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NEWS & NUMBERS Who are the Top 10 777 Operators? – @Flightglobal
Emirates – 144 (50 on order) United – 74 Cathay Pacific – 65 (5 on order) Air France – 64 (4 on order) American Airlines – 64 (3 on order) All Nippon Airways – 54 (9 on order) Singapore Airlines – 58 (2 on order) British Airways – 58 Korean Air – 38 (17 on…
NEWS Exclusive: From 'Red October' village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. The accounts from four villagers of Chervonyi…
NEWS Incident: KLM B772 over Atlantic on Mar 13th 2015, failure of weather radar
A KLM Boeing 777-200, registration PH-BQD performing flight KL-791 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil), was enroute at FL340 over the Atlantic about 200nm northwest of La Coruna,SP (Spain) when the crew decided to return to Amsterdam due to a malfunctioning weather radar. The aircraft descended to FL270 for the flight back and…
NEWS Qatar offers double-daily service to Frankfurt
Qatar Airways welcomed the second of this ground-breaking aircraft into its fleet as it commenced flights to Frankfurt. The introduction of the second A350 means the world’s five-star airline is now flying to Frankfurt double-daily exclusively with the A350 XWB.
NEWS Etihad enhances services to US
Etihad Airways will deploy a state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on its daily Washington, D.C. service from 15 March 2015, marking the US debut of its next generation First, Business and Economy class products.
NEWS Ryanair launches Stansted winter route
Ryanair has launched its Stansted winter 2015 schedule with two new routes to Castellon and Ponta Delgada, and extra flights on 23 other routes.
NEWS easyJet adds fast track security to business fare
easyJet Plus annual card holders will now benefit from access to Fast Track security at 35 airports across Europe from the 19 March 2015.
NEWS Virgin Australia puts social media crew at centre of airline operations
THE ability to post bad news and complaints immediately means airlines often view social media as a nemesis, but Virgin Australia believes it has found a way to turn the new technology to its advantage. Link
NEWS From Freddies to Skytrax: Making Sense of Airline and Airport Awards
As the aviation awards season gets under way we thought we’d take a moment to review some of the more popular recognitions in the industry, and the decision-making process behind them. Link
NEWS Virgin America Is The Michael Jordan Of Airlines
The Chicago Bulls won 88 percent of their games during the 1995-96 regular season, going 72-10 and claiming the best record in NBA history. Impressive, right? It’s hard to win that often in any field, let alone one with so much competition. But there’s an airline that pretty much does exactly that. In 2014, Virgin…