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Southwest settles FAA lawsuit for $2.8mn

Southwest Airlines and the United States have settled a lawsuit involving allegations the Texan LCC operated numerous B737 aircraft that did not conform to US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) maintenance standards and were therefore not airworthy. In November last year, the US Department of...

Egypt plane crash: Airlines extend suspension of Sharm el-Sheikh flights

Travel firms Thomson and Thomas Cook have extended a suspension of flights to the Egyptian holiday resort of Sharm el-Sheikh until at least 23 March. The UK government suspended flights to the Red Sea resort in November after the suspected bombing of a Russian passenger jet killed 224 people....

British Airways celebrates ba.com Christmas birthday

Michael Jackson’s Earth Song was the festive number one, kids were going crazy to have the must-have ‘Pogs’ as presents, there was a run on Cranberries thanks to Delia Smith’s latest Christmas recipes – and ba.com was about to make its debut on the internet. The worldwide web was still finding its feet and few people really understood how big a difference the inter...

Continuing Traffic Growth and Record Airline Profits Highlight 2015 Air Transport Results

Preliminary figures released today by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) show the total number of passengers carried on scheduled services rising to 3.5 billion in 2015, a 6.4 per cent increase over last year. The number of departures reached approximately 34 million globally, and world passenger traffic, expressed in terms of total scheduled revenue passenger-kilometres (RPKs...

AirBridgeCargo to increase US-Asia connections

Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) will focus on US-Asia connections in 2016. ABC intends to increase connectivity options via its Moscow hub to all US destinations from Asia. According to a carrier statement, ABC will expand and enhance its expansion by introducing additional frequencies in major markets. Also, the airline will continue investing in expanding its fle...

Russian State Duma passes law binding to register drones weighing more than 250g

Russia’s State Duma lower parliament house on Tuesday passed a law on the establishment of a legal framework for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in Russia. In particular, the document binds to register all drones but for those weighing less than 250 grams. This liability will be applicable to toy helicopters and quadcopters, however a simplified registration procedures will be provide...

Cargofeeder – a new must be tool

The Accenture 2015 Air Cargo Research says air cargo executives wants and needs better tools to help optimise revenues. In fact, best innovation is always simple. So let us present a simple and highly effective answer to many cargo executives wishes – Cargofeeder - the world’s largest tool for air cargo market. Decades of paper-based processes and telephone sourcing methods...

Italian partnership to charter a German Fokker 100 next year

Italy's Travel Before and ST&A Srl tour agencies will charter a Fokker 100 from German ACMI/charter specialist Avanti Air (ATV, Siegen) during the summer 2016 season. Under the terms of the deal, structured by Aeroservizi Air Charter Broker, the Fokker Aircraft (Woensdrecht) will be based out of Salerno in southern Italy with effect from June 2016 through to the end of the high season....

airBaltic investor agreement will be signed in January

The investor agreement with the new airBaltic investor Ralf Dieter Montag-Girmes will be signed in January, as airBaltic prefers to close all matters related to its Bombardier CS300 order before signing. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: „We have achieved remarkable results for airBaltic in the past few years, and, with the new investment we can now focus on our expansio...

KLM Cityhopper's newest Embraer 190 lands at Schiphol

KLM Cityhopper’s newest Embraer 190 landed yesterday at Schiphol. The aircraft is the twenty-ninth Embraer 190 that KLM Cityhopper plans to deploy. “We are extremely pleased about the ongoing fleet modernisation, aiming to promote our growth and network development. We made the investment to serve European and international passengers flying with KLM and its...

Fastjet confident of riding out downturn after Tanzania poll

African budget carrier Fastjet (LON:FJET) voiced confidence that it could ride out a downturn caused by the presidential election in Tanzania. Fastjet said it was proactively taking steps to cut its operating costs and overheads after October’s poll led to reduced government and civil service traffic and lower travel demand. The group, which is backed by EasyJet’s Stelios Haji-Io...

Finnair’s Asia Strategy Sets It Apart From Rivals, Makes It Attractive Acquisition

Twice a day, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., the cafes and shops of Helsinki Airport echo to the languages of Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul. For a few hours, the Finnair Oyj base bustles with Chinese businessmen, Japanese students and vacationing Koreans, all changing planes at a terminal fortuitously positioned on the shortest flyway between Europe and Asia. “We’re a Gulf carrier &mdash...

Qatar Airways Enlists FC Barcelona for Its New In-Flight Safety Video

Qatar Airways is the latest airline to turn its in-flight safety video into an entertainment product, this time going the extra step to incorporate the Spanish football team it sponsors as participants in the messaging. 11 hours ago The Gulf carrier’s new video takes place in a broadcast booth, the team’s touring bus, a stadium’s seats, and a football pitch, among other sit...

Etihad opens facility for employees

Etihad Airways has opened a new medical facility in Abu Dhabi for its employees. The complex includes an aviation clinic, employee visa medical centre, as well as an Emirates ID centre.  Ray Gammell, Etihad Airways’ chief people and performance officer, said: “As a global employer of choice, we pride ourselves on offering best-in-class services to our fast-growing workforce...

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Air Baltic Corporation AS , Latvia’s national airline and the leading carrier in the Baltic States, announced that airBaltic and its subsidiaries participating in the voluntary Ch...

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Qantas Freight and Australia Post expand air cargo capacity with Airbus A321 freighter in western Sydney

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Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

Turkish Airlines has taken another major step in its fleet expansion strategy with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with CFM International for more than 300 LEAP-1B engines and a long-term...