Turkey does not like the way part of its history is seen, the Armenian Genocide era specifically.  France has passed a law that makes it illegal to deny the Armenian Genocide.  Turkey's reaction was swift – the French navy is no longer welcome in Turkish ports.  Turkey talks of boycotting French products and, of course, [...]

The EU Court of Justice ruled the inclusion of global airlines in the proposed emissions trading scheme is valid. The decision follows objections from a number of non-EU airlines that they should be exempt from the scheme. Carriers outside the EU argued the rules infringed a number of principles of international law and various international [...]

Last week we shared that Airbus delivered its 7000th plane.  Well here's another number 7000 – this time its a 737.  Boeing has delivered the 7,000th 737 to come off the production line to flydubai. The model is the best-selling commercial jetliner of all time with total orders exceeding 9,300 airplanes, including orders for the [...]

Reuters has some interesting quotes from Richard Aboulafia. "I think you're going to see a tremendous run-up in orders of the next six to 12 months," Aboulafia is quoted.  List prices for MAX range from $78m to $101.7m. This compares with $84m to $106m for the neo.   "Either people are taking two different roads to [...]

"I am personally very keen to get more A380s. I hope that we will soon order some," Emirates CEO Tim Clark is quoted in German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.  "Almost all the flights with the A380 are full," he said, adding that he had never experienced an aircraft quite as popular. Emirates continues to see good [...]

More business travelers bought economy tickets in October, shifting from premium to cheaper seats, particularly in Europe, due to the economic crisis, IATA says.  This move clearly has cash flow impacts for airlines – even though customers are buying down, they may end up seated in better seats as airlines upgrade the best customers. After [...]

The 2011 SITA/ATW Passenger Self-Service Survey found that the web check-in rate was higher in Mumbai than at any of the other airports included in the survey. At Mumbai, 70% of passengers said they use it occasionally or frequently compared to a global average of 65%.  Mumbai passengers also have the highest user rates across [...]

While basking in the warmth of the Southwest order, Jim Albuagh was uncharacteristically frank in answering questions from attendant media.  Questions over the performance of the larger A350 will translate into a "sustained market for the 777," Albaugh said. He went to say "As long as there's disarray in Toulouse, we're going to continue to [...]

By signing a “terms of agreement” contract with Lufthansa, VA has now been given access to bmi's books.  So although it has made a lower offer, VA believes it will be able to make a deal happen sooner because it will attract much less regulatory approval.  It's a smart move.  Even if they lose bmi, [...]

Word is that the airline has two potential investors lined up – China's Hainan and Etihad.  Readers will recall we pointed out the increasingly likely view that Hainan may be moving towards oneworld.  Buying into airBerlin will certainly accomplish that. Two media sources report airBerlin will announce this week that Etihad was taking a stake [...]