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NEWS Sabre links with Alaska Airlines for sales technology upgrade
Sabre Corporation has been selected by Alaska Airlines to provide technology solutions to enable its retailing strategy in all sales channels, including through some of the carrier’s interline partner airlines. By late 2015, Sabre’s suite of solutions will give Alaska the ability to offer customers ancillary products and optional services through travel agencies and some…
NEWS KLM flies into George Best airport in Belfast
One of Europe’s largest airline groups, Air France KLM, is to commence operations from Northern Ireland. George Best Belfast City Airport is the only airport in the UK or Ireland included in expansion plans announced today by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines who will commence a daily service to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from May 2015.
NEWS Indian airports on high alert following terrorist threat
Airports in India have been advised to step up security following a series of intelligence reports suggesting a possible terrorist attack. Officials were on high alert with warnings a Delhi-Kabul flight operated by state-run Air India could be targeted by Islamist groups.
NEWS Lufthansa to employ biokerosene mixture on Oslo flights
Starting this year the Lufthansa Group will be fuelling their aircraft at Oslo airport with a biokerosene mixture. The group recently became the first airline group to sign this kind of contract with the Norwegian oil company, Statoil Aviation. The company is thus pushing forward along the path of research, testing and use of alternative…
NEWS Etihad prepares to launch Dreamliner 787-9
Boeing delivered Etihad Airways’ first 787-9 Dreamliner sporting the airline’s new ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ livery which was revealed at a ceremony earlier this year. The colours are reminiscent of the desert landscape, inspired by the culture, Islamic design and architecture motifs of the United Arab Emirates. The airplane is the first of the 71…
NEWS BOC Aviation extends Boeing 737 order with additional aircraft
Boeing and BOC Aviation have finalised an order for two additional 737-800s, valued at $186 million at current list prices. The order is a part of the Singapore-based leasing company’s effort to grow its portfolio of fuel-efficient airplanes.
NEWS Royal Air Maroc welcomes first Boeing Dreamliner to fleet
Boeing and Royal Air Maroc have celebrated the arrival into Morocco of its first 787 Dreamliner. The airline will be the first carrier in the Mediterranean region to operate the 787. The airplane flew a 4,788 nautical mile non-stop flight to Royal Air Maroc’s home base in Casablanca at Mohammed V International Airport.
NEWS New European leadership for LATAM Airlines Group
LATAM Airlines Group, the leading airline Group in South America, has appointed Gonzalo Salinas Pereira as its new European airport manager. The 34 year old Chilean-born studied commercial aviation engineering at the Federico Santa Maria Technical University in Chile and has spent his whole working career within LATAM Airlines Group.