NEWS All Nippon Airways Places Airbus, Boeing Orders
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has placed orders for Airbus and Boeing aircraft to bolster the airline’s growing fleet. Link
NEWS Easyjet, it’s Gatwick’s biggest airline – but calls for new runway at Heathrow
Now that easyJet flight to Belfast, Berlin or Barcelona could soon be departing from Terminal 4 at Heathrow. As Britain’s largest budget airline is Gatwick’s biggest customer. But it has told the Airports Commission that the next new runway in London should be built at Heathrow, not at Gatwick, The commission run by Sir Howard…
NEWS First Eurowings A320 to take off Feb. 1; Germanwings to go by year end
Lufthansa Group’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings will perform its maiden flight Feb. 1 from Hamburg to Prague, with its first 162-seat Airbus A320. Link
NEWS Near-midair collision shakes JetBlue passengers
The FAA has opened an investigation into a JetBlue flight involved in a close call with another plane over Westchester County Airport. About 1:45 p.m. Sunday, JetBlue Airways Flight 94 from Orlando was preparing to land at the airport when its pilots received a safety alert from air-traffic controllers about a plane in the vicinity,…
NEWS RAF E-3D Sentry deployed to fight ISIL
Royal Air Force’s E-3D Sentry airborne control and command aircraft has joined the formidable array of coalition aircraft operating against ISIL forces this week. Link
NEWS Spirit Airlines takes a swipe at the expensive Super Bowl ads
Spirit Airlines has created perhaps the cheapest “Big Game” Ad ever. No Hollywood actors, no pyrotechnics, no elaborate sets and of course no expensive television buy. A few puppets and some stock footage promote Spirit’s ultra-low Bare Fares. Link
NEWS Ryanair steps up services for business travellers
Ryanair has extended its Business Plus fast-track security service to London Gatwick, Rome Ciampino and Eindhoven with plans to roll out the initiative to other European airports.
