Norwegian has been named Europe’s Leading Low-Cost Airline by the renowned World Travel Awards, one of the travel industry’s most prestigious awards. The World Travel Awards are leaders in the travel sector, with over 650,000 individual votes cast by travel professionals and consumers. Details
British Airways and oneworld partner, TAM Airlines, a LATAM Airlines Group company, will forge closer ties from October this year when they begin a codeshare agreement on flights to Sao Paulo and beyond. In the new arrangement British Airways customers will be able to book seats on TAM’s Heathrow to Sao Paulo service via ba.com…
The Spitfire owners would have had to shell out an astonishing £50,000 to cover their brief flypast, which was due to take place over central London on September 20. Paul Beaver, who was organizing the event, told the Daily Telegraph: “The route we were going to take would have made sure there was always somewhere…
Etihad Airways has appointed Neerja Bhatia to the position of vice president India & Indian Sub-Continent. Bhatia joined Etihad Airways in 2004 as sales manager Western India, shortly after the airline had launched its flights to Mumbai, its first Indian destination. Details
Emirates has extended its reach into Iran by linking Dubai with Mashhad, adding a second passenger gateway into the country after Tehran. Emirates’ five weekly flights, operated by a combination of a three class and two class configured A330-200, will help further stimulate the vital trade ties between the UAE and Iran. Details
Qatar Airways has launched a new service to its eighth destination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with four flights a week to Abha. The new route will be operated by an Airbus A320 with an average flight time of just over two hours. The aircraft will feature 144 seats in a two-class configuration of…
Emirates launched its 10th destination in the United States with the start of daily nonstop passenger service between Dubai and Orlando International Airport on 1st September. Details
Expedia is renewing its agreement with American Airlines Group for distribution of American Airlines and US Airways flights on Expedia, Travelocity and Hotwire sites. Details
Cathay Pacific has launched a four-times weekly service to Dusseldorf this week. Düsseldorf is Cathay Pacific’s second destination in Germany, after Frankfurt, and marks the latest enhancement to its Europe network. Details
A medical evacuation plane carrying seven people, including a French patient, crashed off the coast of Senegal, aviation sources said on Sunday. Contact with the twin-engine aircraft flying from Burkina Faso belonging to the private Senegalair company was lost shortly after 7pm (8pm BST) on Saturday, as it was flying over the Atlantic, 68 miles west of the capital…
The pilot of United Airlines flight UA77 raised the alarm at around 8.30am on Sunday. The Boeing 757-200 was flying from Newark, New Jersey, to Belfast. The aircraft landed safely just before 9am and Belfast International Airport confirmed the cause of the emergency was a sick passenger. The passenger was able to walk off the…
Kathy Willens/AP A New York City teacher was arrested after allegedly crashing a drone into the stands during the U.S. Open tennis tournament Thursday night. During a second-round match between Italy’s Flavia Pennetta and Monica Niculescu of Romania, the black, shoebox-sized drone flew over the court at Louis Armstrong Stadium and then crashed into empty…
