Finnair has become the first airline in Europe, and only second in the world, to be certified as a Stage 2 operator in the IATA Environmental Assessment program. The IATA program is an environmental management system designed to independently assess and improve an airline’s environmental standards.
fastjet Tanzania, the low-cost pan-African airline, is celebrating the major milestone of flying one million passengers across the African continent. This milestone, coming shortly after the airline’s second birthday celebration in November 2014, represents another significant achievement for the low-cost airline as it is embraced into the hearts and minds of travellers in Tanzania and…
Hainan has applied for SJC and SEA, the service to SJC will be 5X a week with the 787, and SEA will will be 4x a week with a A330. Link
The influx of private jets is so great, the Swiss Armed Forces has been forced to open up a military air base for the first time ever to absorb all the super rich flying their private jets into the event, reports Newsweek. Link
In this five-minute video, Henry Reich of MinutePhysics visits France to see how the Airbus A350 is made. While it’s no surprise that designing and building an airplane is incredibly complex, there are plenty of surprising facts in this video—like the fact that when the factory is humming, it can turn out an entire plane…
A Qantas jet was forced to abort its landing at Brisbane Airport today after a departing Virgin Australia plane had remained on the runway. Airservices Australia had confirmed that the pilot of QF528 from Sydney were issued with instruction to perform a “go around” to prevent a collision in their landing attempt at Brisbane just…
Delta Air Lines’ Chief Executive Richard Anderson has said in a statement that lower fuel prices should save the company more than $2 billion in 2015. But travellers should not expect any cuts in fares soon. Wall Street are happy as following this news, the shares of Delta had rose more than 6.5% on this…
In the wake of its massive baggage-handling issues at Denver International Airport, United Airlines is reinstating 40 previously furloughed ramp employees. “These recalled full-time workers will help us meet operational needs for spring and summer,” said airline spokesman Charles Hobart. Link
The future of the long-haul narrowbody market is now slightly clearer. Airbus has officially launched a 4,000nm (7,400km)-range version of the A321neo that can match or exceed the Boeing 757-200, including the niche role of flying from the US East Coast to secondary cities in western Europe. At the moment Boeing prefers to laugh at…
It’s the white whale of the skies and one of aviation’s rarest and most loved planes currently in service. Link
