The National Basketball Association and IMG gave signed a multiyear agreement to broadcast live NBA games on Sport 24, the only 24/7 sports channel available inflight. The new partnership will include more than 100 live regular-season, playoff and Finals games each season on inflight channel Sport 24. The IMG-owned and produced channel is available on…
flydubai’s inaugural flight has arrived in the capital city of Eritrea, Asmara. Ghaith Al Ghaith, flydubai chief executive Officer said: “The addition of Asmara to our network reflects our commitment to enhancing air connectivity to Dubai which includes 67 points that did not previously have direct air links to Dubai or were underserved.” Details
British Airways customers flying from Gatwick will soon be able to wing their way directly to the US East Coast when the airline starts direct flights to New York next year. From May 1st British Airways will fly customers in to the city that never sleeps. Customers will travel on a three-cabin Boeing 777, offering…
American Pharoah is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown in 2015. He is bred and owned by Ahmed Zayat of Zayat Stables, LLC, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden in most of his races by Victor Espinoza.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) plans to deploy Airbus A350-900s on the twice-daily Kuala Lumpur-London route currently operated by Airbus A380s starting in the fourth quarter of 2017. According to a senior MAB official, the airline has experienced extreme difficulty filling the A380s, even in economy class.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will commence daily A380 services between Abu Dhabi and Melbourne on June 1st, 2016. The flagship superjumbo will operate flights EY460/461, one of the airline’s twice daily Abu Dhabi-Melbourne services. It will replace one of the three-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft currently deployed on the route.…
Norwegian Airlines announced that it finalized an order with Boeing for 19 787-9 Dreamliners. The order, which includes options for 10 additional 787-9s, is valued at over $5 billion at list prices. DSC_0277The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is the second member of the Dreamliner family to be produced. Similar to the 787-8, the lengthened variant of…
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Qatar Airways in March is to begin service to Birmingham from Doha on a 787. The new flight is to operate daily – except there is two flights on Saturday! Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday QR35 departs Doha at 0125 and arrives to Birmingham at 0645 QR36 departs Birmingham at 0915 and arrives to Doha…
A man returning from a meeting about disabled accessibility policies arrived home with a very personal example of the problem. D’Arcee Neal, who has cerebral palsy, took a five-hour flight from San Francisco to Washington last week. A mix-up at the gate meant there was no wheelchair to help the 29-year-old off the plane, so…
A woman deported to her homeland Taiwan after giving birth on a flight to the U.S. in an apparent attempt to give her baby American citizenship may have to pay hefty compensation for forcing the plane to divert. The China Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Alaska en route from Taipei…
