The C Series CS300 aircraft’s first operator airBaltic and Bombardier have entered into a firm agreement to convert seven optional aircraft to firm orders as the Riga-based airline aims to transition to an all-bombardier fleet. This brings the airline’s total firm orders of the CS300 to 20 aircraft. The agreement follows the airline’s conversion of…
JetBlue have announced an expansion of their most popular service called Mint on their transcontinental routes, which creates an opportunity to introduce competition in east and west coast markets where customers are faced with very little choice in terms of airline operators. The expansion will bring the Mint experience to 4 cities for the first…
UPDATE A limited number of flights will be possible between 17h45 & 19h45.
Pending government approval, Cathay Pacific will be the only airline that flies their Airbus A350 to London Gatwick from Hong Kong. If approved, the route will be operated 4x per week using the airline’s A350-900 aircraft when they are delivered. The route is scheduled to commence on September 2nd 2016. “Cathay Pacific has been flying…
French-based La Compagnie is seen as the Business Class Airline of the Future. The history of La Compagnie started in October 2013 with the legal name of Dreamjet. The name was changed to La Compagnie on June 16th 2014 thanks to professionals within the Air Transport Industry. The CEO Frantz Yvelin is the key to…
MAG have reported a passenger milestone of 23.5 million passengers flown in the last financial year at Manchester Airport. This has resulted in a 5.4% increase year on year. In March 2016 alone, 1.7 million passengers flew out of the airport. The MAG Group recorded 51.9 million passengers from their four airports, which has resulted in…
An Etihad flight destined was taxiing onto the runway at Manchester Airport when the pilot suddenly did a U-turn, last week. An elderly couple on-board had received a text message from their son-in-law saying that their grandson was in intensive care. After being informed of the tragedy, quick-thinking cabin crew stepped in and turned the…
Qantas flight QF61 was on a routine flight from Brisbane, Australia to Tokyo when it forced to return to Brisbane after reports of engine vibrations. The Airbus A330 was about 30 minutes into it’s 9 hour journey, when the captain decided to return to Brisbane as a saftey precaution. This incident is the second…
Prosecutors say Abrini has admitted being the “man in the hat”, the third bomber seen in a video clip in the Brussels airport attacks. Key suspect Mohamed Abrini, who was wanted in connection with the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people last November, also was the third person in the CCTV image at Brussels…
Qatar Airways have announced a substantial aircraft upgrade on the airline’s Doha-Geneva route from 1st July 2016. They will be upgrading their Geneva flight to a B788, which will become the airline’s second Dreamliner route to Switzerland after Zürich. The Geneva route is normally operated by an A320 with 132 seats. The B788 route will…
US Police say a shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has killed at least two people. Spokesperson: Bear County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time. The Air Force base is the home of the US Air Force’s basic training programme. The…
