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Qantas announces $271 mn share buyback plan despite annual profit dip

Qantas expects its fuel costs in the first half of fiscal 2025 to be in line with the year-ago level at $2.7 billion

2 workers killed, 1 injured in explosion at Delta Air Lines Atlanta plant

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said it was working with local authorities to investigate what happened at the wheel and brake shop. WSB-TV reported that a tire on a plane exploded. The television station cited unnamed sources. Several Atlanta fire units and police responded to the maintenance hangar near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after 5 am, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Flights into and out of the airport were not affected. The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of two team members and the injury of another following an incident this morning at the Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility," Delta said in a statement. We have extended our full support to family members and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time. Delta thanked first responders and medical teams. We are now working with local ...

Airfares rise as competition fades on domestic routes, shows data

Competition present on only 31% of domestic routes in April 2024, data show

Akasa Air plans to go public, aims to be profitable by 2028: CEO Vinay Dube

Akasa Air, founded in 2021, has reported losses mounting to Rs 2,400 crore in its first two years

Air India fined Rs 99 lakh for operating flight with unqualified pilots

Regulator says incident in July had 'significant safety ramifications'

Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes greater risk

The carriers mostly stopped transiting Afghanistan, which lies on major routes between Asia and Europe

Cabin crew of SAS go on strike in Norway as wage talks break down

Some 120 SAS employees went on strike initially and the number is expected to grow in the coming days

Govt open to resolve $3.9 billion tax dispute with Infosys, says report

Authorities are exploring options to settle with companies including Infosys, which last month got hit by a demand for Rs 32,403 crore ($3.9 billion) in back taxes dating back to 2017

International airlines suspend flights amid rising Middle East tensions

Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights

India's low-cost carriers rule the skies dominated by IndiGo: Report

India's LCC share is much higher than the global average of 34 per cent, reported by OAG for 2024

Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian merger clears regulatory hurdle with US DOJ

This is a significant milestone in the process to join our airlines, the company said

SpiceJet's domestic market share falls to 3.1% in July, shows DGCA data

SpiceJet had recorded a market share of 16 per cent in March 2020, just before COVID-19 spread across India. The airline has been recording losses for the last six years

IndiGo's median salary increase drops to 4.42% in 2023-24: Annual reports

Airline sources stated that the growth was higher in 2022-23 because the airline was normalising the remuneration of employees who had suffered salary cuts during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic

Central Asia gives India's largest budget carrier IndiGo its wings

Just over a three-hour flight from Delhi, these four countries have seen a big jump in visitors

Boeing partners AI Engineering Services to support Navy's P-8I fleet

These aircraft are integral to the Indian Navy's maritime surveillance missions to pick up enemy submarines in the Indian Ocean

Attack on aviation: GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines

Recently, an aircraft operated by a major Western airline had its onboard clocks suddenly sent forward by years, causing the plane to lose access to its digitally-encrypted communication systems

Delta Airlines faces lawsuit over tech outage, customers demand refunds

Delta Air Lines is facing a class action lawsuit, which claims the airline refused to give refunds following a global technology outage last month. Among airlines, Delta was by far the hardest hit hard by the outage, having to cancel thousands of flights, because key systems were crippled by the incident. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division on behalf of Delta customers impacted by the outage. In it, the customers allege that Delta refused or ignored their requests for prompt refunds for their cancelled or delayed flights. The complaint also claims Delta didn't provide all impacted passengers with meal, hotel, and ground transportation vouchers and continues to refuse or ignore requests for reimbursements of those unexpected expenses. These unfair, unlawful, and unconscionable practices resulted in Delta unjustly enriching itself at the expense of its customers, the lawsuit states. The complaint states the plaintiffs

India needs more than 2 major airlines, says IndiGo's Rahul Bhatia

IndiGo will never be found guilty of gouging customers, he added

CrowdStrike rejects Delta Air Lines' claims for July 19 flight disruptions

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said last week the outage had cost the US airline $500 million

Lenders vote to liquidate defunct airline Go First due to low bids

A senior executive of a private bank, which has a small exposure to the airline, said voting for the proposal is through and the airline will be recommended for liquidation soon