was planning to sign an aircraft purchase agreement and a ...
Another A380 flown by Australian airline Qantas flew into London on only three engines after an oil leak prompted the pilots to reduce the fourth engine to idle on a flight from Singapore, The Australian reports. It was the second oil problem on an A380 in less than two weeks and ...
Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Canada's Bombardier Inc., said Thursday it signed an US$8-billion aircraft-leasing agreement with ICBC Financial Leasing Co., and its major shareholder Industrial Commercial Bank of China, the giant Chinese bank. The deal is the second recent, big ...
Six people are reported to have been killed in Russia after an Antonov-148 plane crashed during a test flight. Reports say the crash took place in the Belgorod region about 350 miles south of Moscow. The two pilots are understood to have been from Burma. The Interfax-AVN news ...
Air New Zealand has extended its NZ$50 stand-by fares to and from Christchurch until the end of the month. The airline initially made the stand-by tickets - which allow passengers waiting at the airport to take up flights when there are spare seats - available for travel between ...
The Thai unit of Malaysia's AirAsia, Asia's largest budget carrier by fleet size, said on March 4 that it planned to list on Thailand's stock exchange in the fourth quarter of this year. Thai AirAsia will hold a news conference about the initial public offering on March 7, it ...
Airlines have been warned to expect strong action on advertising breaches after the consumer watchdog found eight carriers had failed to include all fees and taxes in air fares carried on websites. Jetstar, Tiger, Etihad, Malaysia Airlines, American Airlines, AirAsia X, LAN and ...
Airbus S.A.S., the world's largest passenger aircraft maker, said on Monday that it expects airlines in Asia to take delivery of 8,560 aircraft in the next 20 years, representing a third of the global total. Chris Emerson, senior vice-president of product strategy at Airbus, said ...
"The Chinese government has announced its decision to promote the general aviation industry. It is definitely easing my mind," said Deng Bin, considered the "first man" to own a private plane in China, as well as a pilot trainer and an industry insider. In China's annual ...
The order books at the Hong Kong airshow have started to fill up after Air China signed a deal worth US$1.54 billion (950 million pounds) with U.S. planemaker Boeing. Air China has placed an order for five Boeing 747-8 aircraft, as it seeks to expand international routes. This ...
The British government has announced flight restrictions over the Olympic site during the 2012 London Games. Transport Minister Theresa Villiers says only commercial flights that have been subject to full security procedures will be able to fly through the zone around the Olympic ...
On March 7, Boeing and Air China signed an agreement for the purchase of five 747-8 Intercontinental jetliners. Air China is the first Chinese carrier to contract the passenger version of the new, fuel-efficient 747-8. The agreement requires Chinese government approval, at which ...
Hong Kong boasts one of Asia's longest histories in private aviation with its first Flying Club established in December 1929. Today, its Business Aviation Centre, in a corner of Chek Lap Kok airport, is one of the region's busiest. More than 4,000 private jets arrive and leave ...
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