NEWS Emirates adds flight to Riyadh
Emirates will boost its services to Riyadh with the addition of a third daily flight to the Saudi capital from 15 December 2015. The addition of the third daily service…
NEWS Etihad inks deal with Swiss AviationSoftware
Etihad Airways have signed a strategic relationship agreement with Swiss AviationSoftware (Swiss-AS), which will enable the airline and its equity partners to move to a common maintenance platform, and provide…
NEWS Ethiopian Airlines to launch new Durban flights
Ethiopian Airlines will launch a three times weekly flight between Addis Ababa and Durban on December 16th. The launch will be airline’s third destination in South Africa, after Johannesburg and…
NEWS Travelport signs multi-year agreement with Kenya Airways
Travelport and Kenya Airways, the national airline of Kenya, have announced the extension of their multi-year, full content agreement. The agreement means that Travelport-connected agents worldwide will have continued access…
NEWS American, Delta and United ban the so-called ‘hoverboards’ from their flights over fire concerns
Picture from ABC News shows the board on fire and being extinguished The three leading US airlines have announced a ban on hoverboards saying that their batteries are an unacceptable…
POLL by airlive.net shows that 59% of people would want a new runway at Heathrow rather than Gatwick
Out of 1,480 of airlive.net followers, 59% of them would want a new runway to be built at Heathrow rather than Gatwick. To increase capacity in southeastern England, which airport…
NEWS UK government delays runway decision
The British government has delayed a decision on the potential construction of a new runway in the south-east of England until at least the middle of 2016. Citing concerns over…
NEWS First planeload of Syrian refugees arrives at Toronto airport in Canada
After months of promises and weeks of preparation, the first Canadian government planeload of Syrian refugees landed in Toronto on Thursday, aboard a military aircraft met by Prime Minister Justin…
NEWS Qatar Airways launches Going Places Together ad campaign
Qatar Airways has launched its new global brand campaign and tagline – Going Places Together – at a press conference in New York, USA. This is a new and fresh…
NEWS Norwegian retires last Boeing 737-300
Norwegian has flown its last Boeing 737-300 from Lasham in the UK to the small town of Bodø in Northern Norway. With all of Norwegian’s Boeing 737-300s phased out, the…
