IAG’s new long-haul low-fare airline LEVEL is expected to grow to at least 15 aircraft by 2022 according to IAG’s chief executive officer Willie Walsh who spoke in a webcast…
For low-fare carriers – and legacy airlines increasingly catering for the low-fare segment – it’s increasingly all about how they can leverage ancillary revenue opportunities in this ultra-competitive market these…
French carrier XL Airways has extended its existing contract with AFI KLM E&M for component support (repairs and pool access) and A checks for the airline’s four Airbus A330s from…
Canada’s Viking Air and Mahindra Aerospace of India plan to form a strategic alliance aimed at the sub-continent’s ambitious plans to grow its regional air connectivity. A Memorandum of Understanding…
Pratt & Whitney has released a revised configuration as a fix for issues that caused delays in the supply of its PW1100G-JM geared turbofan (GTF) engines to Airbus for a…



Amadeus has kicked off a dedicated programme to help drive the industrialisation of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) data transmission standard for travel distribution and merchandising. Created by IATA, NDC…
By Chloe Greenbank, Editor, Regional Gateway – “Looking at the overall picture, the German market is an optimistic one,” said Ralph Anker, editor of the Anker Report opening a panel…



Mark Thomas, editor of the LARA media portfolio, will chair the Routes and Regions session at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in Singapore next week. The Congress, part of…



Jambojet, the Nairobi-based low-fare airline, has expanded its reach in East Africa with the launch of a double daily flight between Nairobi in Kenya and Entebbe in Uganda. The new…
Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 has been officially certified for commercial service after receiving an amended type certificate (ATC) from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA certification affirms that…

