A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year’s MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been fired after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, the government said Thursday. AFP
Korean Air has announced an extended codeshare agreement with China Airlines, increasing the flights offered by Korean Air between South Korea and Taiwan. Following regulatory approval, flights will be added between Seoul and Kaohsiung and also between Busan and Taipei. A codeshare is an aviation business partnership whereby a flight operated by one airline, is…
Amadeus’ Airport IT business has firmly established itself in the North American region with the acquisition of AirIT, previously wholly-owned by Fraport. It is the second acquisition of well-established airport industry players for Amadeus in the past 15 months.With this acquisition Amadeus expands its presence and its capabilities to serve the North American market, a…
Qatar Airways will introduce a second Airbus A380 aircraft on the London Heathrow to Doha route from July 1st 2015. It will replace the current A330 aircraft which operates the sector. The arrival of the second A380 on the Doha-to-London service reinforces Qatar Airways’ presence in the United Kingdom, with six flights a day between…
Southern Chile’s Calbuco volcano has erupted for the second time in a day, after being dormant for about half a century. The first eruption on Wednesday sent a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilometres into the sky, local television images showed. More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from the sparsely populated area…
United Airlines said Thursday that it has swapped 10 orders of Boeing Co (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners for 10 larger 777-300ER jets, marking a victory for the plane manufacturer as it seeks to sell out the 777 planes before their production ends. The news follows months of speculation that Chicago-based United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N) would…
The International Air Transport Association will host the second annual Cabin Operations Safety Conference on May 5th-7th in Paris, France. It will be the first such meeting since Germanwings flight 9525 crashed in southern France on March 24th with the loss of 150 lives. The co-pilot of the Airbus A320, Andreas Lubitz, is believed to…
The first new Thameslink trains serving Gatwick Airport are on track to begin service from spring 2016 on the Brighton to Bedford line, the manufacturer Siemens has announced. From 2018, these new trains will also start operating on two new direct services connecting Gatwick to both Peterborough and Cambridge, following completion of the £6.5 billion…
To celebrate the 250th delivery, easyJet unveiled its newest A320 with a unique livery featuring 250 miniature aircraft. As with other recent deliveries to easyJet, the A320 is equipped with the latest technology and fuel-saving Sharklets. Carolyn McCall, CEO of easyJet, commented: “Taking delivery of our 250th Airbus helps us to continue to make travel…
Qantas will replace its flagship Airbus A380s with Boeing 747s on several flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Los Angeles over the next six weeks, with one of the airline’s twelve superjumbos currently out of action. This is due to tailplane damage to A380 VH-OQF during maintenance last week.
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, a world leader in luxury hospitality and service, has unveiled the new Four Seasons Private Jet – marking the establishment of a new standard in luxury hospitality experiences. The culmination of a vision to deliver a fully immersive Four Seasons Private Jet Experience both in the air and on the…
Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD), the aerospace manufacturing division of the Korean Air Group, has been selected by Airbus to supply new Sharklet wingtip devices including a wingspan extension for the A330neo – the new variant of the best-selling A330 Family of widebody aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement, KAL-ASD will manufacture the new…