Qatar Airways has launched a new service to its eighth destination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with four flights a week to Abha. The new route will be operated by an Airbus A320 with an average flight time of just over two hours. The aircraft will feature 144 seats in a two-class configuration of…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has appointed Neerja Bhatia to the position of Vice President India and Indian Sub-Continent. Ms Bhatia joined Etihad Airways in 2004 as Sales Manager Western India, shortly after the airline had launched its flights to Mumbai, its first Indian destination. Details
A passenger has been tackled by cabin crew after starting two small fires on board a Monarch flight to Egypt. Police launched a investigation after the incidents on the Monarch flight from Birmingham to Sharm el Sheikh. The fires were quickly extinguished by crew on board and no one way hurt. The plane however is…
CityJet have unveiled a picture of what their new livery is going to look like on their fleet of Avro RJ85’s. The first image shows the picture that was teasing people with the tail of EI-RJT, one of their Avro RJ85’s. The second image shows pictures from one of the painting staff on Airliners.net of…
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle and Charleston), China’s leading provider of commercial airplanes, today projected a demand in the country for 6,330 new airplanes over the next 20 years. Boeing released its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO) today in Beijing, estimating the total value of those new airplanes at $950 billion.
Transport Canada reported an oil spillage on September 3rd at Greater Moncton International Airport after a small aircraft blew it’s tires and spilled 200 litres of fuel over the runway. In a statement, it was mentioned that the aircraft, a Canadair CT-114 Tutor, leaked the fuel due to the tires being over-inflated which resulted in…
French investigators have said “with certainty” that debris found on Reunion Island is from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The flight went missing in March 2014 on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with the feared loss of all 239 people on board. Details
Etihad Airways has appointed Sajida Ismail as vice president service and hospitality to lead service design and development of the hospitality culture across all areas of the business. Reporting to Shane O’Hare, Etihad Airways senior vice president marketing, Ismail will be responsible for the design of Etihad Airways’ award-winning signature service at all customer touch…
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has proven to people that being nice to the customers will influence them to fly more. Ryanair have posted record passenger growth for August 2015 with a sharp increase of 10% to 10.4 million passengers in the month of August. They have also announced that all flights are hitting a load…
Dubai Airports has announced that 6.68 million passengers passed through Dubai International in July -up 29.6 per cent from the same month last year when traffic numbers were affected by a runway refurbishment programme. Passenger numbers in July totalled to 6,682,676 compared to the 5,155,771 handled in July 2014 when the airport was reduced to…
fastjet has increased the number of flights on its growing international and domestic network from Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania, in response to strong passenger demand. The low-cost carrier now offers daily flights on its international routes from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg, Harare and Lusaka, providing passengers with increased and more…
An airline pilot, flying as a passenger enroute to Charlotte was caught texting on his cellphone while the plane was in the takeoff roll. This is something that is in violation of federal rules. A Charlotte resident recorded this unidentified pilot texting. The passenger then wrote to the CEO of American Airlines, Doug Parker to…
