Irish carrier, Aer Lingus, is intensifying talks with British Airways as it tries to decide which airline alliance to join next year. BA is Aer Lingus’ sponsor from within the Oneworld alliance. However, KLM has said that it will act as an intermediary between Aer Lingus and Skyteam and United Airlines will fill a similar [...]

A British Airways Boeing 777 has managed to take off from the wrong runway, sparking a demand by air accident investigators that the airline review the way pilots conduct their airfield inspections. According to a report by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) the incident, which took place at an airfield on the Caribbean Island [...]

A tie-up between British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia is set to be completed before the year is out. The deal, which was agreed in November last year and signed in April this year, will create one of the world’s largest airlines. It is to be called International Airlines Group and its headquarters will be [...]

Germany’s second largest airline and Europe’s leading car hire provider have announced that they will be joining forces to create a new Premium Partnership which will result in customers of Air Berlin being given the best deals available with Europcar. Since 2008, Europcar has been a topbonus partner with Air Berlin. Now that it has [...]

The founder of budget airline, EasyJet, has told a court in London that he thinks the airline is in danger of damaging the ‘Easy’ brand by piling on to its customers numerous extra charges in an attempt to make extra revenue. Stelios Haji-ioannou, who usually goes by his first name only, claimed in a statement [...]

An agreement is expected to be announced at the beginning of next week between United Airlines and Continental Airlines, which will result in the creation of the world’s largest airline. The proposed merger would mean that Delta Airlines, currently the world’s largest airline in terms of traffic, would be relegated to second place. The boards [...]

The U.K.’s leading domestic airline Flybe has officially started work on its new £24 million Flybe Training Academy. The turf cutting ceremony took place next to Exeter International Airport and was attended by MP Paul Clarke, the U.K.’s Aviation Minister. The academy is due to open its doors at the end of next year and [...]

Dublin based airline Aer Lingus has made the announcement that it is already in talks with the Civil Aviation Authority about quitting Ireland for the U.K. The Irish flag carrier has said that because it has been unable to reach an agreement with its cabin staff or pilots over pay restructuring it may move its [...]

Whilst strongly denying that Lufthansa will become an economy airline on a par with Ryanair and easyJet the German carrier has said that it will be making changes to its economy class to ensure that it will be able to cut costs in the future. The airline has said that it plans to redesign its [...]

Beleaguered British Airways will not be having a very merry Christmas this year if cabin crew vote in favour of proposed strike action. Trade union Unite says that it expects the majority of the 12,000 stewards and stewardesses who work for the airline to be in support of action. Unite claim that they are balloting [...]