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Air Seychelles has established connections to six cities in the United States as part of a major expansion to its codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways.
Air Astana recorded a net loss of US$6.6 million, and an operating profit of US$0.975 million, for the first half of 2016. Operating revenue fell by 30% to US$275 million, driven by a signification devaluation of the Kazakh Tenge in comparison with the first half of 2015, and by weaker regional travel markets in the ... <a title="Air Astana Records US$6.6 Million First Half Loss" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/asia/air-astana-records-us6-6-million-first-half-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Air Astana Records US$6.6 Million First Half Loss">Read more</a>
Emirates today unveiled plans to increase capacity on the Dubai-Milan route with the deployment of a second daily A380. The migration from a Boeing 777-300ER represents a capacity increase of 1,834 seats per week between the two cities; enabling more A380 to A380 connections to and from key destinations in Australia, China, South Korea and ... <a title="Emirates boosts capacity to Milan with introduction of second daily A380" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/middle-east/emirates-boosts-capacity-milan-introduction-second-daily-a380/" aria-label="Read more about Emirates boosts capacity to Milan with introduction of second daily A380">Read more</a>
Gulf Air has signed a USD 900 million contract with Rolls-Royce for Trent 1000 engines to power 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
Jérôme Nanty has been appointed EVP Corporate Secretary and member of the Air France-KLM Executive Committee as from July 21.
Africa
Ethiopian Airlines announced that it will add a fourth weekly flight to New York-Newark as of August 5, 2016.
Europe
Alitalia began direct, non-stop flights from Rome to Beijing after a three year absence on the route between the two capital cities. The inaugural flight was commentated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fiumicino airport by Alitalia’s CEO Cramer Ball, the Heritage, Arts and Tourism Minister, Dario Franceschini, the Deputy Mayor of Fiumicino, Anna Maria Anselmi, and the Head ... <a title="Alitalia returns to China" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/alitalia-returns-china/" aria-label="Read more about Alitalia returns to China">Read more</a>
Philip brings to United nearly three decades of leadership across the technology, health care and financial services sectors.
Wizz Air today announced further expansion of its route network from Poland. From 1 November Wizz Air will start operating a new route from Wroclaw to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv with two weekly flights, while from 14 January a new weekly WIZZ service will connect Gdansk with Grenoble in France. Kyiv is the 8th destination Wizz Air ... <a title="Wizz Air Announces Two New Routes from Poland" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/wizz-air-announces-two-new-routes-poland/" aria-label="Read more about Wizz Air Announces Two New Routes from Poland">Read more</a>
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) welcomed Swiss airline Zimex into membership. Zimex is the seventh airline to join ERA this year and brings the number of airlines in ERA membership to 52, underlining the value that Europe’s regional carriers place on the association’s strong relationships with Europe’s regulatory bodies and its influential lobbying and communication ... <a title="Zimex latest airline to join ERA" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/zimex-latest-airline-join-era/" aria-label="Read more about Zimex latest airline to join ERA">Read more</a>