Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways has become the latest airline to outline its intention to equip its aircraft with a system enabling passengers to use their mobile phones and portable devices on board.
The airline, which started operations just over two years ago and currently operates six Airbus A320s, says it plans to outfit all […]

A Montenegro Airlines Fokker 100 is thought to have been hit by a stray bullet while on approach to Podgorica at the end of a revenue service from Ljublanja, Slovenia on 6 January. In Montenegro the Epiphany, which occurs on 6 January, is sometimes celebrated by shooting rounds of ammunition into the air. Although the […]

Bahraini flag-carrier Gulf Air is to begin taking delivery of its newly-ordered Boeing 787s from 2016 but is looking at arranging leases to introduce the type earlier.
The airline has confirmed that it is ordering 16 firm 787s – currently the 787-8, although the agreement allows for conversion to larger variants – and placing purchase […]

India’s Kingfisher Airlines is reportedly planning to firm up its options on five Airbus A380s.
Kingfisher chairman and CEO Vijay Mallya is quoted on the website of India’s Mint newspaper as saying that “I am planning to convert the options to confirmed orders”.
The carrier in 2005 became the first Indian airline to commit to […]