SMH business journalist Matt O’Sullivan’s new book Mayday about the ideological and egotistical struggles over the future of Qantas reveals much about the planning Qantas CEO Alan Joyce put into his October 2011 ambush grounding of the airline. Link
Turkish Airlines is in negotiations to obtain 10 or more Airbus A380 jets in a deal potentially worth $4 billion based on a direct purchase at catalogue prices, two people familiar with the matter said. Link
Irish Rail has revealed plans to run trains direct from Dublin Airport to Cork, Galway and Belfast. Irish Rail chief executive, David Franks, said the development could cost as little as €300m, while offering a significantly boosting tourism.
Dubai Airports has released its year-end traffic report which confirm that Dubai International has secured its position as the number one airport for international passenger numbers. Full year passenger numbers totalled 70,475,636, up 6.1 per cent from the 66,431,533 recorded in 2013. This followed robust passenger traffic growth of 7.5 per cent in December with…
Dubai Airports has released its year-end traffic report which confirm that Dubai International has secured its position as the number one airport for international passenger numbers. Full year passenger numbers totalled 70,475,636, up 6.1 per cent from the 66,431,533 recorded in 2013. This followed robust passenger traffic growth of 7.5 per cent in December with…
A bullet hit the fuselage of a flydubai airliner on its descent into Baghdad, prompting a suspension of flights by UAE carriers to the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. Flight FZ215 was hit by “small arms fire” before landing on Monday but all passengers disembarked safely, a flydubai spokesperson told AFP. The no-frills carrier, a sister…
Tata Consultancy Services has announced that it has been selected by Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UK’s leading airlines, to provide fully managed services to transform and optimise its IT processes, applications and infrastructure. TCS will set up a private cloud for Virgin Atlantic and provide services including Infrastructure-as-a-Service, End User Services and Application…
Flights into Baghdad International Airport have been cancelled today by several Gulf based carriers following Monday’s attack, by unknown assailants, on a flydubai Boeing 737 as it came into land reports Phil Blizzard in Dubai. A flydubai spokesperson told Breaking Travel News: “After landing at Baghdad International Airport on January 26th 2015, damage to the…