Australia's competition watchdog said in a draft determination today it would reject a proposed joint venture between Qantas and Japan Airlines on flights between Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Read More »

Pioneering aviation engineer and test pilot, Bernard Ziegler, has died at age 88. Read More »

Airlines in India reduced scheduled capacity by 6.5%, to about 2.501 million seats from May 3 compared with about 2.676 million seats in the previous seven days, figures from travel data company, OAG, showed. Read More »

Atlas Air Worldwide CEO, John Dietrich, said overnight he expected air freight demand and yields to remain strong, with capacity on long-haul trade lines to remain tight in the period ahead as global demand for air freight outpaced air cargo transport supply. Read More »

Cathay Pacific Group was considering issuing US$ denominated bonds and was speaking to potential investors today to determine the level of interest in the issue, Reuters news agency reported, citing a term sheet it had sighted. Read More »

Philippines' Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has increased the international passenger cap at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to 2,000 passengers, up from 1,500 passengers previously. Read More »