Low-Cost Carriers

Full control taken of first LCC in East Africa

Lonrho and Stelios take over Fly 540

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

(eTN) - It was learned over the weekend that a new ownership has emerged at Fly 540 aviation, ... read more

Is former EasyJet executive considering development of low-cost carrier model for Africa?

Speculation grows over involvement of EasyJet's Stelios in African LCCs

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

(eTN) - Over the past weeks, speculation has been growing in Eastern Africa about a potential ... read more

Increasing Low-cost Operations

Let the East African air wars commence

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN

(eTN) - Kenya Airways (KQ) confirmed earlier this week that they registered a new business name, ... read more

Air France and Low-Cost Carriers

Air France to replicate low cost competition?

By Luc Citrinot

PARIS (eTN) - Over the last few weeks, rumors and false information on a possible conversion of ... read more

Global Aviation

Global airline capacity and flight volumes continue to decline, statistics reveal

By Nelson Alcantara

The world's airlines have scheduled 4.9 percent fewer flights for March 2009 compared with the ... read more

AirAsia X opens a new era for low-cost travel in Europe

By Stéphane Hanot, eTN Staff Writer

AirAsia X, the long haul subsidiary of low-cost carrier AirAsia, announced with much fanfare in ... read more

Aviation Industry

Aviation is ‘not such a good business’

By Yusof Sulaiman

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) - The Airline Distribution 2008 Conference went on as scheduled ... read more

Middle East Aviation

Dubai, Syria to launch new airlines

By The Media Line for eTurboNews

Two new airliners are to join the rapidly developing aviation industry in the Middle East. ... read more

Airline mergers

European airlines to dominate world as Lufthansa buys into JetBlue

By Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation

SYDNEY, Australia - Lufthansa and major US low-cost carrier (LCC) JetBlue last week announced ... read more