HNA Tourism Group, the strategic tourism business conglomerate of HNA Group, has been crowned as the World’s Leading Integrated Tourism Group at the World Travel Awards Grand Final hosted in El Jadida, Morocco. In doing so, HNA Tourism becomes the first ever Chinese company to receive the award and is the only company to hold…
Etihad Airways has gone live on the Rich Content and Branding product from Travelport, with Etihad’s Fare Choices structure fully enabled to search, sell and book through the Smartpoint platform. Product innovation is at the foundation of Etihad Airways’ recent move to allow customers to further tailor and customise their travel experience through their Fare…
Passenger traffic at Dubai International, rose 4.4 per cent in October, according to a traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger numbers in October totalled 6,250,810, compared to 5,989,007 recorded in October of last year. Details
Air New Zealand’s inaugural flight between Auckland and Houston, Texas has touched down this morning. NZ28 departed Auckland International Airport at 18:30 last night and arrived at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 07:45 New Zealand time. Details
Willie Walsh, the CEO of IAG, has warned that he will grow British Airways out of Ireland or Spain if there is no final decision regarding the 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport. His comments come after the government has announced that a final decision, due to be made this month, has been delayed until at…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based drone registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds and less than 55 pounds including payloads such as on-board cameras. http://ift.tt/1SXbNJl
At least 50 homeless people live inside the airport’s Terminal B, which anyone can get into without passing through security, sources said. On one night last week, men and women were sacked out on cardboard that they had spread out over warm vents on the floor, a reporter observed. Others were curled up on chairs…
On Friday, three major US airlines’ ban against so-called “hoverboards” goes into effect. American, United, and Delta banned the devices on Thursday out of concern that their lithium ion batteries could be a fire hazard on a flight. According to the Los Angeles Times, British Airways will also reject the self-balancing devices. In a statement,…
The Boeing board of directors has raised the company’s authorisation for its share repurchase program to $14 billion and declared that the company’s quarterly dividend will increase 20 per cent to $1.09 per share. “Once again, we are demonstrating our commitment to a balanced cash deployment strategy that fuels investments in our people, innovation and…
London Gatwick has continued to lay the groundwork for expansion following its busiest ever November – 2.6 million passengers travelled through the airport, up 7.3 per cent on the previous year. The government has made clear that it will choose between Gatwick and Heathrow expansion in the summer. Destinations contributing to this growth include North…
Etihad Airways and Cognizant have announced a strategic agreement to drive digital transformation across the airline and its equity partners. Under the three-year deal, Cognizant will help Etihad Airways define its digital strategy and reimagine the guest experience along a guest’s travel journey across the group. Details
British Airways is preparing for Christmas 2015 with more than 450 of its pilots expecting to fly 35,000 customers across the world on December 25th. At the same time, easyJet has predicted this Friday to be the busiest Christmas getaway day in the airline’s history – with more than 204,000 passengers set to fly on…