Star Alliance member United Airlines has become the first airline to publicly tout its ability to let premium passengers play music and video content from their own Apple iPod personal electronic devices (PEDs) over the carrier’s Panasonic Avionics-made in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems.
The US major is in the process of equipping the premium cabins of […]

Airbus parent EADS has selected France’s Latecoere, Germany’s MT Aerospace and the UK’s GKN as the preferred bidders for divestment of six manufacturing sites.
Latecoere has been chosen for the French sites at Meaulte and St Nazaire Ville. MT Aerospace has been chosen for the German plants at Nordenham, Varel and Augsburg.
Arrangements for these […]

First private carrier for Vietnam Vietnam’s government has approved the establishment of the country’s first privately owned carrier, setting an important…

Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI) has asked the country’s immigration department to cancel the work permit of SriLankan Airlines’ CEO, Peter Hill, because of a personal spat between the airline and the country’s president.
An official working in the office of BOI director general, Dhammika Perera, says they have already notified the immigration department […]

Saudi Arabian Airlines is starting to face new competition on regional international routes as the country’s two budget carriers look to expand outside the…