A new tax on airline carbon emissions is due to rolled out by the European Union on 1 January. The charges will apply to all carriers flying to or from an airport in the region and has been condemned by many countries outside the zone for being unfair. Some industry experts are concerned that it [...]

This week, the European Union made the decision to add four airlines to a list of carriers which are not allowed to fly to or from any of the 27 members of the bloc. Filipino company Aeromajestic and Interisland Airlines, The Republic of Congo’s Equatorial Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Stella Airlines have [...]

Airlines in the UK and Ireland are asking the government to do away with Air Passenger Duty. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair and easyJet, have all said that the tax is damaging and that it is harmful to tourism. APD was first introduced in 1994, and has since risen sharply. What was between £5 and [...]

Middle Eastern airline Emirates has announced an order for 50 Boeing 777s at the Dubai Airshow. The deal is worth around $18 billion at list price, and is the largest single order for Boeing aircraft ever made, according to the airline’s chief executive and chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum. He called the order a [...]

The US House of Representatives has approved legislation which would exempt American cargo and passenger airlines from a European carbon emissions charge due to come into force at the start of next year. John Mica, House Transportation Committee Chairman, said he had met with EU officials to explain that the move contravened trade treaties and [...]

At an awards ceremony celebrating the best airlines in the world, Middle Eastern giant Emirates walked away with the best overall passenger experience gong for an airline with a large fleet. Virgin America took home the same award for and airline with a smaller fleet. The Airline Passenger Experience Awards were held in Seattle last [...]

The United Nations Children’s Fund is asking airlines to contribute cargo space for free, or at a heavily discounted price, as it desperately tries to ship food and supplies to the Horn of Africa.  The effects of severe drought in areas of Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya have resulted in a humanitarian crisis which could [...]

India’s aviation regulator is to face the high court in Kerala for failing to react against foreign airlines which ceased making commission payments to travel agents on the airline tickets they sold. Members of the Iata Agents Association of India asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to demand that the 5 per cent payment [...]

The travel disruption caused by the volcanic ash plume emanating from Chile is the latest in a series of natural disasters to play havoc with Australia’s tourism industry. According to Tourism and Transport Forum boss, John Lee, the cost to the industry will work out at about $11.5 million per day.
Lee said that 2011 had [...]

Online shopping service Kelkoo has announced partnerships with Lastminute.com, Alpharooms.com and Airflights.co.uk. By teaming up with the brands, Kelkoo is giving its users greater access to a wide range of deals on flights, hotels and holidays. The move will also give Kelkoo a greater presence in the European travel marketplace.
Kelkoo’s managing director of travel, Chris [...]