by SASIG | Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
7 January 2011 Easyjet’s December 2010 passenger numbers were up by 7.6 % on a year earlier, despite the snow and ice problems that closed UK and European airports during the month. The budget airline carried 3,657,186 passengers in December 2010, with the load...
by SASIG | Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
7 January 2011 Ryanair had five million passengers in December 2010, 2% more than a year earlier. Its load factor was 80%, down 1 percentage point from a year ago. In the 12 months of 2010, Ryanair carried nearly 72.7 million passengers, with an average load factor...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
6 January 2011 Developing the next generation of fuel efficient, low emission aircraft is the focus of a new research network recently launched at a green aviation symposium at Imperial College London. Emissions from the aviation industry currently account for around...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
6 January 2011 Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) new CEO, Goh Choon Phong, who took over the role on 1 January 2011, stated that the carrier is reportedly considering selling its 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic. Singapore Airlines purchased its stake in Virgin Atlantic in...
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...
