French air-traffic controllers with the SNCTA union are to hold nine full days of strike – starting with a 48-hour stoppage Wednesday and Thursday. The French Civil Aviation Authority has asked airlines to reduce their number of flights by 40 percent on Wednesday. The strike will mean some flights in and out of France, particularly…
Etihad Airways and Jet Airways will be the official airline partners and principal sponsors for the Pepsi Indian Premier League team, the Mumbai Indians, for the 2015 Twenty20 tournament. The announcement was made ahead of the Mumbai Indian’s first match against the Kolkata Knight Riders in West Bengal tomorrow. It will be the second consecutive…
A Kuwait Airways plane was involved in a near collision over Pakistan on Sunday, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The Kuwaiti aircraft was travelling to Islamabad when it narrowly missed a Malaysian Airlines plane heading to London, officials from Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority reportedly said. The incident occurred over the Zhob district of Baluchistan…
Etihad Airways and Jet Airways will be the official airline partners and principal sponsors for the Pepsi Indian Premier League team, the Mumbai Indians, for the 2015 Twenty20 tournament. The announcement was made ahead of the Mumbai Indian’s first match against the Kolkata Knight Riders in West Bengal tomorrow. It will be the second consecutive…
Jaan Albrecht, who has been the chief executive of Austrian Airlines since November 2011, has accepted a position at SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines. He will serve as chief executive of the airline, starting on June 1st, 2015. The decision was taken at the supervisory board meeting of SunExpress earlier.
As Milano Expo 2015 prepares to open its doors to an expected 20 million visitors, Oman Air has been named as the event’s Preferred Authorised Reseller for the Sultanate of Oman. The Omani national airline offers tickets for sale and details of how they can be purchased has been published. EXPO Milano 2015 takes place…
Abu Dhabi Airports’ Chief Executive Officer Tony Douglas is stepping down to take up a new role with the UK Government as Chief Executive of Defence Equipment & Support at the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
Indian ailine Jet Airways is set to launch daily international flights from Ahmedabad, Pune, and Mangalore, to Abu Dhabi.
Westjet’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, Finance, Vito Culmone, will be stepping down from his role on May 29, 2015. Vito will be joining another Calgary-based organization in a similar capacity.
Wizz Air has confirmed it will introduce allocated seating to enhance customers’ travel experience. On selected routes from May 4th and across all WIZZ routes from May 19th, customers will enjoy automatic free allocated seating, which will become part of the booking process.
Qatar Airways will be boosting its flight frequencies to Jakarta and Denpasar (Bali) from 5 July and 16 July 2015 respectively to meet the ever-increasing demand on these popular routes.