Pegasus Airlines is expanding its flight network from Ankara. The move is part of a wider strategy designed to develop new hubs, alongside Istanbul, in an effort to open up new markets. From June, Pegasus will be adding eight new routes operating out of Ankara Esenboga Airport to and from Trabzon, Antalya, Adana, Van, Gaziantep, […]
Cebu Pacific, Philippines carrier, reports placing an order with Airbus for seven A321ceo to meet ongoing growth on its domestic and regional network. The latest contract comes on top of an existing order for 32 A321neo. The aircraft will start joining the carrier’s fleet next year. “We are very excited about adding the A321 to […]
A military plane flying from Myeik to Yangoon, Myanmar (also known as Burma), has crashed over the Andaman Sea. The plane was carrying anywhere from 100 to 120 people, according to different sources in the Burmese government and military. No news about survivors has been reported. The aircraft lost communication at around 1:35 PM (7:05 […]
Four Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain – have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and announced a land, sea and airspace blockade over the terrorism support claims. Saudi Arabia has also called off Qatari troops from the ongoing war in Yemen. According to Emirates247, following the blockade announcement, all UAE carriers will […]
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 […]
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 […]
