Following the publication of the Brazilian final report into the 2006 fatal mid-air collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet and a Gol Transportes…

Embraer is still assessing how China’s plan to slow airline growth in 2009 will impact the region on a demand-capacity basis, but says talks with Grand China…

Aeroflot has put its first Airbus A330-200 into service on routes between Moscow and St Petersburg, ahead of deploying the type on Asian routes in January, with destinations including Tokyo and Shanghai. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered 241-seater is the first of 10 the airline is acquiring.
© Airbus Aeroflot’s A330-200 cabin interior
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China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are to receive cash injections from their state-owned parent companies through the issue of new shares to help them cope with growing losses.
The carriers, two of China’s three largest, will each get cash injections of 3 billion yuan ($437 million) by selling new shares to their unlisted government-owned […]

Virgin Atlantic is in discussion with Lufthansa concerning the future of BMI, in which the German carrier is shortly to hold an 80% share. The UK long-haul…