Etihad Airways have signed a strategic relationship agreement with Swiss AviationSoftware, which will enable the airline and its equity partners to move to a common maintenance platform, and provide them with the required commercial and operating flexibility throughout their fleet. Swiss-AS will also provide the software solution to Etihad Airways Partners including airberlin, Alitalia and…
Amadeus has launched Amadeus Airline Cloud Availability, which aims to support airlines in coping with steadily rising search and shopping requests. Amadeus Airline Cloud Availability was piloted by Lufthansa earlier this year using the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. It enables instances of airline data and revenue management logic to be deployed remotely in the cloud,…
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 will take the total number of weekly Emirates flights serving Riyadh to 21. Details
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 will take the total number of weekly Emirates flights serving Riyadh to 21. Details
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 them with the required commercial and operating flexibility throughout their fleet. Details
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 Cape Town. Durban is the second largest metropolitan city and the second most important manufacturing hub in South Africa. Details
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 to effectively search, compare and book Kenya Airways’ full range of fares and optional services via Travelport’s industry-leading Travel Commerce Platform. Details
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 fire hazard. American Airlines, Delta and United have said the ban will apply to both checked and hand luggage on all of their flights. US…
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 should be given a new runway? — AirLive.net (@airlivenet) December 10, 2015
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 the environmental impact of the development, the department for transport said more work was needed to fully understand the risks. Details
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 Trudeau. The first flight has arrived at our Infield Terminal. Welcome to Canada! #WelcomeRefugees pic.twitter.com/MtVhducQpl — Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) December 11, 2015
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 direction for the airline, which has developed a messaging strategy to reflect its evolution as a brand and its role as a leader in the…