China Southern Airlines and Air France have expanded their codeshare agreement to another six routes. Air France will place its code on China Southern’s Guangzhou-Kunming, Guangzhou-Xiamen and Guangzhou-Wenzhou services, say the SkyTeam alliance members. China Southern’s code will be placed...

US Airways announced it will increase baggage fees on most flights by $5 starting Oct. 7. Fees for checked bags on domestic flights will be $20 for the first bag and $30 for the second bag. The airline also will charge a $5 airport service fee for fees paid at the airport. Fees also can be paid online....

Brussels Airlines will offer a wider range of flights to Milan during the 2009-10 winter season, it has been announced. The airline revealed that, from October 25th, it will offer 12 weekly flights from Brussels to Milan Linate Airport. Travellers will therefore be offered a total of 42 weekly connections...

It’s been a bumpy ride for British Airways as it celebrates 90 years flying through the skies. Its chief executive, Willie Walsh recently warned BA is in "a fight for survival", after the airline posted a record loss of £401m last year. But BA can look back and take comfort from its...

The German airline is looking to raise cash after being threatened with a credit rating downgrade, and a full sale of BMI, which it took control of only two months ago, is one of the options that is open for discussion. The airline has been hit by the downturn in the aviation sector, posting a first-half...

In September 2009, Turkish Airlines will launch a promotion with special fares available on many of its routes. During the promotion period, flights from Istanbul to Casablanca, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi (between 1-7 September), Amman, Nice, Berlin (between 8-14 September), Beirut, Stockholm, Frankfurt (15-21...

Air travellers in the UAE now have greater access to the American market, following regulatory approval for a new codeshare agreement between Etihad Airways and American Airlines. The new codeshare agreement comes into effect this week and coincides with the launch by Etihad Airways of flights to Chicago...

British Airways, the UK’s flagship carrier, will reduce its World Traveller (economy) air fares from Qatar to popular destinations in Europe and North America during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Tickets can be purchased between August 20 and September 3, for travel up to the March 31, 2010, and prices...

The JAL Group has requested approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to reinstate fuel surcharges on all its international passenger tickets issued from October 1, 2009. The fuel surcharge for international tickets issued between July 1, 2009 and September 30,...

AirAsia it to launch of its first long haul, low cost, route into the Middle East between Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.  The new Kuala Lumpur – Abu Dhabi route will begin on 23 November 2009 with five flights per week, just in time for the peak Haj and Eid-dul Adha travel...

SITA has achieved CUPPS (Common Use Passenger Processing System) compliance certification and successfully completed its CUPPS Pilot program. The SITA CUPPS Pilot started in January 2009 at Orlando International Airport with the check-in and boarding of WestJet passengers, followed recently by Continental...

AirAsia has launched daily direct flights between the two capital cities of Sri Lanka and Malaysia – Colombo and Kuala Lumpur.  Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia, said, “Colombo has long been on our network radar and we are very proud to liberalize the market...

Qantas reported a profit before tax of $181 million for the full-year ended 30 June 2009, down 87% on the prior year. Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said the diversity of the group’s operations had contributed to it being one of the few airline operators worldwide to produce a full-year...