Cayman Airways goes daily to Tampa

This Summer, Cayman Airways is making it easier to visit one of the airline’s most popular destinations for Cayman residents, with daily nonstop flights to Tampa from Grand Cayman in July and August. The airline currently offers up to five flights a week between Grand Cayman and Tampa year-round, but this year the service has … Read more

Bombardier delivers first C Series to launch operator Swiss

Swiss Crew

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft today announced the delivery of the first C Series aircraft. The historic handover to launch operator Swiss International Air Lines will be celebrated during a special event with Swiss and Bombardier’s employees alongside government representatives, suppliers and media. “Swiss is proud to be the first airline to take title of the C Series … Read more

Air Astana launches new Almaty to Teheran service

Air Astana Embraer 190

Air Astana launches a new non-stop flight from Almaty to Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, today. Flights will operate three times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) and will be served by Embraer 190 aircraft. The cabin will feature nine Business Class seats and 88 Economy Class seats. The new service will offer … Read more

Arik Air sponsors conjoined twins to New York for surgery

Arik Air has sponsored the return tickets to New York for conjoined twins, Miracle and Testimony Ayeni in order for the twins to have immediate access to medical care and surgery that they require. The airline is offering this support in partnership with Linking Hands Foundation, a non-governmental organisation which has secured free medical treatment … Read more

Edelweiss announces three new destinations

Edelweiss, Switzerland’s leading leisure travel airline, is adding three holiday destinations to its long-haul network. The airline’s 2017 Summer Timetable will include flights to Cancún, Costa Rica and San Diego. Flights to these new destinations will be operated with the recently refurbished Airbus A340. Edelweiss is set to reintroduce flight services to Cancún in its 2017 flight timetable – and … Read more

Thomson Airways celebrates the arrival of first 787-9 Dreamliner

Thomson Airways’ tenth Dreamliner touched down at Manchester Airport at 09:10 (UK time) today. The airline’s Managing Director, John Murphy landed the aircraft after flying 3950 miles across the Atlantic from the Boeing Factory in Charleston, South Carolina. Its arrival is extra special for the airline, as it is the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to … Read more

SriLankan Airlines suspends flights to Frankfurt and Paris

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, will be suspending its operations to Paris and Frankfurt, from winter 2016. Accordingly, the last flights between Frankfurt and Colombo, flights UL 553/554, will be operated on October 30, while UL 563/564 of November 6, 2016 will conclude the operations between … Read more

At least 28 dead and dozens injured in blast and gunfire at Istanbul airport

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments A suicide gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport, one of Europe’s busiest, has killed 28 people and injured 60 more. Three attackers were involved, with one reportedly opening fire with a Kalashnikov as they targeted an entry point to the terminal. A witness told broadcaster CNN Turk … Read more