grows in AugustCNNMoney.com - Sep 5, 2008NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Allegiant Air LLC said Friday its traffic grew in August as the regional carrier expanded capacity and improved occupancy. ...Allegiant Air Traffic grows in August - CNNMoney.comOfficials say Plymouth

Australia said the eight-month partial closure of the east-west runway - the only landing strip available to the airport in strong westerly ...Warnings over Sydney airport chaos - NEWS.com.auAir safety regulations ?breached? in near missDubbo Daily Liberal, Australia - Aug

Boeing delivered two 737-800s to Brazil's Varig Airlines on Tuesday. The jetliners, sporting a bright new livery, then departed from Boeing Field to Sao Paulo. Varig's new livery features a unique starburst design that appears in three different locations on

IATA predicts that airlines wil lose US$5.2 billion in 2008, due to slowing demand and high oil prices. Fuel is expected to rise to 36% of operating costs, up from 13% in 2002.IATA also announced industry traffic data for July

Centralwings Airlines profitable in 2009The management of Centralwings airlines in cooperation with PLL LOT decided to implement reorganization program which will allow to achieve profitability of Centralwings in 2009. Beginning with the second half of September 2008 the company starts

Emirates first Middle East Carrier to receive two 777 variants on the same dayBoeing and Dubai-based airline Emirates celebrated the delivery of a 777-300ER (Extended Range) and a 777-200LR (Longer Range) Thursday, marking the first double 777 delivery to a

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday 3 September) announced the launch of a brand new route from London Stansted to Agadir in Morocco. From October 28, Ryanair will offer a twice-weekly return service from London Stansted to AgadirSpeaking

CIT Group Inc., a leading global commercial finance company, has signed a firm contract with Airbus for a further ten A320 Family aircraft. With this order, the total number of aircraft in the Airbus order book for the CIT Group

Boeing issued the following statement after mediated talks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers concluded today without reaching agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, covering nearly 27,000 employees mainly in Washington, Oregon and Kansas: "Over the

The Association of European Airlines has released traffic and capacity data for its members in July 2008.As the industry moved into its summer peak, the tempo of growth continued to slow, with a 1.2% overall increase in passenger traffic, down

The Boeing Company and Saga Airlines today announced that the Istanbul-based airline has ordered two Boeing 737-800s with Blended Winglets. Saga Airlines has also secured two purchase rights for the same model. This order is valued at $149 million at