Scandinavian Airlines’ Swedish division has formally notified authorities that it might be forced to lay of up to 230 pilots and cabin crew following SAS Group’s decision to ground the Bombardier Q400 fleet.
There is no indication yet, however, about possible effects in the carrier’s Danish division.
SAS Group opted to withdraw the Q400 fleet […]

Airbus has told Etihad Airways that the A340-600 wrecked at Toulouse during pre-delivery checks had completed its engine test-runs and was exiting the test area at the time of the accident.
Etihad Airways had been due to take delivery of the A340 on 21 November. Five of the nine personnel on board the Rolls-Royce Trent […]

Brazil’s TAM has taken delivery of its first Airbus A340.
TAM, which now operates a fleet of 10 A330s and three Boeing MD-11s on long-haul routes, plans to use the Airbus A340-500 to launch a Sao Paulo-Frankfurt service at the end of this month. The aircraft is equipped with 225 economy class and 42 business […]

Ireland’s Aer Lingus will today lodge its planned legal appeal aimed at forcing budget operator Ryanair to sell its share in the flag-carrier.
Aer Lingus is to put its appeal to the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.
It follows the European Commission’s admission last month that it did not have the legal power to […]

UK business class airline Silverjet plans to be the first to introduce wireless technology in 2008 to streamline its flight boarding processes.
The airline plans to roll out 3M RT mobile devices early next year and introduce them to capture passenger passport details and transmit the encrypted data wirelessly to its departure systems using GPRS. […]