Air France is having a sale on business-class fares with fares as low as $1,340 round-trip for travel this holiday season. But there is a catch: Your flight can go through Air France’s Paris hub, but you cannot make Paris…
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is again discussing the possibility of starting a low-cost carrier that would fly between the USA and Europe. He also appears to be talking a little bit about himself, as well. “I’m thinking of calling it…
Reuters says Air France-KLM and Delta have indicated “an imminent joint-venture deal on trans-Atlantic flights” by scheduling an Oct. 17 press conference in Paris. The CEOs of both Delta and Air France-KLM will participate. Air France-KLM did not comment specifically…
Portland, Ore., is getting nonstop service to Amsterdam on Northwest. The Oregonian of Portland says Northwest CEO Doug Steenland is set to make the announcement today “during an invitation-only brunch at Portland International Airport.” While Portland is not a hub…
Singapore Airlines says it raised $1.25 million by auctioning off seats through eBay on its inaugural round-trip flight on the A380 superjumbo jet. The carrier will be the first in the world to put the A380 into commercial service next…
Singapore Airlines, the world’s first carrier to fly the A380, has released its configuration plans for its model of the superjumbo jet. Air Transport World notes the airline had previously announced its planned capacity –- 471 seats –- but now…
All-business-class airline Silverjet is looking to link up with an existing airline to push its way into the lucrative London Heathrow-New York market, the Sunday Telegraph of London reports. Silverjet currently flies between London Luton and Newark, but the Sunday…
“It would have been a miracle for Boeing to have flown the 787 on time,” Emirates President Tim Clark tells Air Transport World (ATW) for a story on the publication’s website. Clark adds to ATWOnline that any possible delay with…
The inclusion of Angola’s national carrier on a European Union airline blacklist is apparently not sitting well with the Angolan government. Officials there are threatening reprisal against European carriers, saying the former Portuguese territory may respond by banning them from…
Dallas/Fort Worth officials dusted off their major announcement yesterday, saying that British Airways’ flights to London will begin flying into Heathrow instead of Gatwick as of March 30. BA also will shift flights on its Houston-London route from Gatwick to…