Irish budget carrier Ryanair recorded an 85% plunge in net profit in the fiscal first quarter and has warned it could fall into the red for the full year.
Ryanair says in a stock exchange announcement that net profit fell to €21 million ($33 million) in the April-June quarter from €139 million in the same […]

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has signed a letter of intent for 30 Airbus A330-300s and 30 A350 XWBs.
The carrier signed the agreement in Hamburg today ahead of its taking delivery of its first A380.
No engine selection has been disclosed for the A330s. The A350 is currently only available with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB powerplants. […]

Australia’s Qantas Airways is carrying out inspections of oxygen bottles on its entire Boeing 747-400 fleet, following an incident on 25 July in which one of its aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila after a large section of its fuselage separated, resulting in a rapid decompression.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) […]

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark says he is satisfied with Airbus’s efforts to prepare the airline’s first A380, ahead of the handover and service entry this week, with the aircraft coming in 1t lighter than expected.
Speaking to Flight International at the unveiling last week of a one-third scale A380 advertising model at London Heathrow, […]

Mexico’s Secretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) has grounded Aerocalifornia for a second time in two years after the carrier accumulated debts of more than $24 million with the Mexican air traffic control authority and other public aviation services providers.
An SCT source says it is taking a tough stand with airlines accumulating debt with […]