Korean Air will expand its network in China by launching four new services in the first half of 2015. The airline will launch Incheon-Hefei on March 30th, Incheon-Nanning and Jeju-Guiyang on May 11th and Daegu-Shenyang on June 22nd, meaning Korean Air now flies to more cities in China than any other airline from Korea.
AeroMobile has celebrated the first Airbus A380 to be fully line-fitted with its inflight mobile phone network. The Etihad Airways A380-800 (A6-APA) aircraft’s inaugural flight with AeroMobile services was from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow, touching down on earlier.
Operational Impact Minimized as FAA approves plan to complete inspections within five daysSouthwest Airlines discovered an overdue maintenance check required to be performed on the standby hydraulic system, which serves as a back-up to the primary hydraulic systems. As a result of this discovery, 128 -700 aircraft were identified as having overflown a required check.…
“Southwest Airlines confirmed Tuesday evening that it grounded 128 of its Boeing 737-700 aircraft that day after it discovered that the airplanes had not received required inspections.” Link
The flight had already been six hours late when it left New York because of bad weather. Link
Delta said it has enhanced its domestic schedule to support its expanded repertoire of overseas flights from Sea-Tac. Delta’s international flight schedule offers more seats to international destinations from Sea-Tac than all other carrier combined. Delta flies from Sea-Tac nonstop to Amsterdam, Paris and London in Europe and to Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai and…
Icelandair has introduced a video of the unique cabin “Northern Lights” lighting of its Boeing 757-200 TF-FIU. Description by Icelandair: “Grab a seat on board Hekla Aurora, Icelandair’s new airplane celebrating the northern lights. When you take an Icelandair Stopover on your next trip across the Atlantic, you might be lucky enough to see this natural…