As passenger traffic at Madrid airport experiences double digit dips, the Spanish media is full of stories about the future of Iberia and of Madrid Barajas airport. There seems to be growing anguish in the Spanish capital over its future as an airline hub and the effect any change in this direction would have for the local economy

One of the most visible signs of Spain's infrastructure overinvestment of the past few decades is the existence of many underused or empty airports all over the Spanish territory. This matter is taking a new twist though, as regional authorities in the Murcia region, in Southeastern Spain have moved to take control of the local airport,

A few days ago Wired published a story about Air New Zealand preparing to re-start airliner flights to Anctarctica in one of its Boeing 767s. This would not be the first time the Kiwi airline has Anctarctica in its route map...

It is always interesting to see a new airline, literally, taking off.  We first talked about Air Lituanica when it was just a project on paper (or shall we see "on power point"?)  and covered its launch last summer.

Russian airlines have been toying for a while with the idea of creating a low cost airline in the country.  In a way, Russia is the last frontier" of the low cost airline industry and this is not a coincidence, there are a number of operational and, mainly, regulatory factors that prevent the emergence of a proper low cost airline industry in Russia

Last summer we published a story about Iberia's New York flight reverse auction, where prices where going down while prospective travelers were submitting their bids. We knew the initiative proved to be so popular that the promotion had to be...

One of the few, and certainly the most notorious, Western visitors at MAKS air show in Moscow was the Airbus A380. Despite the great reviews it is getting from passengers, airlines seem still reluctant to commit to so much capacity...