The airlines of the Lufthansa Group – Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and SWISS – have reached a major milestone in their endeavours to modernise their present product structures. A number of collaborations with various partners in the airline distribution segment have been successfully pursued over the last few weeks. Details
The Thai Subsidiary of AirAsia have opened their newest flight base in “U-Tapao”. This is their 5th base after Don Mueang, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Krabi. With the announcement of this base opening, they are adding flights to two Chinese destinations, Nanning 4 times per week on Monday’s, Wednesday’s, Friday’s and Sunday’s as well as…
Malaysia Airlines Berhad has received its Air Operator Certificate from the Department of Civil Aviation at Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport in Putrajaya. The AOC will allow Malaysia Airlines to take flight as MAB today. MAB’s chief executive designate Christoph Mueller said: “We would like to thank the director general of DCA, Dato’ Sri Azharuddin Abdul…
Boeing has completed the firm configuration milestone for the 777-9, the first member of the 777X family to be developed. The Boeing 777X team reached this significant design milestone after working closely with airline customers and key suppliers to optimize the configuration of the new airplane. The 777X family includes the 777-8 and the 777-9…
Monarch, the leading scheduled airline to leisure destinations, has changed its ground handling services at Birmingham airport – a key base. Aviator, an already well established ground handling service provider to Birmingham airport will manage all ground handling operations at the airport for Monarch. Details
Japan Airlines have revised their current frequencies they are operating between Japan and China. Starting October 25th, JAL will be operating new daytime nonstop flights between Haneda and Shanghai Pudong airport. Additionally, the airline will increase flight frequency on it’s Haneda-Beijing route from 7 weekly to 14 weekly. Also, Japan Airlines has agreed to expand…
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest airline announced a profit of $175 million in profit for the 2014/15 fiscal year. “The airline, which has been the most profitable in Africa for a couple of years now, exceeded its revenue and profit targets for the fiscal year”, Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said in a statement. The airline…
JetBlue Airways will begin a seasonal non-stop service between New York’s JFK Airport and Palm Springs Airport from January 14th 2016 to May 1st 2016. Seats will go on sale for $99 each way. The service will operate 5 times per week between Thursday and Monday. Details
Embraer jets have announced that on August 31st 2015, they have received type certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The approval comes a few weeks after the aircraft earned certification from ANAC, Brazil’s Civil Aeronautics Authority. “The FAA certification highlights our commitment to delivering innovative products that go beyond customer expectations. With its…
Ryanair have announced plans to develop Milan Malpensa into it’s 12th Italian and second Milan base after they opened a base in Milan Orio Al Serio. According to the Eco Di Bergamo newspaper, the Irish airline will commence flights to London Stansted 3 times per day, Madrid Barajas daily and Naples International daily this winter.…
Malaysia’s new holding company called Malaysia Airlines Berhad has secured their Air Operators Certificate from Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). MAB was launched in July for the migration of all of MAS’s current operations, assets and liabilities. “We would like to thank the Director General of DCA, Dato’ Sri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman for this…
Cork Airport have been very busy recently as they have announced three new opening routes. One of the routes is going to be with Aer Lingus as they are adding flights between Cork and Düsseldorf in May 2016 which will be ran twice weekly between the two European destinations. Welcoming the announcement of the new…