Boeing chairman Jim McNerney has announced that the company’s board has elected Randall Stephenson as a new director, effective February 2016. Stephenson, 55, has been chairman and chief executive of AT&T, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, since 2007. AT&T is a global leader in integrated connectivity solutions for businesses and consumers, including video…
The Dutch government has now granted permission to operate an additional A380 flight at Amsterdam Schiphol, according to reports. Emirates already operates a twice daily service (the other flight is currently flown by B777-300ER) from the Dutch airport so it means it will be able to both offer a more attractive product for both flights…
Ooredoo, the fastest-growing telecommunications company in the world, has become the exclusive three-year sponsor of on-board Wi-Fi across the Qatar Airlines fleet. This pioneering partnership sees two of the country’s biggest brands come together to offer customers worldwide one of the best on-board connections. Effective from December, Qatar Airways passengers on all connected aircraft will…
Global air services provider dnata has signed another multi-year agreement with a Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines to provide full ground handling services for the airline’s new flights to Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport. This is the second Chinese airline customer that dnata has won this year, adding to the contract with Xiamen Air announced earlier in…
A light plane has crashed after take off near Delhi Airport and killed 10 people. The Beechcraft King Air plane that is chartered by India’s Border Security Force had come down after hitting a wall in Dwarka district and burst into flames. Officials: The plane was carrying members of the border patrol force The incident…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed upright on solid ground at Cape Canaveral, after traveling into space and back. It’s the first time SpaceX has been able to gently touch down the Falcon 9 post-launch — something the company has been trying to do for the past year. It’s a big first step toward reusable…
Global air services provider dnata has signed another multi-year agreement with a Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines to provide full ground handling services for the airline’s new flights to Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport. This is the second Chinese airline customer that dnata has won this year, adding to the contract with Xiamen Air announced earlier in…
16 years ago today, all 4 crew members lost their lives after Korean Air Cargo Flight KE8509 (HL7451) crashed into Hatfield Forest near Great Halingbury, England. Shortly after taking off from London Stranded Airport to Malpensa Airport, Italy. The cause of the crash was attitude director indicator (ADI) failure combined with pilot error. The first…
CTI, the leading regional business travel provider, has announced the appointment of Clive Wratten as its chief executive. Wratten, 52, joined CTI in June 2015 as commercial director, and since joining has already restructured the sales and client management teams and evolved CTI’s positioning to be a Travel Partnership Company. Details
easyJet has announced that it has appointed Jacky Simmonds as group people director and that she will join the airline on January 4th 2016. Prior to this appointment Simmonds was TUI Group’s global human resources director, having worked for TUI for fifteen years. She is also a non-executive director of Wolseley PLC where she is…
In conjunction with Panasonic Avionics, leading inflight connectivity provider AeroMobile has launched the first inflight 3G network, creating a step change in the connected experience. The inflight 3G network operated over Panasonic’s Ku service enables a quality and range of services much closer to those experienced on the ground. Details
Etihad Airways is set to become the Official Airline of the Ladies European Tour in 2016, taking over sponsorship of Europe’s leading women’s professional golf tour. The LET was originally formed as the WPGA in 1978 and over the last 36 years has developed into an internationally recognised sporting organisation. Details
