United Airlines today announced plans to expand its global route network with new nonstop service to Africa, India and Hawaii. With these new routes, United will offer more nonstop service to India and South Africa than any other U.S. carrier and remains the largest carrier between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii. Starting this December, United will […]
Qatar Airways is celebrating the launch of its 100th aircraft to feature high-speed ‘Super Wi-Fi’ connectivity, enabling passengers to stay in touch with families, friends and colleagues while on board using the fastest broadband service available in the sky. With its 100th Super Wi-Fi enabled aircraft, Qatar Airways now offers the largest number of aircraft […]
JetBlue today announced it will launch 24 new routes later this year aimed at immediately generating cash and capturing traffic on a variety of new, nonstop routes – many never flown before by the airline. Each route plays to JetBlue’s strengths in the airline’s focus cities, in Florida, in Latin American and the Caribbean or […]
Emirates will re-start passenger services to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) with two flights a week, starting 11 September. The resumption of flights to Moscow will take the airline’s expanding network in Europe to 26 cities – offering Emirates’ global customers with more travel options to Europe, and customers in Russia with renewed connections to the […]
Javier Sánchez-Prieto has replaced Luis Gallego as executive chairman of the Iberia Group. Gallego earlier took over as chief executive of Iberia-parent International Airlines Group. “It is an honour and a great satisfaction to return to Iberia, despite the hard times the airline industry is experiencing,” Sánchez-Prieto commented. “In recent years the Iberia team has […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) outlined the need for an urgent rescue plan for UK aviation, in the face of an imminent unemployment catastrophe. The United Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented air transport crisis which threatens to put more than 820,000 people out of work across the entire UK economy, and further damage the […]
Oman Air will return to scheduled service on October 1st, offering flights to 16 cities in 12 countries. The airline will connect Muscat with London, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Cairo, Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Dubai, Doha, Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Lahore and Islamabad, with more destinations to be added soon. Flights to India are subject […]
AirAsia Group Berhad today announced the formation of Asia Digital Engineering Sdn Bhd (ADE), a wholly-owned subsidiary, set to be Asia’s leading provider of engineering services for AirAsia’s group of airlines as well as other commercial airlines in the region. Minister of Transport Malaysia YB Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said, “The formation of […]
easyJet has confirmed it will cut flying capacity in response to the ever-changing quarantine restrictions imposed by the UK government. Seven Greek islands were removed from the safe list earlier, meaning travellers arriving back in the UK will be expected to self-isolate for 14-days from tomorrow. The low-cost carrier said customer confidence to make travel […]
Qatar Airways will relaunch flights to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, from September 10th. The four times weekly service to Africa’s largest city will be operated by Qatar Airways’ state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring 22 seats in business class and 232 seats in economy. With the addition of Lagos, Qatar Airways’ network in […]
