NewsChairmen step down in IAG board shake upIAG said on Thursday that Antonio Vázquez and Martin Broughton would resign as non-executive chairmen of Iberia and British Airways, respectively.
International Airlines Group, the parent of BA and Spain's Iberia and Vueling airlines, said Vázquez would continue as chairman of IAG and that Broughton would stay in the role of deputy chairman and senior independent director of IAG.
LinkSpain woos Asian airlines to Madrid AirportSpain is in talks with Asian airlines to bring more flights to Madrid's under-used Barajas airport, ahead of the planned privatization of debt-laden airport operator AENA.
The Spanish government wants to sell off up to 60 percent of AENA early next year to help improve its finances. But declining air traffic at Barajas, which represents 20 percent of AENA's income, has put off prospective buyers.
Attracting new airlines to fill excess capacity at Barajas' new Terminal 4 could turn the situation around. Barajas traffic fell by 14 percent in the first nine months of 2013, compared with the same period last year.
LinkSpiceJet Reports Loss, Looks To Overseas RoutesIndian airline SpiceJet reported a record quarterly loss on Thursday, hit by high fuel prices and the weaker rupee but said it expected its international expansion would help cut costs.
SpiceJet and rivals such as Jet Airways operate in a country where provincial taxes make jet fuel among the world's most expensive. They also have to contend with a rupee trading near a record low, raising costs which are mostly denominated in dollars.
LinkAllegiant can benefit from AA/US mergerAllegiant Travel, a low-cost carrier that serves small cities and leisure destinations, said on Thursday the planned merger of US Airways and American Airlines would help its business.
"We are hopeful that the merger between American and US Airways will actually go through, which we believe will create... new opportunities that will avail themselves to us," Allegiant president Andrew Levy said.
LinkWashington State mulls how to capture Boeing 777XThe Washington state Legislature met on Thursday to consider measures to entice Boeing to build its newest jet, the 777X, in the Seattle area.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, called the special legislative session to seek roughly USD$8 billion in tax breaks, a streamlined permitting process for Boeing and USD$10 billion in funding for transportation improvements.
LinkAirbus extends order lead over BoeingAirbus extended its lead over Boeing in a hard-fought order contest in October, but remained behind on deliveries.
Airbus said it had taken 153 orders in the month to bring the total for the first 10 months of the year to 1,265 aircraft.
Boeing's orders for the same period stood at 1,102, the company said in a monthly breakdown on Thursday.
LinkAir New Zealand announces first 787-9 routeThe aircraft used for that flight may very well be a Boeing 787-9 “Dreamliner” aircraft; and starting on October 15, 2014, the Auckland-Perth route is expected to be the first-ever scheduled commercial route in the world for what is essentially a larger version of the original Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft.
Additional destinations for the Boeing 787-9 “Dreamliner” aircraft operated by Air New Zealand will include Christchurch, Shanghai and Tokyo, the latter of which will be served by Air New Zealand with non-stop flights from both Christchurch and Auckland. These flights are expected to be launched by either the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015.
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