History was made on the island of St Helena earlier, as a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft arrived from Angola and touched down at the new Airport, prior to conducting a series of calibration flights. Stepping out of the aircraft, captain Grant Brighton said: “It feels fantastic and we’re privileged to have flown the first…
Etihad Airways, its airport services business and five of its equity partners have today successfully completed an innovative new platform financing transaction, raising $500 million on the international markets. Etihad Airport Services, airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia and Jet Airways joined together with the airline to take a new step forward in their strategic…
UK low-cost carrier easyJet will stop flights from London Gatwick to Moscow Domodedovo from March 21, 2016 due to reduced demand. “The decision has been taken in response to the significant and sustained reduction in demand for travel between Moscow and London in recent months, which has been driven by a number of factors, including…
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Qatar Airways is continuing its rapid growth and responding to increasing demand within Europe with a substantial increase in flight frequencies to Stockholm in Sweden, Copenhagen in Denmark and Brussels in Belgium. From December 1st 2015, flights from Doha to Stockholm, Sweden, will expand from a ten-times weekly service to 13 flights per week, a…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will implement the Amadeus Fare Families tool in the indirect channel, to support its innovative merchandising strategy. The move to incorporate Amadeus’ cutting-edge technology solution will help the airline achieve its objective of accelerating international growth through differentiation and upsell opportunities, via its extensive sales…
In a much-anticipated ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, Airbus has inaugurated operations at its first ever US manufacturing facility. The plant – which assembles the industry-leading family of A319s, A320s and A321s – is officially open for business, with a skilled team of more than 250 Airbus manufacturing employees now at work on the first US-made…
A Chicago bound flight from Miami has been forced to land after a passenger became unruly this afternoon. The flight crew of American Airlines Flight 1284 Miami was forced to land promptly at Indianapolis after a female passenger became unruly and struck 3 cabin crew members & 1 passenger. The aircraft was over Sullivan at…
Airbus A321 did not have Etops certification required for journey Airline says it has fixed its software to identify correct aircraft. American Airlines mistakenly sent a plane that was not authorized to make such a long journey from Los Angeles to Honolulu, the airline company has confirmed. The company is now revising internal procedures, according American Airlines…
