Turkish Airlines has introduced a new route to Dammam, Saudi Arabia, from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. The carrier ranks among the world’s major airlines, with a flight network reaching 276 destinations in 110 countries. Details
Protestors from the environmental group Plane Stupid have staged a demonstration at London Heathrow Airport following the recommendation of a third runway there. Flights were interested this morning after demonstrators cut through a wire fence and got on to the north runway earlier this morning. Details
British Airways’ new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, complete with a new First class cabin, will start flying to Delhi from October 25th. The 787-9, the first of which is due to arrive with British Airways in September, is 20ft longer that its 787-8 predecessor, so as well as offering World Traveller, World Traveller Plus and Club…
Protestors from the environmental group Plane Stupid have staged a demonstration at London Heathrow Airport following the recommendation of a third runway there. Flights were interested this morning after demonstrators cut through a wire fence and got on to the north runway earlier this morning. Details
easyJet has launched a new iPhone app that includes a range of new features designed to make travel simpler and easier for passengers. Since the launch of easyJet’s first iPhone app in 2011 the app has evolved from easy booking and check-in functionality to include popular features like passport scanning, live flight tracking, mobile boarding…
Etihad Airways has launched two community outreach activities in Kenya with donations of blankets and school supplies to the Dream Children’s Home, and the Children in Freedom organisation. Details
Emirates has launched its second daily service from Dubai International Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The new service, EK227, which began on 7th July and is operated by a Boeing 777-200LR, will depart Dubai at 3:15 a.m. and arrives in Seattle at 6:55 a.m. The return flight, EK228, departs Seattle at 9:40 a.m. and arrives…
Avis Budget Group has entered into an expanded, new multi-year partnership marketing agreement with Southwest Airlines which will enable the Company to promote Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and Payless Car Rental offers, products and services to Southwest customers. Details
SWISS will receive the first of its nine new Boeing 777-300ERs next January. The ‘Triple Sevens’ will be deployed on routes to and from Asia, South America and the US West Coast from the 2016 summer schedules onwards. Details
The board of Ryanair has voted unanimously to accept an offer from International Airlines Group for the low-cost carrier’s 29.8 per cent shareholding in Aer Lingus Group. Ryanair’s stake in Aer Lingus has been available for sale since May 2012, after failed attempts from the low-cost giant to acquire the whole of the Irish flag-carrier.…
Australia’s supplier of airport regulation and aeronautics putting out fires will today check 20 years of conveying world-class air route administrations and one of the best avionics wellbeing records on the planet. Airservices and the flying controller, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), were both set up from the division of the previous Civil Aviation…
Teams are scanning for a little, private plane that didn’t achieve its destination in Lynden, Washington, on Saturday, the Washington State Department of Transportation said. The plane conveying three individuals, including the pilot, left western Montana around 4 p.m. Saturday and was expected in Lynden around 7 p.m. Those on the plane were recognized by…
