NEWS Singapore Airlines’ new SilverKris Lounge opens in Heathrow T2
Singapore Airlines has unveiled its brand new SilverKris Lounge at Heathrow, following the airline’s recent move into Heathrow’s Terminal 2.
NEWS: Conflict zone risk information website to reduce aircraft risk
The UN agency responsible for overseeing international aviation has set up a prototype repository for conflict zone risk information in the wake of last year’s destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 leaving Schiphol on July 17 last year. (AFP) The International Civil Aviation Organisation website will allow governments, airlines and the public…
ALERT Carson Air Flight 66 Goes Missing
Vancouver Airport Authority was notified that Carson Air Flight 66 departing from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) at 06:43 this morning for Prince George Airport (YXS) has lost contact with NavCanada’s Kamloops Flight Information Centre. Carson Air Flight 66 is a cargo flight using a Metro II aircraft with two people on board. Carson Air cargo…
NEWS: Hobart airport website taken over by pro-Islamic State hackers
Hobart’s airport website has been offline today after being taken over by pro-Islamic State hackers who published messages supporting the jihadist group. Hobart International Airport, whose website has been taken over by pro-Islamic State hackers. (News Corp Australia) Police said hackers appeared to have targeted the web host used by the Hobart International Airport in…
NEWS Air France signs cooperation deal with Air Seychelles
Air Seychelles and Air France have signed a memorandum of understanding, heralding a new era of commercial cooperation between the two carriers. The agreement was signed at a meeting in Aix en Provence in France between Joël Morgan, Seychelles minister of foreign affairs and transport and chairman of Air Seychelles, and Frédéric Gagey, chairman of…
NEWS US president Obama oversees $6bn Boeing-Copa aircraft order
Panama president Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez and United States president Barack Obama have witnessed a historic agreement in which Copa Airlines and Boeing announced an order for 61 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes. The order, valued at $6.6 billion at list prices, is the largest commercial transaction ever between a Panamanian and a…
NEWS US president Obama oversees $6bn Boeing-Copa aircraft order
Panama president Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez and United States president Barack Obama have witnessed a historic agreement in which Copa Airlines and Boeing announced an order for 61 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes. The order, valued at $6.6 billion at list prices, is the largest commercial transaction ever between a Panamanian and a…
NEWS NATS tracks upward trend in UK aviation sector
Leading UK air traffic control company NATS saw an increase in flight traffic of 4.2 per cent in March compared to the same month last year, handling a total of 183,187 flights. Domestic flights led the UK market growth with an increase of 7.7 per cent compared to March 2014. This is the fifth consecutive…
NEWS Etihad takes on new leadership for GCC role
Etihad Airways has appointed Othman Aleghfeli, a UAE national, as area manager Gulf Cooperation Council. He moves up from his current position as assistant general manager for the airline’s Abu Dhabi Hub. In the new role, Othman will be responsible for overseeing the airline’s operations and driving growth in the GCC.
NEWS Pegasus Airlines expands UK network with new Gatwick departure
Low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is launching new flights between London Gatwick and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen. The flights will offer passengers a chance to fly onto destinations across Turkey and beyond as well as to North Cyprus from May 1st. This new route flying between London Gatwick and Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen will operate six days a…
NEWS Emirates launches second daily A380 service to Zurich
Emirates is launching a second daily A380 service to Zurich, adding 945 seats a week on the route, with 280 in First Class and Business Class. Commencing October 1st 2015, Emirates flights EK85/86, currently operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, will be upgraded to an A380. The first A380 was introduced on the route in January…
NEWS Munich Airport taps into Amadeus technology
Munich Airport has adopted and deployed the Amadeus Airport Sequence Manager as part of the A-CDM initiatives that the airport has been implementing and pioneering since 2007.