Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and The Tourism Authority of Thailand have signed a landmark US$1.25 million agreement to increase tourism to Thailand. Under the new agreement, the Abu Dhabi-based airline and TAT will jointly promote travel to Thailand from priority markets including the United Arab Emirates, UK, Ireland, Belgium,…
Avianca Brasil has become the 28th member of Star Alliance. Avianca Brasil adds 15 new destinations in Brazil to the existing 12 which the Star Alliance member carriers already served, bringing the total to 27. Details
Virgin Australia has renewed its technology agreement and widened the scope of its relationship with Sabre. The deal expands the airlines’ SabreSonic agreement. SabreSonic is an integrated suite of applications that optimizes and automates core processes such as Reservations, Inventory and Departure Control enabling airlines to offer a differentiating customer experience. Details
Emirates will launch a new service to Mashhad, Iran from 1 September 2015, marking its second gateway into the country. Emirates will operate to Mashhad with five weekly services utilizing an Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Details
United Airlines has reported second-quarter 2015 net income of $1.3 billion, or $3.31 per diluted share, excluding $67 million of special items. Including special items, UAL reported second-quarter net income of $1.2 billion, or $3.14 per diluted share. Details
NATS handled 224,716 flights in June, an increase of 2.5 per cent compared to June 2014. These latest air traffic figures confirm that the number of flights continues to increase on a month by month basis. According to NATS internal traffic data, transatlantic arrivals and departures remained buoyant and grew by 6.1 per cent in…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and The Tourism Authority of Thailand have signed a landmark US$1.25 million agreement to increase tourism to Thailand. Under the new agreement, the Abu Dhabi-based airline and TAT will jointly promote travel to Thailand from priority markets including the United Arab Emirates, UK, Ireland, Belgium,…
Boeing has revealed second-quarter revenue increased 11 per cent to $24.5 billion on record commercial deliveries. Second quarter 2015 results included the previously announced $536 million after-tax charge on the KC-46 Tanker program reflecting higher estimated costs. Details
TAP and experiences company Viator have established a partnership to offer TAP customers direct access to a wide selection of Viator’s tours and activities related to tourist attraction sites all over the world. Through this partnership, TAP customers will discover the best of what there is to do in each destination TAP serves. Details
Boeing has revealed second-quarter revenue increased 11 per cent to $24.5 billion on record commercial deliveries. Second quarter 2015 results included the previously announced $536 million after-tax charge on the KC-46 Tanker program reflecting higher estimated costs. Details
This past weekend, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines welcomed a record number of passengers on board KLM and KLM Cityhopper flights.On Sunday, a new 24-hour record was created with 93,048 passengers flying on KLM flights between Amsterdam and 139 destinations worldwide. Details
Boeing and EVA Air have finalised an order for five 777 Freighters. The order, valued at more than $1.5 billion at list prices, will represent the first 777 Freighters to join EVA Air’s fleet, and the first to be delivered to a Taiwanese airline. Boeing first announced EVA Air’s intent to order the five 777…