Iran is looking at buying planes from the US manufacturer Boeing as it moves to upgrade its fleet following the removal of UN sanctions. Iran’s deputy transport minister has told Reuters that Iran is looking at buying 100 new planes. UN sanctions were lifted a week ago, which allowed Airbus to negotiate a deal to…
#BREAKING: Video of #Alaska #earthquake at Alaska Air cargo center Anchorage Int. Airport via-Arv Pugay. #AKQuake http://pic.twitter.com/QfW6Q7AYi4 — Bryan Stranahan (@stranaconda) 24 Janvier 2016
As part of its fleet renewal strategy, Gulf Air has announced a firm order of 29 A320neo Family. The new order includes 17 A321neo and 12 A320neo of which ten A320neo were initially confirmed in 2012. The contract was signed at the Bahrain International Airshow between Maher Salman Al Musallam, chief executive, Gulf Air, and…
The first Lufthansa Airbus A320neo has been transferred to Frankfurt. The A320neo, with the registration D-AINA, took off with the flight number LH9922 at 13:34 local time from the Airbus factory site in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, and landed safely 40 minutes later at 14:14 at its future home airport in Frankfurt. Details
TAP Portugal has announced significant changes taking place throughout the next two years. Among the investments, which have a focus on improving both airline efficiency and passenger comfort, will be the addition of 53 new aircrafts, €60 million to be spent on cabin interiors, €2 million for a new digital reservations platform and the increase…
Scandinavian Airlines flight with 72 passengers to Stockholm from London made an emergency landing after a bomb threat this morning Plane was parked at remote area of Gothenburg airport where it was met by a bomb team to search the plane. All passengers and crew were evacuated and later issued a food voucher with the…
A huge blizzard is on its way to the US east coast and is expected to leave near-record levels of snow on Washington DC and surrounding states. Philadelphia Airport tweets to say that all flights to the airport are cancelled on Saturday because of a major storm approaching the region. 50 million locals have been…
British Airways statement There are severe snow storms forecast across the East Coast of the USA, and as a result many flights to and from the region will be affected on Friday January 22 and Saturday January 23. There will be no British Airways flights to or from Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Newark on Saturday…
Ryanair has announced that its Business Plus fare is now available to travel agents on the Amadeus network, allowing even more business customers to travel on the lowest fares. Ryanair head of corporate, Tim Howe Schröder said: “More and more business travellers are choosing Ryanair as their preferred airline doing business trips and we are…
United Airlines has reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 financial results, revealing full-year net income of $4.5 billion, or $11.88 per diluted share, excluding special items. Including special items, UAL reported full-year net income of $7.3 billion. Details
