Beleaguered Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines has suspended more services and has reportedly asked staff usually working on those services not to turn up to work. The Director General of Civil Aviation is currently deciding whether to cancel the troubled airline’s flying permit. Kingfisher has released a statement in which it said it was waiting for [...]

Low-cost carrier easyJet has announced that it will be introducing allocated seating for passengers who are prepared to pay a fee. Carolyn McCall, the airline’s chief executive, claimed that this was not another way of squeezing cash out of customers as the scheme would be revenue neutral. Analysts in the City have been told that [...]

Kingfisher Airlines is waiting to hear a government decision on its fate as it hovers on the precipice of bankruptcy. The Indian carrier has been struggling against years of losses and massive debts. Kingfisher owes more than $1 billion to various financial institutions who are not keen to lend any more money. It is also [...]

Qantas is arguing that plans to force airlines submit safety justification to the regulators and the government prior to any grounding of aircraft is not only impractical but could also put the safety of passengers at risk. Last October, the Australian flag-carrier took the decision to ground its entire fleet of aircraft because it was [...]

Troubled Indian carrier, Kingfisher Airlines, has announced that it will be curtailing international operations as it struggles with staff shortages and tries to cut back on its costs. Because of an inability to pay wages, many of the airline’s staff have walked out on strike. The carrier is currently experiencing cash flow problems as the [...]

Kingfisher Airlines has been given a last minute respite to its woes as the oil companies agree to resume supplying oil to the troubled carrier. According to reports they have done so after receiving the money they were owed in full. The non-payment of fees had caused the companies to cease all supply on Wednesday. [...]

The future of troubled Indian carrier Kingfisher Airways remains uncertain as the banks remain wary of lending the cash-strapped company any more credit. Although nothing has been confirmed there have been rumours that the State Bank of India could be putting together a bailout package. Figures which have been reported stretch from 2 billion to [...]

Australian low-cost carrier Air Australia has gone bust leaving several thousand passengers stranded at airports. The airline ran into trouble when it could not pay a fuel bill at Phuket airport in Thailand. Another international service has been grounded in Honolulu. It is thought that the airline has taken around 100,000 future bookings which are [...]

Australian flag-carrier Qantas has announced plans to slash 500 from its workforce and reduce its expenditure by $700 million over the coming two years. The airline has made the decision following high fuel bills and bitter industrial disputes which have cut profits in half. According to Alan Joyce, the carrier’s chief executive, domestic capacity is [...]

A Brazilian passenger jet was forced to make a landing after one of the passengers on board managed to gain access to the cockpit and assault the pilot as well as several members of the crew. TAM Airlines Flight 8047 was en route to Sao Paolo from Montevideo when the man suffered what has been [...]