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...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
6 January 2011 Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has negotiated a new £280 million five-year financing facility with a consortium of seven major banks. The facility refinances existing funding and will support future investment and growth of MAG. The new financing will...
by SASIG | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
8 December 2010 The overall passenger traffic at European airports increased by 8.8% in October 2010 compared with October 2009. The overall freight traffic among European airports increased 15.4% in October 2010 when compared with the corresponding month in 2009. The...
by SASIG | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
4 December 2010 Ryanair reported passenger numbers for November 2010 were 5.06 million, 2% higher than last year. Its load factor was constant with the same period last year at 80%. In the 12 months to the end of November 2010, the airline carried 72.6 million...
