Comtel Air Hits Passengers For Cash To Buy Fuel
An airline has denied asking passengers to pay £20,000 towards the cost of fuel to complete their journey to the UK.
Antarctica cruises
The cost of cruising to Antarctica is likely to rise next month with the introduction of new regulations that will compel ships visiting the region to use less polluting fuels.
PIA Loss Widens
By Farhan Sharif
Pakistan International Airlines Corp., the nation’s largest carrier, posted a wider loss in the second quarter after fuel costs rose.
Transport Fares Hiked Up
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
UGANDA (eTN) - Alongside low supplies to the market for all white fuel products, including
Airlines Green Ranking
By Matthew McDermott
If you're already fan of Virgin America here's another reason to like them: Greenopia has just ranked them the greenest US domestic airline of the ten major airlines they surveyed.
Uganda News
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Following growing pressure from the aviation fraternity, constant complaints over the lack of
Shell To Pull Out Of Market
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Air operators using conventional single or twin-piston-engined aircraft are once again up in arms over the fresh shortage of AVGAS, the "juice which makes our aircraft fly" as one of the contacted ...
Shorter Transport Time
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Praslin, La Digue, and other nearby inhabited islands will benefit from shorter access to fuels and gas, now that a new depot was opened mid last week by President Michel.
Fuel Crisis
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The shortages experienced with AVGAS in recent weeks in Uganda have now spread to ordinary petrol, diesel, and even kerosene used in many households, all commodities needed to keep the country ...
Supply Runs Out Again
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The current supply of AVGAS, an aviation fuel mainly used by light single and twin engine aircraft operating with the traditional piston engines, has run out again in Uganda, and similar reports ...
Fuel Shortage
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The current supply of
Fuel Consumption And CO2 Emissions Cut At Berlin Exhibition Grounds
By eTN Staff Writer
Messe Berlin is the first trade fair company that is now able to provide its exhibitors with a certificate confirming its environmental properties.
Shortages And Price Increases
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Information received from Nairobi’s main safari airport once again speaks of lack of fuel, and once again, what else, the air operators are blaming it on the red tape the Kenya Revenue Authority ...
21.5 Million Tons Less CO2 Emissions
By eTN Staff Writer
The Blended Winglet Technology will have saved the world's airlines and private jet operators 2 billion gallons of jet fuel, or US$4 billion+ as of March 5, 2010, 1905 hours PST.
Second Shortage This Month
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Last weekend saw a repetition of the New Year fuel shortage at Malindi airport, when Kenya’s busiest aerodrome, Wilson airport, reportedly ran out of fuel.
Aircraft Forced To Refuel In Mombasa
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Reports from the Kenyan coast have confirmed that Malindi airport suffered a severe jet fuel shortage last week, when Shell failed to deliver sufficient supplies of JetA1 and AVGAS to the ...
Air Traffic Not Impacted
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Reports from usually reliable sources within the aviation industry and the Civil Aviation Authority came in late morning last Saturday that two fuel trucks apparently burst into flames when ...
Chinese Aviation Invasion
By Unal Basusta, eTN Staff Writer
This year, as many airlines around the world are struggling to figure out how to be profitable with fewer passengers, Chinese air traffic is up 16.4 percent in the first half of 2009, according to ...
Airline Industry
Delta Air Lines Inc., AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and six other U.S. carriers agreed to buy as much as 1.5 million gallons a year of Rentech Inc.’s diesel fuel made from plant waste.
American Airlines
American Airlines will reduce mainline seating capacity by 7.5 percent in 2009 versus 2008, compared to previous expectations for a 6.5 percent year-over-year decline, Gerard Arpey, chairman and ...
Asiana Airlines
By AP
SEATTLE — Washington state's ecology department may fine Asiana Airlines over a plane that dumped fuel over Puget Sound before an emergency landing at Sea-Tac Airport.
FlyDubai
By David Harris, The Media Line for eTN
While many airlines around the world are scaling back on routes and cutting back on spending to get by in today’s harsh economic reality, there are exceptions such as the new FlyDubai, a new ...
Airline Industry
By bloomberg.com
Continental Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. posted wider fourth-quarter losses on wrong- way bets on fuel contracts, bringing the combined operating deficit for the 9 biggest U.S.
Cruise News
By orlandosentinel.com
For the cruise industry, preparing for the slowdown in consumer spending is the easy part.
Largest Reduction From Bangkok To Japan
By eTN Staff Writer
BANGKOK – Bangkok Airways announced today that it is reducing its current fuel surcharge tariff on its international and domestic flights according to the current world’s oil price and to ...
Southwest Airlines
By usatoday.com
ATLANTA — Discount carrier Southwest Airlines sold five aircraft for $175 million and agreed to lease the planes back from the buyer for 12 years.
Reflecting Lower Price Of Fuel
By eTN Staff Writer
MIAMI, FL - Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Passing On The Benefits Of Reduced Fuel Prices
By eTN Staff Writer
SriLankan Airlines will be removing its present fuel surcharge on fares throughout almost its entire route network effective from January 1, 2009 in order to pass on the benefits of reduced fuel ...
Virgin America
By Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO - Lower fuel prices present a "unique opportunity" to hedge buying up to four years out, the chief executive of airline Virgin America said on Saturday.
Line Evaluating Earlier End To Surcharge If Fuel Prices Remain Stable
By eTN Staff Writer
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - MSC Cruises has eliminated the fuel surcharge for all its cruises departing on or after April 1, 2009.
