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…
A Qantas Airbus A380 which diverted to Perth this morning will remain at the airport overnight. * Passengers who were due to fly out from Perth this evening on the aircraft will be accommodated on other services this evening. * Of the 407 customers who arrived in Perth, almost half were put on earlier flights…
Etihad Airways has expanded its codeshare partnership with Belavia – Belarusian Airlines, to offer travellers a daily service between Abu Dhabi and Kiev, Ukraine, via Minsk National Airport. Under the agreement Etihad Airways has placed its EY flight code on Belavia’s daily services between Minsk and Kiev. Belavia and Etihad Airways signed an initial codeshare…
The International Air Transport Association has announced that its director general, Tony Tyler, will retire in June 2016 after serving five years in the position. “Tony Tyler is a very effective leader of IATA, who is achieving much in his role as director general,” said Andrés Conesa, chairman of the IATA Board of Governors since…
Finnair have announced plans to launch services between Edinburgh and Helsinki in April of next year. The route is initially going to be seasonal and will offer connections to Asia through Finnair. The service begins on 18th April 2016 and will operate until 27th October 2016. This flight will be served three times per week…
SriLankan Airlines have announced plans to add a non-stop service between Columbo and Guangzhou starting on the 3rd December 2015, according to RoutesOnline. The airline will introduce 3 weekly flights using their Airbus A330-200 and -300 aircraft. SriLankan Airlines said that the service to Guangzhou will overall increase in frequencies from 4 to 7 weekly…
Emirates and MCI have announced a global alliance which will see Emirates becoming the official airline of its large and international events. MCI in turn will be the preferred Professional Congress Organiser for Emirates. The strategic partnership will help Emirates build a strong meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibition commercial brand in the meetings industry and…
The International Air Transport Association has announced that its director general, Tony Tyler, will retire in June 2016 after serving five years in the position. “Tony Tyler is a very effective leader of IATA, who is achieving much in his role as director general,” said Andrés Conesa, chairman of the IATA Board of Governors since…
United Airlines have revealed that they are going to reply their Boeing B787-9 aircraft on the Sydney-Los Angeles and the Sydney-San Fransisco flights from the end of March next year. This means that all three of it’s daily flights between Australia and the US will use the B787-9 aircraft. United launches their Dreamliner services to…
Malaysia Airlines has named travel industry veteran Charles D. McKee as head of marketing. McKee will begin his new role on September 14. Details
Norwegian has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, enabling the company to launch even more long-haul routes. Both aircraft are scheduled to enter service in summer 2017. The 787-9 is larger than the eight 787-8s that Norwegian currently operates on its long-haul routes. Details