Lion Group chooses CFM engines

An airline owned by Indonesia's Lion Group on February 27 announced it will launch international services with a flight from Jakarta to Singapore later in 2014, Agence France Presse reported. Batik Air, which is part of the Lion Group that also owns ...

Indian airlines forced to watch them walk away with a lion's share of the country's globetrotters. Bucking the code of conduct that will kick in the moment election dates are announced,

Indonesian budget airline Lion Air said on Monday it planned to cancel an order for five Boeing Co 787 aircraft and replace them with smaller 737 models. The carrier said it needed widebody aircraft to accommodate more than the roughly 350 passenger capacity ...

(Special for CAFS) Kenya Airways airlifts rescued lion to back conservation efforts Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. NAIROBI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Kenya Airways said Monday it has facilitated transfer of Simba, a rescued lion as live cargo from ...

The fastest-growing airline in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines, is extending its market reach in West Africa and South America. The national flag carrier a few years ago established its second hub in Lom, the capital of Togo, which will enable it to ...

A + A - Reset KUALA LUMPUR: The Subang Skypark Terminal will add a new operator, Thai Lion Air, on March 21 when the airline begins its four weekly flights between Subang and Hat Yai in Thailand. Thai Lion Air, part of PT Lion Group of Indonesia, ...

Discounted fares have helped airlines bring in new flyers this lean travel season and get assured seat fills. There is a strong demand on the key leisure destinations like Goa and Kerala, say airline officials, and bookings have more than doubled in ...

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which was lost from radar on Friday night (here)/Saturday morning (there) with 239 on board, and the pace of the investigation hold an eeriness reminiscent of the crash of Air France Flight 447 , ...

Captain GR Gopinath Captain GR Gopinath founded Air Deccan and is considered a pioneer in the low-cost airline sector. He recently joined Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party. That Arvind Kejriwal, though un- schooled, has an intuitive grasp of ...