Turkish Airlines’ Vice President for Marketing and Sales in Central Europe Fatih Cığal said that within the scope of the 2023 macro targets, the company sees itself becoming one of the world’s five largest airlines operating 500 passenger and cargo aircraft. Çıgal, who attended the events held in Zurich for the 50th anniversary of THY’s […]
Provisional data show that in August 2017, the Latvian airline airBaltic carried more than 380 000 passengers or roughly 20% more than in the same period of 2016. During the three summer months, airBaltic has transported a total of more than 1 150 000 passengers to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the […]
Norwegian has yet again hit the three million passenger mark. In August, the airline carried almost 3.3 million passengers, an increase of 14 percent compared to the same month previous year. The strongest growth is on Norwegian’s long-haul routes and in the Spanish market. The load factor increased to 91 percent in August. Norwegian carried […]
United Technologies and Rockwell Collins announced that they have reached a definitive agreement under which United Technologies (UTC) will acquire Rockwell Collins for $140.00 per share, in cash and UTC stock. The purchase price implies a total equity value of $23 billion and a total transaction value of $30 billion, including Rockwell Collins’ net debt. […]
12 airlines from Thailand face travel interruptions and financial losses, as their international flights are grounded over license re-certification struggles. Although it is the national Civil Aviation Administration that is blamed for failing to provide safety checks on time, the authority claims that the rush is necessary for it to meet the deadline by ICAO, […]
New platform, Assisto, allows airlines and banks to penetrate Ireland’s high rate of smartphone users Developed by Comtrade Digital Services in three months First Assisto partner gained 250K instant messenger followers in first three months Partners can have chatbot up-and-running in six weeks Comtrade Digital Services, the leading software engineering services and solutions provider, today […]
Qantas has announced it is investigating direct flights from the east coast of Australia to London and New York by 2022. A direct flight would cut total journey time by up to four hours on Sydney-London and almost three hours on Melbourne-New York. If accomplished, this 20-hour non-stop journey would be longest commercial flight. In […]
A warning of the highest level of urgency has been issued by the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) for the new Airbus A350-941, which was introduced to service in 2014. The air worthiness directive (2017-0154-E) was issued due to a hydraulic fluid cooling system problem, which, if not solved, could potentially lead to an engine […]
Russian commercial aviation pilot training programs, approved before January 1, 2016, will be deemed invalid. The order of the Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA) of 2006, which approved training programs for commercial aviation pilots in higher education institutions, has been annulled. Russian media wrote that about 5000 active pilots, who had graduated private and state […]
Saudi Arabia has allowed Qatar pilgrims to enter the country through Salwa border crossing in order to facilitate the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Meanwhile, the political crisis in the region is far from over, as Qatar does not seem too excited about the second part of the offer – allowing Saudi planes into the country to […]
