NEWS Jet Airways adds flights to Abu Dhabi
Indian ailine Jet Airways is set to launch daily international flights from Ahmedabad, Pune, and Mangalore, to Abu Dhabi.
NEWS Westjet CFO steps down
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.
NEWS Search for Germanwings victims’ bodies ends
The French authorities reported they have ended the search for bodies at the site where Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashed in the French Alps in southern France last week, killing all 150 people on board.
NEWS The South Africa Civil Aviation Authority grounds 3 over psychological concerns
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has confirmed to Eyewitness News three aviation employees have been grounded in the last month over concerns about their psychological well-being.
NEWS: Aviation body ‘voiced concerns of German safety lapses’ before Germanwings crash
The European Aviation Safety Agency had voiced concerns over Germany’s “non-conformity” with air safety rules before the Germanwings air crash that killed 150 people, especially on air crew health monitoring. The EASA, an EU agency, “had pointed out several cases of non-conformity”, spokesman Dominique Fouda said. “On the basis of the EASA recommendations the European…
NEWS Runway Closure at JFK could create a summer traffic jam in the skies over New York City
The main arrivals runway at Kennedy will be closed for repairs and resurfacing for about five months starting at the end of April, just as the summer travel season gets underway, and will likely remain closed through most of hurricane season.
NEWS Wizz Air introduces allocated seating
Wizz Air is set to follow in the footsteps of budget airline competitors by introducing allocated seating on flights from May.
NEWS Wizz Air introduces allocated seating
Wizz Air is set to follow in the footsteps of budget airline competitors by introducing allocated seating on flights from May.
NEWS Qatar Airways boosts flights to Jakarta and Bali
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.
NEWS American Airlines to put Boeing 787 on D/FW-Shanghai route in June
American Airlines will add a third international route for its Boeing 787 starting in June. American will have its first commercial 787 flight from DFW-ORD on May 7th, before starting the DFW-Beijing, China route in June, followed by DFW-Buenos Aires and DFW-Shanghai route.
NEWS Delta Airlines takes on tax burden for employees in same-sex relationships
Delta Airlines became the first major airline Thursday to cover the extra income taxes its employees in same-sex relationships have to pay for healthcare plans in states that don’t recognize gay marriage.
NEWS: Virgin Australia pilots believe that the two person cockpit rule suggests a lack of trust
Virgin Australia’s pilot union says new “rule of two” requiring two people in the cockpit at all times after the Germanwings crash sends the wrong message, suggesting to the public that they can’t trust pilots. The Australian government this week required airlines to put in place a policy of never leaving a single pilot alone…