British Airways has branded its new European-US subsidiary carrier ‘OpenSkies’ and will open services in June with daily flights to New York from either Brussels or Paris Charles de Gaulle.
OpenSkies will use Boeing 757 aircraft, drawn from BA’s fleet and configured with 82 seats in three classes. Each will have 24 lie-flat business-class seats, […]

Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is to list on the Gulf state’s stock exchange next week after obtaining final approval for the transition.
Jazeera Airways, which has just undergone a capital increase, says it will list its shares on 14 January.
The airline had originally been hoping to list in the first half of last […]

Air China’s parent company China National Aviation (CNAC) is preparing a counter offer for China…

Initial investigations have determined that water in a generator control unit led to the loss of electrical power on a Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 earlier this week.
The Oneworld alliance carrier says in a statement that “the incident was triggered by water entering the generator control unit which caused loss of power. The aircraft had […]

Pinnacle Airlines alleges bad-faith bargaining in the lawsuit it filed against the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) in US District Court.
This is the second lawsuit between the parties, which have been negotiating for a new contract since February 2005, and have been in federally mediated negotiations since September 2006.
The dispute has cost […]