British Airways will be offering a warm welcome to even more customers in a new look Heathrow Terminal 3 with the start of long-haul flights. A new check-in area has been created for customers during the last few months including a dedicated area for premium customers to use. The new additions to British Airways’ Terminal…
EasyJet announce 1,000 new jobs to be created. There will be 600 cabin crew based in the UK, with many at Gatwick. The others will be pilots and other staff. The airline is offering loans of £100,000 for women to train as pilots. It comes as figures show just one in 20 flight crew are…
ABTA – The Travel Association, has revealed that Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and its national airline Etihad Airways, will host the association’s Travel Convention in 2016. The convention will take place from October 10th-12th, 2016, at the Yas Viceroy Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi’s hub of leisure, sports and…
A Delta Connection plane had 78 passengers and crew on board this flight from Los Angeles, when an airport vehicle entered the runway and drove towards the aircraft. Air Traffic Control alerted the pilot after a runway incursion alarm had sounded. The aircraft had stopped safely and had later continued onto Kansas.
ABTA – The Travel Association, has revealed that Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and its national airline Etihad Airways, will host the association’s Travel Convention in 2016. The convention will take place from October 10th-12th, 2016, at the Yas Viceroy Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi’s hub of leisure, sports and…
Delta Air Lines has reported financial results for the September 2015 quarter, including adjusted net income of $1.4 billion or $1.74 per diluted share, up 45 per cent from the September quarter of 2014. “Despite currency volatility and global economic uncertainty which drove a modest decline in revenues, we expanded operating margins by over five…
An Air Astana Embraer 190 has become one of the first of 30 aircraft in the fleet to feature the distinctive Astana Expo 2017 logo on both sides of the fuselage. “Astana Expo 2017 will strongly focus on the eco-friendly energy, with exhibitors in the fields of demand, innovation and practical solutions expected to take…
Alitalia has unveiled a series of customer service enhancements that will improve the travel experience for air passengers. The national airline of Italy also confirmed that its three-year business plan was on track for profitability by 2017. Alitalia chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and vice chairman of James Hogan earlier revealed the details of a…
A record-breaking total of 2,430,142 people travelled through Manchester Airport in September 2015, making it the busiest September in the airport’s 77 year history. The year-on-year total was up 5.44 per cent on the same month last year, which moved the rolling annual total for the North’s major international airport to a new all-time high…
ABTA – The Travel Association, has revealed that Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and its national airline Etihad Airways, will host the association’s Travel Convention in 2016. The convention will take place from October 10th-12th, 2016, at the Yas Viceroy Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi’s hub of leisure, sports and…
Singapore Airlines has selected Airbus’ newly launched Ultra-Long Range version of the A350-900 for non-stop flights to the US. Under an amendment to the carrier’s existing order for 63 A350-900s, seven of the aircraft will now be delivered with an Ultra-Long Range capability for flights of up to 19 hours. Details
The 38 year old pilot ejected from the jet. Aware, he was medicalized locally by firefighters, awaiting transport by helicopter to University Hospital of Besancon, France. The F/A-18 Hornet was flying with two Swiss F-5 Tiger aircraft in a routine exercise when the crash occurred, a spokesman for the Swiss defense dept. said. Crash F18…
