International Airlines Group has agreed to purchase the Irish government held stake of flag-carrier Aer Lingus for approximately €1.4 billion. Existing Aer Lingus shareholders will receive €2.55 in cash for each Share, comprising a cash payment of €2.50 per share and a cash dividend of €0.05 per share. The terms of the transaction represent a…
Qatar Airways is preparing to showcase the newest and best of its fleet with a display of five aircraft at the 2015 Paris Air Show, which takes place next month at Le Bourget in Paris. The planes include the Airbus A380 and A350 XWB, both of which entered service for the airline recently, with Qatar…
A Boeing 777 operated by Air France narrowly missed crashing into Mount Cameroon earlier this month French investigators have revealed. Flight AF953 was travelling from Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, to Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, when it came close to Africa’s highest mountain.
Air France has confirmed it will operate an additional weekly flight to Havana in Cuba from October 2015, increasing its offer to 11 weekly departures during winter 2015. Air France has offered flights to Cuba for the past 17 years, operating daily services from the UK to Havana via Paris-Charles de Gaulle throughout the summer…
BA from the 26th October is to launch the 787 on service to Tel Aviv BA163 will operate on the 787 on (2230-0515) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday BA162 the return, will operate on (0735-1100) on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Thomas Cook TCX124 departs Belfast International at 1010, arrives in Las Vegas at 1205 on 5th July The return flight TCX125 departs Las Vegas at 1355 on 12th July and arrives back in Belfast at 7am the following day. The flight is to operate on an A330 instead of the planned 757
Departure delays have been reported at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after a sinkhole was discovered near one of the runways, according to the airport.
Singapore Airlines flight #SQ836 lost power on both engines during flight on saturday. The A330 from Singapore to Shanghai encountered bad weather over China coast when it lost power for about 30 mins and still continued to Shanghai where it safely landed. https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/603224706880303104
NetEase, one of China’s leading Internet and online game services providers, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lede Technology has signed a partnership agreement with HNA Group to form a joint venture company. The new venture will establish an all-new internet travel company. In December 2014, the two companies had signed a strategic framework cooperation…
Christoph Mueller, chief executive of Malaysian Airline System Berhad and CEO-designate of the new airline, Malaysia Airlines Berhad, has assured customers MAS operations will continue as normal with the appointment of the administrator. Malaysia Airlines remains continues to implement a restructuring plan which will see it cut upward of a third of its workforce in…
Christoph Mueller, chief executive of Malaysian Airline System Berhad and CEO-designate of the new airline, Malaysia Airlines Berhad, has assured customers MAS operations will continue as normal with the appointment of the administrator. Malaysia Airlines remains continues to implement a restructuring plan which will see it cut upward of a third of its workforce in…
Abu Dhabi has played host to the International Air Transport Association workshop aiming to play its part in improving all aspects of air travel for passengers with some blue-sky thinking. The two-day workshop, held at the Rotana Hotel on the emirate’s Yas Island, was organised by IATA and welcomed airline professionals from across the Middle…