It seems that the Australian Government has approved  Qatar Airways Group’s purchase of a 25 per cent stake in Virgin Australia.  Qatar Airways and Virgin Australia Together - Image, Qatar Airways/Virgin Australia  Qatar Airways Group’s minority 25 per cent investment in Virgin Australia has now received Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval following the … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic and WestJet have announced an expanded codeshare agreement between Canada and the UK and key connecting regions including India. The two airlines will be co-located at Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Terminal 3, where Virgin Atlantic will partner with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), to support … [Read more...]

In IndiGo's effort to expand its sphere of operations, it has converted the "Letter of Intenet" it had with Norse Atlantic into a wet lease agreement. The original Letter of Intent between the two parties covered the lease of six aircraft. This has been converted into a firm wet-lease agreement for one aircraft with IndiGo. The aircraft is expected to start operations … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Group has started the process of integrating its new purchase - ITA Airways - into itself. And there is a lot of the menu, so strap in. All one happy fleet.  Frequent Flyer programme Miles & More members can earn and redeem miles on all ITA Airways flights with immediate effect. At the same time, members of the ITA Airways frequent flyer program Volare can … [Read more...]

airBaltic and a new Latin American startup airline and SUA Líneas Aéreas based in Uruguay have entered into a partnership, which will help SUA launch services. airBaltic Airbus A220-300 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond As part of the agreement, airBaltic plans to wet lease up to five of its Airbus A220-300 aircraft to SUA starting October 2025 as part of a wet … [Read more...]

In terms of "takeovers taking forever" this has been one that has taken its time, but after four years, Korean Air has finally taken over Asiana Airlines. Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The initial announcement was made on 16th November 2020 - but on 12th December, Korean Air acquired 131,578,947 newly issued shares of Asiana Airlines, … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Group have announced that they are going to roll out its "Green Fares" product across the entire network (including its subsidiary airlines). From December 4, the Green Fares will be bookable in all travel classes for more than 850,000 flights per year. The Green Fares are available for flights operated by Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, … [Read more...]

Joint Business Agreements continue to be a thing worldwide, with Japan Airlines (JAL) and Garuda Indonesia formally signing one between the two carriers. This comes after approvals were obtained from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for Anti-Trust Immunity (ATI.) Irfan Setiaputra, President and CEO of Garuda Indonesia, Mitsuko Tottori, … [Read more...]