The International Air Transport Association has announced that its director general, Tony Tyler, will retire in June 2016 after serving five years in the position. “Tony Tyler is a very effective leader of IATA, who is achieving much in his role as director general,” said Andrés Conesa, chairman of the IATA Board of Governors since…
United Airlines have revealed that they are going to reply their Boeing B787-9 aircraft on the Sydney-Los Angeles and the Sydney-San Fransisco flights from the end of March next year. This means that all three of it’s daily flights between Australia and the US will use the B787-9 aircraft. United launches their Dreamliner services to…
Norwegian has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, enabling the company to launch even more long-haul routes. Both aircraft are scheduled to enter service in summer 2017. The 787-9 is larger than the eight 787-8s that Norwegian currently operates on its long-haul routes. Details
Etihad Airways has expanded its codeshare partnership with Belavia – Belarusian Airlines, to offer travellers a daily service between Abu Dhabi and Kiev, Ukraine, via Minsk National Airport. Under the agreement Etihad Airways has placed its EY flight code on Belavia’s daily services between Minsk and Kiev. Belavia and Etihad Airways signed an initial codeshare…
Qatar Airways will be reinstating its non-stop flights to Nagpur, India, from Doha, starting 1st December 2015. The re-instated service will take the airline’s total weekly passenger flights from 95 to 102 across 13 key cities in India. Qatar Airways had previously served Nagpur from September 2007 to May 2009. Details
Malaysia Airlines has named travel industry veteran Charles D. McKee as head of marketing. McKee will begin his new role on September 14. Details
Icelandair have announced a new year-round service from Aberdeen Airport to Reykjavik! The new route will be Icelandair’s second Scottish destination and their sixth destination in the UK. The route will be operated 4 times per week by an Air Iceland Dash 8 Q400. “It is a pleasure to be able to announce Aberdeen on…
Boeing Airplanes have announced that the basic design of the B777-9X has reached it’s firm configuration, meaning that the basic design and capabilities have been determined, as well as saying that the program is on time. Boeing are confident of this happening as they have increased their commercial aircraft production to 76 a month by…
Kenya Airways have managed to sell their 4 Boeing B777-200 aircraft, which were acquired by the airline in 2004 and 2007. List prices are estimated between $260-290 million due to their ages. It has been said also that Kenya Airways have contracted UK Firm Cabot Aviation to sell the planes on their behalf. Details
Japan Airlines will be returning to Dallas Fort Worth in the fall of this year. It is said that the Japanese carrier will launch services between DFW and Narita up to 4 times per week using their Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner. That means there will be at least 500-600 seats available per week on these flights.…
Christoph Debus, the CEO of Thomas Cook Airlines, was talking to James Field, one of the AirLive writers, over Twitter about the airline’s current fleet development program. James asked Christoph: “Are you happy with TCX’s fleet development? Are you considering acquiring anymore Airbus A330 aircraft to expand your long-haul operations?” Christoph replied: “We are happy…
London City airport may end up being bought by new investors in the coming months as Toronto-Based Borealis Infrastructure and German-Based Allianz put in a bid for the airport. London City airport is expected to bring in at least £2bn to the economy as well as to the airport itself also. Details
