American Airlines Group has reported a first quarter net profit of record $1.2 billion excluding net special charges, a record for the airline. This $1.73 per diluted share and is a tripling of the company’s first quarter 2014 net profit excluding net special credits of $402 million, or $0.54 per diluted share. The company’s first…
May looks set to be the busiest month yet this year for British Airways, as it launches another six new short-haul routes and one new long-haul route from London. The star attraction is the new daily service from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur, which will appear on the departure board for the first time on May…
American Airlines Group has reported a first quarter net profit of record $1.2 billion excluding net special charges, a record for the airline. This $1.73 per diluted share and is a tripling of the company’s first quarter 2014 net profit excluding net special credits of $402 million, or $0.54 per diluted share. The company’s first…
Avis Car Rental has announced a new multi-year partnership with Privilege Club, the frequent flyer programme of Qatar Airways. The deal means Privilege Club members can earn from 500 Qmiles up to 800 Qmiles, for every rental booked. Privilege Club members can then redeem their Qmiles against a selection of benefits, including complimentary flights, upgrades…
Oman Air is has launched a new codeshare agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The agreement came into effect on Wednesday April 15th 2015 and enables Oman Air’s customers to book onto flights operated by KLM between Muscat and Amsterdam.
The first Airbus A380 performed its maiden flight on April 27, 2005, just over three months after rolling out of the manufacturer’s plant at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport on January 18, 2005. The “Superjumbo”, registered F-WWOW and powered by Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines, took-off at 10:29 local time (8:29 GMT) and landed thee hours…
OneJet is expanding its network of nonstop air travel service with the addition of two routes beginning in May: Nonstop service from Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is scheduled to begin May 4th and nonstop service from Indianapolis International Airport (IND) to Pittsburgh is set to begin May 11th.
Ryanair will operate 32 routes to/from Scotland during the upcoming winter season.
Sabre Corporation has started selling ancillaries for Flybe using industry technology standards developed by ATPCo and IATA.
Hours after a fresh earthquake struck today, flights have stated taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. An Air China flight CA408 from Kathmandu to Lhasa took off at 3.50 pm. The flight was waiting for clearance since morning. Similarly, a Silk Air flight MI411 from Kathmandu to Singapore also took off minutes…
A Belair A320 which was operating on behalf of Air Berlin, HB-IOP and was performing flight AB2815 from Palma to Basel with 122 people on board was accelerating for takeoff from Mallorca’s runway when the crew received several brake indication and rejected takeoff at low speed. Emergency services responded and checked the breaks before the…
Southwest Airlines B737-800, N8647A was performing flight WN100 (on Friday) from Las Vegas to Milwaukee with 175 passengers and 6 crew. It was cruising at 37,00ft and was just southwest from Denver. The crew initiated an emergency decent to 16,000ft because of a loss of cabin pressure however passenger oxygen masks were not released. The…