Budget airline Ryanair has announced profits of 14.9 million euros for the final quarter of 2011. The increase in profit compared to a year earlier has been due to higher ticket prices and better winter weather. Cancellations because of ice and snow meant that the airline issued a loss of 10.3 million euros at the [...]

The chief executive of New Zealand’s national airline announced today that he will soon be leaving the company. Flamboyant Rob Fyfe has headed the carrier since 2005 told reporters today that he will depart the firm at the end of the year at the end of his current presidency of the Star Alliance global airline [...]

The financial collapse of Spanish airline Spanair has stranded dozens of passengers. According to Spanish airport operating firm, the carrier announced that it would cease operations beginning at 02:00 local time on Saturday. The move left many passengers searching for last-minute empty seats on other carriers, local news agencies report. The company said in its [...]

Last week saw several airlines divert flight routes in response to a major solar storm. United Airlines, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and other North American carriers said late last week that several long-haul routes were affected by the largest solar storm to hit the earth since 2003. A spokesman for Delta said that many [...]

Budget carrier easyJet has declared a 16.7 per cent rise in revenues for the last quarter of 2011. The airline said that passenger numbers were also up by 8.1 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Although the figures are an improvement, easyJet pointed out that figures for the last three months of [...]

British Airways flights between the UK and the Libyan capital are to resume later this year. The UK flag carrier announced this week that it would re-launch its route between Heathrow and Tripoli International Airport on 1 May, about 15 months after it was put on suspension due to the country’s recent uprising that saw [...]

BMI Baby owner Lufthansa is reportedly in talks to sell the low-cost carrier to German turnaround firm Intro Aviation. The news came on Friday via Intro’s chief executive Peter Oncken, who said in an interview that his company had “expressed interest” and that the sale process was getting underway. He added that the company was [...]

Singapore’s flag carrier is amid extensive safety checks on its A380s. The effort follows an official recommendation from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that several of superjumbo models in operation worldwide should be carefully examined for cracking on the wings. A spokesman for Singapore Airlines said to the AFP at the weekend that the [...]

BA has announced that it will be repainting its fleet with a forthcoming dove design to mark the 2012 London Olympics. The carrier announced this week that new design is being created by Pascal Anson, a Brighton-based design professional. The revamped aircraft will begin appearing in the company’s fleet in April and will remain on [...]

Budget carrier easyJet has been found guilty by a court in France of discriminating against disabled passengers. The airline has been told to pay 70,000 euros (£58,000) for refusing to allow three wheelchair-bound passengers onto its aircraft at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris in 2008 and 2009. Abdelkrim Grini, a prosecutor, declared that the [...]