UK airport operator BAA’s chief executive-designate Colin Matthews has committed to improving standards as the embattled company prepares to open London Heathrow’s new Terminal 5.
Matthews is succeeding Stephen Nelson who has resigned and will step down from his post at the beginning of April.
BAA, which was taken over by Spanish company Ferrovial two […]

Lawyers acting for Kuwait Airways are warning that any aircraft that Iraqi Airways acquires face being impounded to settle the drawn-out $1 billion compensation case brought by the Kuwaiti flag-carrier following the Iraqi invasion of 1990.
Iraq’s Government is in discussions with Boeing and Bombardier and has indicated plans to acquire more than 40 aircraft […]

UK airport operator BAA’s chief executive Stephen Nelson has resigned from his post in a management change which will see him replaced by former British Airways executive Colin Matthews.
Nelson’s resignation is the latest, but the most significant, in a series of high-profile executive departures since BAA was taken over by Spanish company Ferrovial in […]

Qantas Airways’ regional domestic arm QantasLink has unveiled network cuts as a result of a pilot shortage that has also hit competitor Regional Express (Rex).
QantasLink says in a statement that it is making “further schedule changes on its Queensland and New South Wales routes due to the higher than normal pilot attrition rate”.
It […]

IATA is warning a drop in the rate of passenger traffic growth in January is indicative of the US credit crunch is taking its toll on air travel demand.
Passenger traffic grew 4.3% in January, below the 6.7% growth seen in December and the rate of more than 7% across 2007. The airline body has […]