NEWS Is There Anywhere Emirates Won’t Fly? 100 New Destinations by 2025
Emirates will double the size of its fleet and begin service to 100 destinations once it transfers operations to Dubai World Central (DWC) by 2025.
NEWS Malaysia Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Melbourne
A Malaysia Airlines plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in Melbourne, Australia, after reports of a possible engine fire. Flight MH148 was on route for Kuala Lumpur before returning to Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport shortly after take-off. The plane had 300 passengers on-board at the time of the incident.
NEWS Azul Wins Privatization Process TAP
The proposed was the most advantageous ahead of billionaire Germán Efromovic, Avianca. Beyond the Blue, Neeleman is the founder of three other airlines: Morris Air and JetBlue in the United States, and WestJet, Canada.
NEWS Untrained ground crew causes cancellation of first commercial flight of brand-new Tunisair A330 to be cancelled
An incident with the fire extinguishers in the cargo hold of the brand-new Tunisair A330 caused cancellation of the first commercial flight today. Untrained workers set off the fire extinguishers, apparently the oxygen masks for the passengers were also deployed.
NEWS Officials mull manslaughter charges following Germanwings crash
Officials in France have announced they will open a preliminary investigation into possible manslaughter charges following the crash of a Germanwings plane. All 150 people on board, mostly from Spain and Germany, died in the crash in March.
NEWS Boeing delivers first ever all-new plane to Myanmar
Boeing and Myanmar National Airlines have celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Next-Generation 737-800 leased from GE Capital Aviation Services, the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE. The celebration also marked the first all-new Boeing airplane to be delivered to any Myanmar-based airline.
NEWS Frontier Airlines is removing departure time from their boarding passes
Story from ABC News: Frontier Airlines has decided to eliminate the departure time from boarding passes, and will instead list “boarding begins” and “doors close” on the boarding passes. The airline began gradually rolling out the new boarding passes last week, and the change went system-wide over the weekend. But why the change? Frontier says…
NEWS Airbus transport #A400M crash caused by “wipe” of critical engine control data
More details are emerging about the software problem that caused the crash. Airbus had already revealed that the fatal crash of an Airbus A400M military transport was caused by what was described as a “quality issue in the final assembly” of the electronic control units (ECU)—a fault in software configuration that led to a loss…
NEWS SAS to begin Gothenburg-Stansted flights in October
London Stansted Airport has received a major boost with the announcement that Scandinavian flag carrier, SAS, will begin new flights to Gothenburg later this year. Scheduled to commence on October 26th, 2015, Scandinavia’s largest airline is returning to London’s third busiest airport after a 14 year absence.
NEWS New leadership for Delta as Cantarutti moves to SkyTeam
Delta Air Lines has promoted Nathaniel Pieper to the position of senior vice president – Europe, Middle East and Africa effective in August 2015. He replaces Perry Cantarutti who will leave Delta on secondment to the SkyTeam global airline alliance to assume the position of chief executive officer.
NEWS British Airways re-launches On Business scheme
British Airways is to help businesses reach new heights with the re-launch of its On Business scheme, aimed at small and medium enterprises. Last year alone the On Business scheme saved firms £34 million on travelling to do business face-to-face, and the re-vamped programme will now enable travellers to choose between an immediate discount of…
NEWS Emirates may buy longest-range Boeing 777-200LR jets
Boeing may be getting an order for up to 15 of the ultra-long-range 777-200LR jetliners, a boost in the company’s effort to keep the Everett line going at full rate until the 777X is in full production. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported that Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark said a potential order is…
