Boeing Company, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, has described China as the “fastest-growing aviation market in the world.”

Yet another airline has gone under. Sterling Airlines A/S, the low-fare carrier based in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been declared bankrupt after its Icelandic owner, Palmi Haraldsson, was hard up for cash.

At last, the United States Justice Department has approved the much-awaited merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, thus clearing the decks for the creation of the world’s biggest airline.

Here is good news for some passengers of the United States-based Continental Airlines, the world’s fifth largest airline: Continental Airlines will waive its fee of $15 each way to check a first bag for Chase credit cardmembers and debit cardmembers.

The government of the United Kingdom has agreed to include the aviation and shipping sectors in its ambitious climate change Bill, a law that aims to set targets to cut emissions of greenhouse-gases.

Two of China’s biggest airlines post losses Air China and China Eastern Airlines, two of the largest airlines in China, have reported heavy losses for the third quarter of 2008, which both carriers blamed on weakening demand and higher costs of fuel. Air China Limited, the state-owned carier of the People’s Republic ...

Emirates Airlines has begun its Los Angeles service, marking the first non-stop operation connecting Dubai to Los Angeles. The airline is flying its Boeing 777-200LR on the route, offering 266 seats in a three class configuration and providing up to 10 tonnes of cargo capacity.

The government of Austria has put off sale of a stake in Austrian Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Austria, to December 31, 2008.

AirAsia, the low-cost airline based in Malaysia and also Asia’s biggest budget carrier, will start services to India from December 1, 2008.

US Airways, the low-cost airline owned by US Airways Group, has posted a huge loss in the third quarter of 2008 on account of the huge increase in the prices of aviation turbine fuel as well as fast decline in the price of crude oil that ate into the value of its fuel hedges.

Virgin Atlantic, the airline based in the United Kingdom, has initiated an investigation into some of its crew members who allegedly criticised the carrier’s safety standards on social the networking website Facebook.

The Aerion supersonic business jet may not be for everyone, but all of us can enjoy a photo gallery, can't we?

Even as airline companies are reeling under a funds crunch worldwide, Dubai-based Emirates Airline's cargo division, Emirates SkyCargo, has launched a non-stop flight between Dubai and Los Angeles soon. The cargo service to Los Angeles International Airport, which is the 12th busiest cargo airport in the world handling 1.88 million tones ...

Delta Air Lines is expanding its services to Africa by launching a new route connecting Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, with Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, Liberia.

American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo), a division of American Airlines, has announced its decision to participate in the launch of the United States air cargo industry’s e-freight initiative, which supports a move toward paperless documentation.

From January 2009, the United States Department of Homeland Security will take over responsibility for checking airline passenger names against government watch-lists.

US Airways, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the United States, will launch two international flights from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States.

Southwest Airlines Company, the low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has posted its first quarterly loss in 17 years.

LTE International Airways, the budget airline based in Spain, has suspended operations owing to the carrier’s financial crunch.

UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, has suffered a net loss of $779 million, or $6.13 per share, in the third quarter of 2008.

JetBlue Airways is expanding its operations at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, the United States, by adding more flights, ground personnel and destinations in 2009.

Air Arabia, the low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will fly all passengers free of charge on October 28, 2008, as a part of celebrating the carrier’s fifth anniversary.

A new airline called Enerjet will be launched in Canada in 2009 by a group of former executives of WestJet Airlines Limited.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag carrier of Germany, and British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom, have reduced fuel surcharges following a fall in the price of crude oil.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia and the nation’s largest carrier, launched commercial service of its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world’s largest passenger airliner, on October 20, 2008.

Ryanair, the low-budget airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has earned, in a poll, the dubious distinction of being “the least favourite airline” for the third successive year.

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ordered that some Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines be inspected after a Pratt PW2037 engine on a Delta Air Lines jet failed during takeoff in Las Vegas, the United States, on August 6, 2008.

Ryanair accuses fuel supplier Air BP of profiteering, urges UK’s economic regulator to probe increased fuel costs

American Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, plans to buy as many as 100 new, long-range Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

It all happened a bit too fast. Out of the blue, there was the announcement that Jet Airways and Kingfisher  were getting into an operational alliance to better manage costs in these times of crisis for the Indian and international aviation industry. A day later, we had Jet Airways ...