Salt Lake City have managed to get a non-stop route between Salt Lake City and London Heathrow, courtesy of Delta Airlines. Delta will operate the flight on a Boeing 767-300ER and will operate daily from May 1st of next year. “International travel is up all throughout the world and Salt Lake City is no exception.…
Allegiant Air of Las Vegas have committed to a firm order of 1 Airbus A320 aircraft, bringing their total orders to 50 for the airline. Allegiant currently owns 34 aircraft in the Airbus A320 family. “By the end of 2016, Allegiant will be a majority Airbus carrier as measured by available seat miles,” said Jude…
Malaysia Airlines has named travel industry veteran Charles D. McKee as head of marketing. McKee will begin his new role on September 14. Details
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. 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. With this new agreement, the long-haul fleet will consist of 19 Dreamliners by 2018. Details
Etihad Airways has appointed Lindsay White to the new position of vice president for Australia and Asia Pacific. In this role, White will assume responsibility for the entire Asia Pacific region, adding China, Japan, Korea and Thailand to his current portfolio of Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Details
B4UFLY is a new app that has been released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that shows users where they can fly their drones without them colliding into aircraft. Over 1,000 people have been selected by the FAA to beta test the app. The public release is expected by the end of the year. Details
Boeing have announced on August 28th, that they have signed a $1.49 Billion contract with the US Navy and the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) for 13 aircraft. The US Navy are due to receive 9 Poseidon Aircraft and the RAAF are due to receive 4 aircraft. “By working together since the early stages of P-8A…
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has dropped a recording from it’s inflight playlist by a controversial Ukrainian-born pianist. The Pianist, Valentina Lisitsa has gained a reputation for her comments on social media as she is a supporter of pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. She has also labeled the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko as a Nazi. More…
Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways have announced a recent appointment in their executive staff. They have appointed Lindsay White as the new Vice President of Operations in the Asia and Pacific market. In this role, White will assume responsibility for the entire Asia Pacific region, adding China, Japan, Korea and Thailand to his current portfolio of…
British heavy metal band Iron Maiden have announced that they will be chartering a Boeing B747-400 from Air Atlanta icelandic for their upcoming tour The Book of Souls World Tour next year. They will be using TF-AMI which will not require extensive reconfiguration. “The greatest benefit of travelling in a 747 is that because of…
James Field takes a look at Icelandair’s 70th Anniversary of their Glasgow-Reykjavik route! On August 27th, Icelandair celebrated their 70th anniversary of their iconic route between Glasgow and Reykjavik. To celebrate this, Icelandair have announced that they will be increasing their frequencies out of Glasgow from 5 weekly to 6 weekly. This is going to…