by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
9 December 2010 The Air Travel Tax on passengers leaving Irish airports is to be reduced from £8.50 (€10) to £2.50 (€3) the Minister for Finance unveiled in the Budget 2011. Noting there had been calls for the abolition of the tax on the basis it was causing a...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
18 December 2010 British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia announced yesterday that they are adding another 317 codeshare flights to their transatlantic joint venture between North America and Europe. This is in addition to the more than 2,700 codeshares that were...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
14 December 2010 For the first time in more than two years British Airways is to raise its fuel surcharge by £10 on its long distance flights. The airline will add the extra £10 from Thursday onwards and depending on the class of travel and distance the total...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
1 December 2010 Starting in April 2010, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 aircraft will be making the daily flight between Hamburg and Frankfurt run partially on biofuels. The airline will trail the biofuel blend, made of a 50/50 mixture of kerosene and hydrotreated vegetable...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
2 December 2010 Qantas has announced plans to sue Rolls Royce over an engine fire in November 2010 on one of its A380 aircraft. The Australian carrier has filed a legal claim against Rolls Royce, after issues with the QF32 Trent 900 engine, manufactured by the...
