Virgin Atlantic Cargo is now offering customers seven flights a day, seven times a week to and from New York, just in time to meet fast-growing customer demand to and from the U.S. In March and April, the airline saw its business from London Heathrow to New York increase by 20% and 21% respectively on […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) reinforced its position as one of the world’s fastest-growing all-cargo airlines with a 17% increase in volume in Q1 2017 to 158,000 tonnes. ABC’s load factor also rose year-on-year to 70% for the first months of 2017. The arrival of the airline’s tenth new Boeing 747-8 Freighter in March, increasing its total […]
BAA Training, European standard aviation training centre, introduces a new service – Job Preparation training for pilots and cabin crew – in partnership with consultancy company Pinstripe Solutions from Australia. The training helps maximize crew’s preparation for a job interview in the aviation marketplace. The newly launched program focuses on one-on-one training that includes documentation […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $435,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in an airworthy condition. The FAA alleges that on June 9, 2014, United mechanics replaced a fuel pump pressure switch on a Boeing 787 in response to a problem that […]
Thousands of passengers had their journey disrupted after British Airways IT system broke down on May 27, leaving Heathrow and Gatwick airports flooded with baggage and customer complaints. Although expensive and disappointing, similar outages are far from odd. Just in the past twelve months, IT system meltdowns enraged the customers of Delta, Lufthansa, American Airlines, […]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo will be offering customers even more opportunities to do business with Australia this summer with the launch of a new Melbourne-Hong Kong route by its partner, Virgin Australia. With effect from July 5, 2017, Virgin Australia will operate five Airbus A330-200 flights a week on the route, each offering 14 tonnes of […]
On 28 May, 2017, the maiden flight of MC-21-300 commercial aircraft took place at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the affiliate of Irkut Corporation. It is notable that MC-21 is the first large Russian airliner designed after the Soviet Union disintegrated. The flight plan included checking of in-flight stability and controllability, and also the […]
Etihad Airways has taken delivery of its 10th and final Airbus A380. Employees from Etihad Airways and Airbus gathered at the European plane-maker’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant in Germany, where the aircraft was officially handed over to the UAE national airline before commencing its delivery flight to Abu Dhabi. The airline’s award-winning double-decker A380s are the […]
Aer Lingus has welcomed a brand new Airbus A330-300 into its fleet. The new A330 aircraft, named Saint Carthage, registration EI-GAJ, has a total capacity of 313 seats, which is made up of 30 business class seats and 283 economy seats. It is scheduled to make its first commercial voyage on Aer Lingus flight EI109 […]
Air Iceland is changing its name to Air Iceland Connect. There are a number of reasons for the new name, the company claims, including an increased activity in foreign markets, a significant increase in foreign tourists, increased co-operation with Icelandair and to simplify marketing, as the dual name system has meant a significant increase in […]
