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SITA helps Iraqi Airways open global reservation contact center

SITA-operated center is key to managing airline’s reservations across 13 destinations With the help of global aviation IT provider SITA, Iraqi Airways has opened its new reservation contact center in Amman, allowing the airline to better manage its reservations across 13 countries. The center will be operated by SITA. As the airline continues to rebuild […]

easyJet launches inaugural flight to Gibraltar from Manchester Airport

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its first flight from Manchester to Gibraltar. easyJet now flies to 45 destinations from Manchester and bases 11 aircraft  there. The airline carried over 2.6 million passengers on flights to and from the airport last year. easyJet is expected to fly 30,000 passengers between the destinations annually, operating […]

Delta Airlines wins three World Travel Awards in Latin America for second year in a row

Thousands of customers voiced their preference for Delta Airlines in Central America, South America and Mexico For the second consecutive year, thousands of Latin American customers voiced their preference for Delta. The airline was honored for this recognition on Friday at the 2016 World Travel Awards Gala Ceremony in Lima, Peru, where Delta was presented […]

AirBridgeCargo extends coverage of Southeast Asia with new Cambodia freighter services

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its Southeast Asia coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to its network with effect from 5 July, 2016, increasing its number of destinations in the region to 11. The new freighter service to Cambodia’s capital will operate on a weekly basis en route from Moscow (SVO)-Singapore-Phnom Penh and […]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo steps up its focus on pharma as market share grows

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is increasing its investment in temperature-controlled services after more than doubling its share of the pharmaceutical market from the UK to North America since the launch of its Cool Chain product two years ago. Heading this focus is Darren Sherlock in the newly-created role of Manager, Products & Partnerships. Having joined the […]

easyJet confirms pursuit of additional EU AOC

Following the United Kingdom’s recent vote to leave the European Union, easyJet (U2, London Luton) has now officially confirmed it has indeed put in motion plans to secure an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from one of the bloc’s twenty-seven remaining members. “As part of easyJet’s contingency planning before the referendum we had informal discussions with […]

Volga-Dnepr’s New ‘Wing Lift’ System Expedites Loading Of Large Cargo Containers

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported two power generators to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with the help of a new ‘wing lift’ system that reduces the loading time for large containers to less than 30 minutes. The shipment of a 19-tonne gas-powered standby generator and a 17.6-tonne diesel generator on behalf of GEODIS Industrial Projects UK was moved […]

Volga-Dnepr Airlines completes urgent cable spool delivery to offshore gas drilling vessel in Bulgaria

Volga-Dnepr Airlines was quick to respond to a customer’s request to move a 30-tonne shipment, including a 25-tonne cable spool, from Maastricht in the Netherlands to Varna, Bulgaria, to urgently replace failed equipment on the Noble Globetrotter II drilling vessel developing an offshore gas field. The entire contracting process took just three days from receiving […]

International Brazil Air Show foresees receiving 120 thousand visitors gathering 300 companies, and generating US $350 million in business

Directed to aviation industry, IBAS will be the biggest Brazilian event after the Summer Olympics and will have aircraft and equipment display, air shows and flight simulators The air sector contributes to 1.3% of Brazil’s GDP, in addition to being responsible for almost 1.6 million Jobs, including the tourism trade. The Brazilian companies have more […]

ATCA Stands with Istanbul

As air traffic management experts and lovers of aviation, the members and employees of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) are deeply affected by the heinous events that took place this evening at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. As an association, ATCA will continue its mission to bring people together and advocate for the world’s safest form […]