Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that it will launch a new four-times-weekly service from London’s Gatwick Airport and Hong Kong on September 2nd, 2016. Subject to government approval, Cathay will be the only airline that flies non-stop between Gatwick and Hong Kong. Details
Emirates wants to operate a twice-daily A380 service to Amsterdam Schiphol as soon as possible, according to CEO Tim Clark. A double-daily superjumbo service to the city would be good for the Dutch economy, Clark told Holland’s Financieele Dagblatt. He said: “Five hundred extra passengers. Why would Schiphol not want that?”More: http://ift.tt/1j9IyWZ
Thousands of Boeing employees in Renton, Washington, have celebrated the completion of final assembly of the first 737 MAX 8. “Today marks another in a long series of milestones that our team has achieved on time, per plan, together,” said Keith Leverkuhn, vice president and general manager, 737 MAX, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Details
Iraq’s national flag carrier will begin its first direct flights from Baghdad to Washington next year, Iraqi Airways’ Director General Osama Sadr told reporters on Wednesday. “The preparation has been done after several meetings were held with the administrative bodies of the airports that Iraq is planning to travel to,” Sadr said, announcing that flights…
A Sydney bound Virgin Australia flight was preparing for departure when ground crew noticed a fuel leak. The ARFF we’re called to attend the incident at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport at around 8:15am this morning. A Virgin Australia spokeswomen said: “The captain decided to return to the gate at Melbourne Airport in accordance with standard operating…
Story by Forbes United says it will end its Washington Dulles-Dubai flight next month due to the difficulty of competing with the subsidized Gulf carriers, especially after a federal agency has determined that government employees traveling on the route should fly on Emirates aircraft. In August, the General Services Administration awarded the 2016 contract for…
Airbus trailed Boeing in wide-body passenger aircraft orders throughout the year, but now posted 134 orders to 113 for passenger wide-body aircraft. The orders were for 134 A330ceos/neos and for 42 777 Classics and Xs. Cancellations for 19 A350-900s were offset by an equal number of A330-900s as TAP Portugal swapped one model for the…
The terrorist attacks that took the lives of 130 people in Paris on November 13 have resulted in huge losses for the country’s leading airline. “The negative impact of the Paris attacks on total November revenues is estimated to be around €50 million. Current booking trends are in line with a progressive recovery including a…
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Manchester Airport saw a 6.2 per cent year-on-year increase in passengers last month, breaking its all-time record in the process – thanks partly to the poor weather in November 2014 and the rise in long-haul traffic. A grand total of 1,479,740 people travelled through the UK’s global gateway for the North in November 2015. This…
British Airways has announced that its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, complete with a new First cabin, will start flying to Shanghai from summer 2016. The airline also announced an additional three flights a week between Heathrow and Shanghai from February 20th, 2016. The new flights have been conveniently timed to fly overnight so offers a…
