NEWS Hawaiian Airlines achieves fast travel Platinum status
Hawaiian is the first airline in the United States to achieve Platinum status, which recognizes carriers that offer four or more Fast Travel compliant solutions to at least 80% of their passengers. Link
NEWS TransAsia plane crashes in Taiwan river – as it happened
Reports of 23 killed after regional airliner with 58 on board came down in Keelung river in Taipei Link
NEWS Incident: American B738 near Boston on Jan 14th 2015, PFD went blank
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N805NN performing flight AA-1027 from Boston,MA to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was climbing through FL250 out of Boston when the crew decided to return to Boston due to a primary flight display going blank. Link
NEWS TransAsia Airways plane crash kills scores in Taipei
More than a dozen people are fear killed after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed in Taipei. Flight GE235 came down in the Keelung River in the centre of the Taiwanese capital.
NEWS Airlines come out in favour of Heathrow expansion in UK
In its closing submission to the Airports Commission today, the Board of Airline Representatives in the UK, representing over 70 airlines, has stated that expansion at Heathrow is the right solution to drive the UK’s economy. At the same time, UKinbound is calling upon the Airports Commission to recommend the development of additional runways at…
NEWS Korean Air to launch direct flights to Rome and Milan in Italy
Korean Air has announced it will change the current service on its Seoul Incheon-Milan-Rome–Incheon route, to provide direct flights to both Milan and Rome, offering three flights a week to each destination, with Milan increasing to four times a week in March. The changes will come into effect on February 25th 2015. The Rome service…