The former CEO of United Airlines Jeff Smisek has received a $36.8 million severance package, following his resignation due to a federal corruption probe into United’s relationship with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Smirk’s pay included the $4.9 million severance, a $1.7 million reward as part of United’s annual incentive program…
Following the tentative approval from the Department of Transportation in the US for Norwegian Air International to begin operations to the United States from Cork and many other origins, there has been strong opposition to this tentative approval from Congress as well as other pressure groups. There is currently a piece of legislation to go…
LATAM Airlines Group, which is the partnership of TAM and LAN Airlines have revealed their new aircraft livery at simultaneous launch events in countries where the group operates! “In the coming days, aircraft with the new LATAM image will take to the skies, representing an historic milestone for the leading airline group in Latin America,”…
Boeing is set to deliver a record number of aircraft this year to Turkey’s flagship carrier Turkish Airlines, who will take delivery of 6 brand new Boeing B777-300ERs and 20 Boeing B737-800 Next Generation aircraft this year! “Turkish Airlines is one of the world’s ascendant airlines and an established global network carrier. It has achieved…
Air Côte D’Ivoire, the national carrier of the Ivory Coast have announced the signature of a firm order for 2 Airbus A320neo and two Airbus A320 aircraft. This agreement makes Air Côte D’Ivoire the first airline in Africa to order the A320neo. This order also makes the airline a direct new customer with Airbus! Air…
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has finalised a purchase agreement with Airbus covering the firm order of six A350-900s, plus six options. The contract firms up a Memorandum of Understanding announced earlier this year during the Singapore Airshow. The A350 XWB will become the flagship of PAL’s future long haul fleet and will be configured with a…
All UK commercial passenger flights of the Airbus EC225LP Super Puma helicopters have been grounded by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, following a crash in Norway. 1 Briton, 11 Norwegians & 1 Italian who were onboard are presumed dead at this time. Other companies who operate the aircraft such as BP & Statoil have suspended…
Following yesterdays order of 75 Bombardier C Series CS100 aircraft, Delta have also confirmed an order of 37 Airbus A321 aircraft! This brings the airline’s total narrowbody order book to 82 aircraft! “The Airbus A320 family of aircraft continues to be a cost-efficient, reliable and customer-pleasing mainstay of our narrowbody fleet,” said Ed Bastian, Delta’s…
JetBlue, New York’s Hometown Airline and the biggest carrier in Boston have announced plans to increase frequencies across Boston & New York! Starting on Monday, October 31, 2016, JetBlue will offer six-times weekday service between LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Logan International Airport (BOS). The airline will also offer two roundtrips on Saturdays and three roundtrips…
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (28 Apr) further expanded its Edinburgh winter 2016 schedule with a new route to Warsaw, in addition to the 6 new winter services announced earlier to Bologna, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Gran Canaria, Palma and Poznan, which will deliver 2.5m customers p.a. and support 1,900+ jobs at Edinburgh Airport. Ryanair’s Edinburgh winter…
China Eastern Airlines has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 20 A350-900 aircraft, making the airline the latest customer for the aircraft. “The introduction of the latest generation A350 XWB aircraft demonstrates that the partnership between China Eastern Airlines and Airbus has embarked on a new phase. The introduction of A350 XWB will play…
Boeing and China Eastern Airlines finalized an order for 15 Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on April 28th. The order is valued at list prices of $4 billion. “We are very happy to introduce the new 787 Dreamliners into our long-haul fleet,” said China Eastern Airlines Chairman Liu Shaoyong. “The addition of these next-generation, fuel-efficient airplanes…