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Delta’s A220s take to the skies for first customer flights

Delta’s A220 has made its official debut — a moment years in the making for customers and employees across the airline. In the early hours this morning, Delta flight 744 pushed back from the gate at New York’s LaGuardia airport carrying customers for the first time on board Delta’s newest narrowbody jet, the state-of-the-art A220-100. Terminal […]

Bombardier completes acquisition of Global 7500 aircraft wing program

Bombardier confirmed the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the Global 7500 wing program from Triumph Group Inc on February 6th, 2019. Pursuant to a lease agreement for Triumph’s Red Oak, Texas facility, Bombardier will continue to operate the production line with the employees currently supporting the program. About Bombardier With over 69,500 employees […]

American Airlines and British Airways to Unify Operations at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport

American Airlines, British Airways, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced future plans to co-locate their operations in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Terminal 8. Moving under the same roof will allow American and British Airways to offer enhanced service between New […]

Marvel Studios’ first female-lead Super Hero Captain Marvel takes to the skies with Alaska Airlines

Ahead of the highly-anticipated release of Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel on March 8, International Women’s Day, Alaska Airlines unveiled a special-edition plane today, featuring Marvel Studios’ first female Super Hero lead. The Captain Marvel-themed plane was debuted today at Sea-Tac International Airport at a gate celebration for guests flying to Orange County, California. “This new […]

Air France unveils its new La Prairie beauty treatment centre in the New York-JFK lounge

On February 6, 2019, Air France inaugurated its new beauty treatment centre in its terminal 1 lounge at New York-JFK airport, in exclusive partnership with luxury beauty and skincare specialist, la Prairie.  After revamping its dining area in December, the Air France lounge has introduced new attentions dedicated to its customers’ well-being. A moment of […]

AirBridgeCargo Airlines and CargoHub cooperate to bolster introduction of CargoClaims platform

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), one of the major players in the air cargo market, and CargoHub, the cargo logistics quality and compliance platform, have solidified their collaboration for the implementation of the CargoClaims platform. The online tool, which received the IATA cargo innovation award in 2015, will allow ABC’s customers to manage their claims and pre-claims […]

Delta, Virgin Atlantic Cargo Celebrate Five Years of Partnership

Airlines are to offer customers more choice and greater automation on the trans-Atlantic with both due to move to a new state-of-the-art warehouse at London Heathrow later this year and new services from London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh. Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are promising customers more choice and reach, as well as the […]

Air France unveils its new long-haul travel cabins available on board Airbus A330

Air France unveils its new long-haul travel cabins exclusively available on board its Airbus A330s. The company offers a new travel experience in its Business (36 seats), Premium Economy (21 seats) and Economy (167 seats) cabins. 15 aircraft will be completely redesigned by 2020 thanks to a global investment of 140 million euros. The first […]

American Airlines takes delivery of its first A321neo

After an 8 1/2-hour nonstop journey from Hamburg, Germany (XFW), the newest member of the American Airlines fleet has landed. N400AN, American’s first Airbus A321neo, touched down at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) shortly before noon Feb. 1. After clearing customs, the plane will head to American’s Base Maintenance facility at PIT, where it will spend […]

Qatar Airways Converts 10 of its 50 Airbus A321neo on Order to the Longer Range Airbus A321LR

Qatar Airways has announced that it will convert 10 of its 50 Airbus A321neo on order to the Airbus A321LR (long range) variant of the A320 family. The A321LR is a type of A321neo, which has extra fuel tanks as well as a higher maximum take-off weight to give the aircraft additional range. Qatar Airways […]