Brussels Airlines has inaugurated its first airport lounge in a foreign country. The facility opened at N’Djili Airport (Kinshasa, DR Congo – IATA: FIH). The airline says the suite offers a unique comfort experience to all business class travellers and frequent fliers while they wait for their flight to Brussels. It described the move as […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is introducing a new regular Houston- Abu Dhabi freight service to expand its international network, with effect from today, May 23. ABC’s new flight will operate on a weekly basis departing Houston on Monday evenings via Chicago and Luxembourg to Abu Dhabi, returning to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. It provides the airline’s USA […]
An EgyptAir flight reported missing between Paris and Cairo has crashed, French President Francois Hollande confirmed. The Airbus A320 with 66 people on board disappeared from radar at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace. Greece’s defence minister says Flight MS804 made “sharp turns” and plunged before dropping off the radar. A […]
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 passengers and crew ha disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt’s national airline said. Officials with the airline and the Egyptian civil aviation department told Reuters they believed the Airbus A320 had crashed into the sea. Egypt Air said the plane sent an emergency signal […]
India continues to be a crucial part of Etihad Airways’ growth strategy contributing significantly to the airline’s global operations, to job creation and to connectivity for India. Addressing a media conference in Mumbai to mark the launch of Etihad Airways’ daily A380 service to India’s commercial capital, Etihad Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Peter Baumgartner, said […]
The fast-moving world of Formula 1 motor racing found the perfect cargo airline in AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) to ensure every competitor was on the starting line of the 2016 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi from 29 April to 1 May. ABC has successfully prepared and operated a series of six Boeing 747 charter flights from […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported cutting-edge microchip production technology from Amsterdam to Dalian in China for one of its key customers, DB Schenker. The machines were delivered onboard two ABC Boeing 747 freighter flights from Amsterdam to China via the airline’s hub in Moscow. Each charter flight carried two machines of significant value. The main […]
Europe’s Airbus dropped behind U.S. rival Boeing in the race for new airplane orders in the first quarter, sending its shares lower as it recorded its slowest start to the year since 2011. Both orders and deliveries at the European planemaker dwindled, with the latter affected by glitches and delays at U.S. engine supplier Pratt […]
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. agreed to buy Swiss airline catering company Gategroup Holding AG for 1.4 billion francs ($1.5 billion), as billionaire Chairman Chen Feng continues on an acquisition spree of aviation-related assets around the world. Gategroup shares jumped the most in almost seven years. Shareholders would get 53 francs a share as well […]
Spencer, a passenger assistance robot developed by Dutch airline KLM, has completed a series of trials at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands. The initiative was conceived by KLM to help reduce costs associated with passengers missing connecting flights but may be developed in future to carry luggage and speak with passengers. To help safely […]
