JetBlue Airways announced it will begin to offer its new Mint premium service on flights to Aruba and Barbados later this year. Aircraft with Mint service offer passengers a premium cabin with 12 fully lie-flat seats that alternate between and 2-2 and 1-1 layout. .. Link
Commercial and even military planes have an Achilles heel that could leave them vulnerable to hackers on the ground, who experts say could conceivably commandeer cockpits and create chaos in the skies. Link
Austrian Airlines is presenting its passengers an extensive offering of about 130 destinations in 58 countries during the summer of 2015. Furthermore, this year Austria’s national carrier will increasingly focus on tourist destinations and has added new destinations such as Menorca starting in June 2015 and Miami and Mauritius as of October 2015. The airline…
Azerbaijan Airlines and Turkish Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement on routes between Azerbaijan and Turkey effective from March 29th, 2015. The codeshare agreement allows passengers to benefit from a higher number of combined frequencies for better connectivity and increased travel flexibility between the two countries.
An American Airlines jet had to make an emergency landing Tuesday morning after a bird hit its windshield shortly after take-off from John F. Kennedy Airport, airline officials say. The plane, American Airlines flight 1320 bound for St. Thomas, had taken off and was in the air for about 10 minutes when a bird struck…
Officials in Malaysia have revealed plans to launch a new airline having signed a $1.5 billion deal with aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. The deal will see Malaysia purchase 20 CS100 aircraft, with options for an additional 20, for use by the new airline, flymojo. The carrier will be based out of Johor Bahru in the south…
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) – A new privately held Malaysian airline intends to buy 20 Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) CS100 aircraft for $1.5 billion (1 billion pounds), in what could be the Canadian planemaker’s first order in Southeast Asia for its long-delayed CSeries passenger jet programme. The airline, called flymojo, could also buy 20 more aircraft, which…
A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Washington, D.C., after a passenger failed to comply with crew instructions, a spokesperson for the airline said today. Flight 1074 en route to Denver returned to Dulles International Airport shortly after takeoff late Monday. The pilots told air traffic controllers that the passenger became violent but…
Finnair is expanding services between Helsinki and Tartu, Estonia’s second largest city, and re- timing schedules to create more convenient connections through Helsinki for European passengers. Tartu is Estonia’s second city as well as its historic cultural and intellectual capital, home of the University of Tartu founded in 1632.
