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NEWS Turnaround momentum grows at Jet Airways as profits rise
Jet Airways has announced a strong financial performance, with record profits of US$71 million for the third quarter ending December 31st, 2015. This is compared to US$0.5 million in quarter three of last year, providing further evidence of the growing momentum of its turnaround programme. Details
NEWS Garuda Indonesia launches Wonderful Indonesia Travel Pass
Following the recent announcement that the airline will launch the first non-stop service from the UK to Jakarta from their new base at London Heathrow, Garuda Indonesia have made travel beyond the capital that much simpler with the ‘Wonderful Indonesia Travel Pass’. The pass allows travellers the chance to explore Indonesia at their own leisure…
NEWS Schütz takes over as chief information officer at Lufthansa
Effective immediately, Roland Schütz has been appointed chief information officer of all Lufthansa Group airlines. Alongside the premium hub airlines Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss, are the flight operations of the second brand, Eurowings, which is to be developed into the third largest European carrier for point-to-point traffic. Details
NEWS New routes at Pegasus Airlines drive passenger numbers skyward in 2015
Turkey’s leading low-cost airline Pegasus Airlines achieved 13.2 per cent year-on-year growth in the number of guests carried, flying a total of 22.3 million guests in 2015. In 2015, 13.81 million guests flew on domestic routes in Turkey, translating to an increase of 15.4 per cent compared to the previous year, while the number of…
NEWS Hainan boosts capacity on Manchester-Beijing route
It is a very happy Chinese New Year for the UK’s third largest airport, as Hainan Airlines has increased capacity on its Manchester-Beijing route, before it has even launched. Starting on June 10th 2016, Hainan Airlines will fly four times a week to the Chinese capital and has announced this week it will increase capacity…
NEWS fastjet launches Harare-Johannesburg low-cost flights
fastjet’s inaugural flight between Harare in Zimbabwe and Johannesburg in South Africa took off earlier, marking the low-cost airline’s newest international route in Africa. Flight FN8102 departed Harare International Airport at 06:15 and landed in Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport at 07:55. The return FN8108 flight from Johannesburg took off at 08:40 and was welcomed…
NEWS New leadership for Etihad Airways in United States
Etihad Airways has appointed Craig Thomas as general manager for the United States. Thomas, the first general manager for the United States in the airline’s history, will be based in New York where he will be responsible for all commercial activity for Etihad Airways, as well as further growing the airline’s relationships with trade and…
NEWS Ryanair launches London-Toulouse route
Ryanair has launched its first flights at Toulouse Blagnac, its 32nd French airport, with 7 routes to/from Berlin, Brussels, Fez, London, Madrid, Malta and Warsaw from November 2016. The carrier expects the route to support 450 “on-site” jobs at Toulouse Airport. Details
NEWS easyJet steps up Scottish expansion
easyJet has launched flights from Edinburgh to Venice. Additionally this week the airline will make a further addition to its Scottish network with services from Edinburgh to Vienna commencing on 6 February. Details
NEWS Sabre, American Airlines ink deal
American Airlines and Sabre Corporation announced the availability of American’s Preferred and Main Cabin Extra Seats through Sabre’s travel marketplace using NDC-based technology standards. This launch represents both companies’ first implementation of NDC technology standards for ancillaries sold through a global distribution system (GDS). Details
NEWS Austrian Airlines and Sabre roll out mobile solution
Austria’s flagship carrier, Austrian Airlines, is launching a new mobile solution, eFlight Manager, developed by Sabre Corporation, which will enable real-time NOTAM, weather and flightplan updates throughout the lifecycle of the airline’s flights if air-to-ground communication is available in the cockpit. Details
