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Hundreds More Lufthansa Flights Grounded

Hundreds more flights were grounded on Thursday as the strike by Lufthansa's main cabin crew union entered its sixth day with no sign of compromise. Cabin crew staff started a series of strikes at Lufthansa last Friday to fight for an improved pension offer for employees. Lufthansa, which...

EVA Air shows off new livery on 777

The updated livery retains parent company Evergreen Group’s compass design, while simplifying the tail colours. It also adds more movement to the lower portion of the aircraft’s fuselage. The aircraft, MSN 44554, is the first of four 777s that the airline is taking from Air Lease Corp...

Russia's Egypt Flight Ban Will Last 'Months'

Russia's ban on flights to Egypt will last at least several months, President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff has said. Sergei Ivanov was quoted in Russian media as saying it would be impossible to dramatically change the policy in a short time. He said the restrictions would last "for several months, as a minimum," according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Russia suspen...

Cairo Approves Participation of US Specialists in A321 Crash Investigation

On Monday, the US side offered its assistance in the investigation into the A321 crash to both Moscow and Egypt. “Egypt has already accepted the application of American investigators that are associated with the manufacturers of the engine to become part of the investigative team, and they are free to incorporate any advisers they deem as&nbs...

Turkish Air Is Russia's Top Foreign Carrier As Lufthansa Recedes

Turkish Airlines has become the biggest foreign carrier serving Russia as competitors including former market leader Deutsche Lufthansa AG drop flights amid a slump in demand. The Turkish operator has increased Russian flights by more than 16 percent in 2015 as international rivals cut services as much as 43 percent, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysis of airline data. In Septembe...

Flying conditions improve to allow Virgin, Jetstar flights from Bali

Better flying conditions in the vicinity of Bali Airport has allowed Virgin Australia and Jetstar to operate some daylight flights from Indonesia back to Australia. Jetstar has scheduled 11 recovery flights on Thursday, which will operate in daylight hours, while Virgin has planned three flights from Bali to Australia. “Flying conditions are forecast to remain favourable, with the late...

UN Agrees on Radio Spectrum for Global Flight Tracking

A UN conference agreed on Wednesday to dedicate part of the radio spectrum to a global flight tracking system, to avoid a repeat of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in March last year. The agreement by the World Radiocommunciation Conference (WRC) means that satellites will be able to receive transmissions, known as automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), th...

easyJet Mulls Viability of Sinai Route After Russia Jet Crash

easyJet Plc said it's working on plans for redeploying aircraft from Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt to the Canary Islands and western Mediterranean should the suspected terror attack that downed a Russian jet on Oct. 31 lead to a collapse in UK demand. Some 20,000 Britons were stranded in the resort after Prime Minister David Cameron halted scheduled flights amid concern a bomb was to blame f...

Aircraft Takeoffs, Landings to Be Halted for College Entrance Exam in South Korea

All aircraft takeoffs and landings at South Korean airports will be suspended for 35 minutes on Thursday to prevent noise from affecting the nationwide university entrance exam. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday that takeoff and landing operations will be put on hold Thursday from 1:05 p.m. through 1:40 p.m. "The move is to prevent aircraft noise fro...

My dream flight is where nobody gets a bad seat

If you search online for information about commercial aviation, it won’t be long before you come across promotional pictures from the 1960s and 1970s showing the glamorous interiors of the then-new Boeing 737 and 747 aircraft.  Even in the economy section, the airlines seem to have allocated much more personal space per passenger than today’s planes. And there’s a good re...

Air Berlin Benefitting From Lufthansa Strike

Air Berlin is benefitting from a strike at German rival Lufthansa, according to chief executive Stefan Pichler. "Short-term bookings are looking good for us," Pichler told journalists in Berlin after the carrier reported third quarter results. "I'm guessing if you flew here, you arrived on an Air Berlin plane," he quipped, referring to Lufthansa's cancellation of...

Alpha Star commits to 70 aircraft fleet by 2017

Saudi Arabian private aviation company Alpha Star Aviation has pledged to increase its fleet from a current 52 aircraft to 70 aircraft by the end of 2017. The company, which operates company-owned and managed aircraft on charter and behalf of owners, has not revealed what types it plans to acquire. However, chief executive Salim bin Obaid Al-Muzaini says Alpha Star will be purchasing aircr...

UK travellers face three day wait for Sharm el Sheikh departure

The remaining British nationals in Egypt should be able to fly home by the weekend, according the latest update from Egyptian officials. Routine flights were suspended following the crash of a Russian Metrojet flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg on October 31st. All 224 people on board died when the aircraft came down in the Sinai desert. Some 20,000 British nationals were though...

SIA and Lufthansa Group forge extensive partnership involving JV on key routes

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa have signed a wide-ranging partnership agreement that will see the two airline groups operating key routes between Singapore and Europe on a joint-venture basis, in addition to significantly expanding codeshare ties and deepening commercial co-operation. Flights between Singapore and both Frankfurt and Munich, as well as flights between Singapore and Zuric...

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

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