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Face scanners switched off at Manchester

: Latest News; Monday, 21 February 2011

Biometric face scanners at Manchester Airport have been switched off after a couple walked through one after swapping passports.

Skymark orders four A380s

: Latest News; Monday, 21 February 2011

The sales total for Airbus's A380 has hit 244 from 19 customers after Skymark Airlines, Japan's third largest carrier, signed a contract for four of them.

Pegasus seeks IPO

: Latest News; Monday, 21 February 2011

Turkey's Pegasus Airlines - with 27 aircraft in its fleet - has applied for an initial public offer (IPO) listing for 31.3 per cent of the carrier.

Qantas freight, passenger figures on the up

: Latest News; Friday, 18 February 2011

Australian airline Qantas has announced an Underlying Profit Before Tax (Underlying PBT) of A$417 million for the half-year ended 31 December 2010, a materially-stronger result than for the half-year ended 31 December 2009 and with Qantas Freight showing strong growth.

Australian airlines’ on-time performance slips in 2010

: Latest News; Friday, 18 February 2011

For the year ended December 2010, on time performance over all routes operated by participating airlines (Jetstar, Qantas, QantasLink, Regional Express, Skywest Airlines, Tiger Airways and Virgin Blue) averaged 83.3 per cent for on time departures, and 81.8 per cent for on time arrivals, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).

PAL goes daily to Australia

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 February 2011

Philippine Airlines (PAL) will next month increase its services between Australia and Manila to seven times a week.

US$1000 fines threatened for scanner abuse

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 February 2011

The US Senate has adopted - by 98 votes to zero - an amendment to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill that makes it a federal crime to record, photograph or disseminate images produced by airport body scanners.

United grounds 757s

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 February 2011

USA carrier United Airlines temporarily grounded all its 96 Boeing 757 planes on Tuesday after the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) sent a message to all 757 operators telling them they must inspect their planes before they were permitted to fly.

Mexicana begins fight back

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 February 2011

Grounded Mexican airline Mexicana is in talks with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) seeking to re-enter the Bank Settlement Plan (BSP) as it works toward exiting bankruptcy proceedings.