Over 200,000 passengers have used Emirates’ free on-board Wi-Fi since October this year, taking advantage of the airline’s service to connect with family, friends or colleagues when they fly. On most Emirates A380s passengers can access 10MBs of free data, enough to send emails, blog, tweet, post on Facebook, or limited web browsing.
Etihad Airways and South African Airways have announced a major expansion of their strategic partnership, marking a new era of cooperation between the two national flag carriers. As part of the extended cooperation, South African Airways will launch a daily service between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi on March 29th 2015, which will complement Etihad Airways’…
A high-speed landing by a passenger jet belonging to the Touristik Union International (TUI) caused a scare among passengers, local media reported in Finland Wednesday. Trying to land in strong winds around the Helsinki-Vantaa airport on Tuesday, the aircraft first circled around the area for 40 minutes, local media reported. A spokesperson of the Finnish…
The delivery of the first Airbus A350 to launch customer Qatar Airways has been delayed, the carrier said Wednesday morning. The airline had been scheduled to become the first airline in the world to take delivery of the new widebody model this weekend. Qatar Airways had been scheduled to fly away with its first A350…
Dubai-based flydubai has announced the addition of three new routes to its growing network. Flights to Hargeisa in Somaliland, India’s Chennai, and Nejran in Saudi Arabia will commence in the first quarter of 2015, further expanding the carrier’s footprint to 89 destinations in 46 countries. From March 5th flydubai will become the first carrier to…
Royal Jet, the Middle East’s foremost private charter company, has welcomed a new Bombardier Learjet 60 XR business jet and a Bombardier Global 5000 business jet to its fleet. A second Bombardier Global 5000 business jet will enter into service in January 2015, which will be followed by a second Bombardier Learjet 60 XR business…
A Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Phoenix had to make an emergency landing today after a woman went into a labor and gave birth to a baby just minutes after takeoff.The flight was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport after the heavily pregnant mother began having contractions at 10,000 feet. An emergency room…
