Bangkok Airways is the latest airline to start participating in Global Explorer, the round-the-world fare offered by oneworld member airlines and selected partners outside the global alliance. It is the first time that Bangkok Airways’ flights have been made available through a round-the-world fare. Global Explorer, one of the most popular round-the-world fares available globally,…
Malaysia Airlines has put its entire fleet of six Airbus A380s up for sale, along with four Boeing 777-200ER jets, as the airline ramps up its efforts to wipe out millions of dollars in ongoing losses. Malaysia Airlines is said to be open to outright sale or lease, reports respected aviation industry site Leeham News.…
Lufthansa is offering a further concession to the Vereinigung Cockpit flight crew union in the ongoing round of collective bargaining talks. The union has repeatedly demanded general arbitration. In order to avoid new strikes at the expense of the passengers, Lufthansa offers VC general arbitration of all open collective wage agreements.
LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines, members of LATAM Airlines Group, have opened the largest VIP lounge in South America at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport Santiago, Chile. LATAM Airline’s new VIP lounge is spread over two floors and caters for LATAM’s passengers with excellent facilities to satisfy even the most discerning traveller’s demands.
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, today marks the start of a busy summer season flying from Cardiff Airport as it launches its new direct route to Düsseldorf.
Seawings, the only luxury seaplane tour operator in the Middle East has announced the launch of ‘Seaplane Safaris’ to Sir Bani Yas Island as part of an ongoing expansion of their Seawings Lifestyle division.
The German government had intelligence indicating the danger of surface-to-air missiles in the Ukraine region where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last year, according to German media reports. Flight MH17, a Boeing 777, crashed July 17, 2014 during a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people onboard were killed. Damage…
Vancouver International Airport is hosting a training exercise simulating an aircraft accident at YVR to practice emergency response plans with business partners, airlines and emergency responders. Regular operations will proceed as normal. The exercise will have an airside and terminal component that may be visible to the public. Volunteers will be playing the part of…
Scott Taylor The route, which will be tested for six months from June 25, will see southbound planes take off over Broxburn and Uphall, before turning east over the Forth, then south over East Lothian. And it will cut the minimum interval between take-offs from two minutes to one minute, doubling the potential number of…
Calgary International Airport diagram and taxi routes (Source: NAV CANADA, Canada Air Pilot, with TSB annotations) The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its report into a runway incursion incident at the Calgary International Airport, when a Beech 1900 was taxied across an active runway where a Boeing 737 was departing. On 29 March 2014, during…
The airline confirmed the issue late Tuesday night. The problem? An error with the digital map used by pilots in the cockpit. “Some flights are experiencing an issue with a software application on pilot iPads,” American Airlines said in a statement. “In some cases, the flight has had to return to the gate to access…
All Nippon Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 on international routes, beginning with the Haneda-Munich route on May 5th. Introduction of the extended Dreamliner will streamline operational costs and drive continued growth for ANA, and will also provide with it a suite of upgrades to the in-flight entertainment system, in line with the airline’s commitment…