Comlux has announced the appointment of Frederic Dubant as Executive Vice President Commercial of the Comlux Group. “With the appointment of Frederic, Comlux is consolidating the commercial activities of our company at the Group level. Our objective is to serve our clients globally and to create synergies between the different businesses of the Group. After 7 … Read more
GE Capital Aviation Services, the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to new customer Air India Express to expand the carrier’s fleet. Five more new 737-800 aircraft are scheduled for delivery to the airline later this year. All are part of GECAS’ existing order book … Read more
JetBlue has announced it is expanding its existing partnership with Azul Brazilian Airlines through a unilateral codeshare agreement, subject to government approval. Azul will place its “AD” code on JetBlue flights between multiple destinations and JetBlue’s focus cities in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL) and Orlando (MCO). From both Florida gateways Azul operates nonstop service to the airline’s hub at São Paulo, Brazil’s … Read more
Jetstar starts new services to Hobart and Adelaide from Avalon Airport. The airline announced its four weekly Hobart and three weekly Adelaide services in December 2015. “We’ve been really pleased to see locals back these services and our Avalon team is looking forward to welcoming thousands of passengers onboard flights to Adelaide and Hobart during … Read more
Spanish airline Vueling, part of the International Airlines Group (IAG) that includes British Airways, operated their first flights of their new summer service between Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) and Barcelona. Celebrations took place both inside and outside the Airport terminal including a traditional arch of water aircraft ‘baptism’ as the airline’s Airbus A320 arrival … Read more
MEGA Maldives Airlines has welcomed the Air Services Agreement that was signed today between the Governments of the Republic of Maldives and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement would go a long way in alleviating some of the existing hindrances facing airline operators of both countries. At present, MEGA Maldives Airlines is the only … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Today, SAS will be opening its ninth direct route to the USA, taking the number of flights operated by the company each year between Scandinavia and the USA to 6,800, carrying some 1.6 million passengers. This new development further strengthens SAS’s position as the airline with the most robust … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Singapore Airlines and SilkAir will offer more options when travelling between Singapore and China as a result of a new codeshare agreement with Air China. Under the agreement which takes effect today, Singapore Airlines will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Air China-operated flights between Singapore and Beijing. SilkAir will also … Read more
Turkish Airlines starts its new flights: From Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen, Ankara and Trabzon to the Jeddah, Medina and Riyadh. Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen – Medina flights will be operated as 4 frequencies per week and will be launched as of March 28, 2016. Turkish Airlines has already launched its Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen – Jeddah … Read more
In March 2016, as part of Ukraine International Airlines program of fleet renewal and expansion Ukraine International Airlines received the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Therefore, the carrier`s fleet currently consists of 33 aircraft. Being the Ukraine International Airlines 28th Boeing aircraft, the newly received Boeing 737-800 has passed an official registration procedure in Ukraine and received the registration number … Read more