Yesterday, Lufthansa flight LH764 from Munich suffured tires burdt at Mombai airport. The pilot reported landing gear problem. The emergency landing caused delay. The main runway was closed.
England’s flagship carrier British Airways have announced plans to launch 2 brand new direct services to Doha, Qatar and Muscat, Oman. Normally, customers will have to stop off in Bahrain but from October 30th, it will be a direct service. The Doha and Bahrain services will operate daily with a Boeing B787-9 aircraft while the…
Low-cost airline Norwegian continues the expansion of its groundbreaking low-cost long-haul network by launching the UK’s only direct flights to Oakland, California just in time for the summer. From 12 May, Europe’s third largest low-cost airline commences the new year-round service offering the cheapest direct flights to the West Coast with fares available from…
British Airways is one of the brands set to benefit from a new deal between the International Airlines Group and internet service provider Gogo from next year. Under terms of the deal, the company’s long-haul flights – as well as some operated by Iberia and Aer Lingus – will start being upgraded to faster ‘2Ku’ technology, which…
Another major milestone for St Helena Airport was achieved yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 10 May 2016, when Air Safety Support International (ASSI) issued an Aerodrome Certificate to St Helena Airport – having been satisfied that the Airport infrastructure, aviation security measures and air traffic control service complies with international aviation safety and security standards. This follows…
Dubai-based Emirates Airline recorded a net profit of $1.94 billion for the 2015-16 financial year ended March 31, up 56.4% compared to a net profit in the previous year. Profit margin was 8.4%, the strongest margin since 2010-11. Revenue for the period dropped 4.3%, to AED85 billion, largely as a result of the strengthening US…
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Alaska Airlines have announced plans to enter into a codeshare agreement and a frequent flier partnership, which will provide customers with an enhanced network and more mileage earning opportunities between Japan and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. With Alaska Airlines’ extensive operations across California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington, JAL customers will have…
Edinburgh Airport today publishes traffic figures highlighting strong growth and an increasingly important social and economic contribution. Passenger figures for the month rose by 8.7%, to more than a million (1,009,529). Within those numbers, international traffic is performing most strongly, up 18.4% and now accounting for more than half of the capital city airport’s traffic. …
Staff at Liverpool John Lennon Airport have celebrated a milestone this weekend with the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Airport’s runway. Whilst the Airport itself opened in July 1933, the runway used today at the Airport was officially opened on 7th May 1966. Over the past 50 years the runway has handled in excess…
Increased demand from business and leisure passengers contributed to Norwegian’s growth in April. The company carried almost 2.3 million passengers this month, an increase of 168,000 passengers compared to April previous year. The load factor was 84.5 per cent, up 2.1 percentage points. Norwegian carried 2,302,041 passengers in April, an increase of eight per cent…
