UK budget carrier EasyJet is planning only to part-pay newly increased passenger fees at BAA-operated London Gatwick Airport until legal action over the charges hike has been resolved.
In a letter to new BAA chief executive Colin Matthews, EasyJet CEO Andy Harrison says he will withhold an undisclosed portion of the fees in a separate […]

Bombardier announced today that Iraq government firmed four options on CRJ900 NextGen regional jets, plus added new options 10 more roughly 90-seat jets.
The announcement raises total orderbook with Bombardier to 10 firm orders and 10 options. The deal to buy the first six CRJ900s was announced on 13 March.
If all options are […]

Europe will leave breathing room for non-European carriers if their homeland adopts an emissions trading scheme (ETS).
“If we put in place a regional scheme, we will take into account other schemes around the world. We would not subject people twice to schemes,” Daniel Calleja Crespo, director of the European Commission’s air transport directorate, said […]

US majors Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have agreed to merge in a deal that if approved by regulators will create the world’s largest airline.