Helsinki based airline Finnair will be delivered of its first A350 from Airbus on the 7th October. The airline has 19 of the A350 on order and all are to be delivered by 2023. Their first A350 will enter long haul service on 21st November to Shanghai. Following this the next routes will include Beijing,…
Flights offered by the Wings family of airlines, Eurowings and Germanwings, for next summer are now on sale. Departures planned between March 27th and October 29th next year are now open for booking. For the first time, travellers arranging their summer holidays next year can book their intercontinental flights with Eurowings and their European routes…
Mindtree, a digital transformation and technology services company, has signed a strategic partnership with flydubai to shape the full digital experience of the connected traveller. Details
Sabre Corporation has signed an agreement with Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras to distribute Azul’s fares via the Sabre GDS. Details
United Airlines has launched its nonstop service between Newcastle and its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, will return in summer 2016. The flights will operate six times weekly during the period May 26, 2016 to September 6, 2016. Details
Ryanair will open a new base at Santiago, its 12th in Spain, for Summer 2016, with one based aircraft following an investment of $100 million. Details
Amid concerns raised by United States and Israel, Russia has deployed fighter jets to Syria. Satellite images revealed a deployment of four Sukhoi Su-27/30SM fighters to Russian forward operating base setup in Latakia, Syria.
Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection employees are planning 10 days of disruptions to protest pay and working conditions. Staff processing departing and arriving travellers on international flights are prepared to stop work for two hours twice a day during morning and afternoon peaks in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Coolangatta and Cairns.…
Mindtree, a digital transformation and technology services company, has signed a strategic partnership with flydubai to shape the full digital experience of the connected traveller. Details
The Boeing 737-800 registration G-FDZG from Tenerife was approaching Cardiff in the early hours of Saturday morning when the pilot reported the problem. “He radioed Cardiff and said we were going to do an emergency landing.“He said, ‘This is not a drill. Prepare for an emergency landing.” According to reports there was a problem with…
Authorities say the incident happened at 8:30 a.m. Saturday as Virgin Atlantic Flight 26 was being pushed back from the gate by a tug. There were 277 passengers and 14 crew members. A spokeswoman Virgin Atlantic Airways said a “miscalculation by the tug” caused minor damage to one of the plane’s wing tips. She said…
