NEWS Transavia Launches Luton & Edinburgh Flights
Transavia have launched its new UK operations out of London Luton and Edinburgh airports today on April 22nd. Only one year after starting the connections between Dublin and Paris, the low-cost airline of the Air France-KLM Group is pleased to operate its first UK flights to Paris Orly. As such Transavia establishes its position in…
NEWS American Airlines Reports Q1 2016 Profit
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported its first quarter 2016 results. The Company’s first quarter highlights include: Reported first quarter 2016 pre-tax profit of $1.2 billion excluding special items, and net profit of $765 million excluding special items First quarter 2016 adjusted earnings per diluted share rose 15 percent vs. the first quarter 2015,…
NEWS Passenger arrested for shooting video of air hostesses on Indigo flight #6E326
On IndiGo flight 6E 326 from Kolkata to Mumbai, some passengers started capturing video of the cabin crew mid-air. One of the other passengers informed the crew that they were being videographed. The captain was informed about the incident. On arrival, the security staff handed over the three passengers to the airport police.
NEWS Gatwick Airport Announces First Chinese Route
Gatwick is launching the UK’s first ever direct flights to Chongqing – one of the world’s largest urban centres and a major manufacturing and transportation hub in southwest China. The twice weekly, year round, flights will then continue to China’s fourth largest city, Tianjin, Gatwick announced today. Starting from June 25, Chinese carrier Tianjin Airlines will fly the Airbus A330 on…
NEWS American Airlines Submits Daytime Haneda Proposals
American Airlines today submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation proposing to operate daily, year-round, nonstop service to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). American’s application follows the historic signing of a new aviation agreement between the United States and Japan in February…
NEWS United Airlines Reports A Strong Q1
On April 20th, United Airlines reported their Q1 2016 financial results. The airline recorded the following: Excluding special items, UAL reported first-quarter net income of $435 million, earnings per share of $1.23 per diluted share and pre-tax earnings of $688 million. Including special items, UAL reported first-quarter net income of $313 million, earnings per share…
NEWS Heathrow records latest rise in passenger numbers in early 2016
Some 16.8 million passengers passed through Heathrow Airport in London first three months of 2016, up 2.6 per cent. At the same time, Garuda Indonesia has become the latest airline to move its London operations from Gatwick to Heathrow – boosting British businesses with increased ties to a fast-growing economy.
NEWS Thomson Announce Liverpool Expansion
Thomson Airways, along with First Choice, have announced plans to increase capacity from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport to Tenerife and Ibiza! The move to introduce new routes is part of the holiday company’s strategy to ensure customers across the UK can fly from their local airport and stay at the best hotels in some of the…
NEWS Norwegian Reports A Strong Q1 for 2016
Norwegian today reported its first quarter results for 2016 with an underlying improvement of more than 400 MNOK (£34m), compared to the same quarter previous year. The company’s intercontinental and Nordic routes had a positive impact on the results. The load factor was record high at 85 per cent, in a quarter that is traditionally considered…
NEWS Beijing Capital Airlines Announces Birmingham Route!
Beijing Capital Airlines will be launching 2 brand new services from Beijing & Hangzhou to Birmingham Airport in the United Kingdom! It is said that these flights will be on sale to UK residents through tour operators instead of directly through the airline. The travel agent is Caissa Touristic, one of China’s most important travel…
