Ryanair has welcomed changes made to the eDreams display on the Google search page, less than 36 hours after the low-cost carrier initiated legal proceedings against both companies to stop consumers being deceived. The eDreams paid advertising has been amended to now read ‘Ryanair Flight on eDreams’, instead of ‘Ryanair: Cheap Flights’. Details
Ryanair has announced that it had launched High Court proceedings against both eDreams and Google to stop the companies “misleading” consumers by advertising non-existent fares. The low-cost carrier argues the eDreams website and Google search adverts carry such fares. These practises are prohibited by consumer legislation. Details
The use of the British Airways Apple Watch app has quadrupled in just four months, and in response the airline is introducing new scanners to make them easier, and faster to use. Customers will be able to slide their wrists under the new ‘Scan and Go’ devices to scan their boarding pass, print their own…
Ryanair has announced that it had launched High Court proceedings against both eDreams and Google to stop the companies “misleading” consumers by advertising non-existent fares. The low-cost carrier argues the eDreams website and Google search adverts carry such fares. These practises are prohibited by consumer legislation. Details
The use of the British Airways Apple Watch app has quadrupled in just four months, and in response the airline is introducing new scanners to make them easier, and faster to use. Customers will be able to slide their wrists under the new ‘Scan and Go’ devices to scan their boarding pass, print their own…
LAN and TAM are the first South American airline companies to develop and provide their pilots and cabin crew members tablets equipped with applications geared to facilitate, optimise and improve the information management process for flight operations and service on-board. Both airlines are members of LATAM Airlines Group. Details
A pilot has been caught with nearly 22 pounds (10kg) of cocaine in his baggage – but claims the drugs aren’t his! Pilot Kenneth Parrock was arrested at Lima airport, Peru and though he did admit that the two bags were his, he denies the cocaine found belonged to him. He was on a layover…
Air India has started non stop service from New Delhi to San Francisco today. Air India officials said that the response so far has been encouraging and all San Fransisco flights for December is 90% booked. Air India plans to launch the three flights a week – on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
Indonesian officials have suggested a faulty component was a “major factor” in the crash of an AirAsia operated Airbus A320-200 in December last year. Flight QZ8501 came down on route from Surabaya to Singapore when it came down in the Java Sea, with the loss of 162 lives. Details
China will mandate that its air traffic controllers use only English when communicating with pilots of any airline starting in 2017, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). According to Zhao Yun, an official at the CAAC in Beijing, the move will improve situational awareness for foreign pilots. By ATC communicating in English…
Boeing Co said it plans to roll out its first 737 MAX jetliner on Dec. 8 from its Renton factory in Washington. Boeing, which has almost 3,000 orders for the 737 MAX, is on track to deliver the jetliner in the third quarter of 2017, the Chicago-based company said in an emailed statement. Press release…
The last Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane built at the company’s Long Beach plant departed from the facility Sunday, ending production — at least for now — of the last military or civilian aircraft to be built in California. In an event attended by hundreds of Boeing employees, the aerospace giant officially ended production…
