flydubai’s inaugural flight FZ665 has landed today in the capital city of Eritrea, Asmara. As it landed at Asmara International Airport, senior Eritrean officials including Tesfaslassie Berhane, Minister of Transportation and Communication, Askalu Menkorios, Minister of Tourism and Paulos Kahsai, Director General Civil Aviation Authority welcomed the flydubai delegation led by Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice … Read more
Emirates today announced a new codeshare and lounge agreement with Alaska Airlines. Pending governmental approval, Emirates will begin marketing up to 300 daily Alaska Airlines flights, which will give customers the simplicity of purchasing connecting flights on both airlines using one reservation. In addition, the new codeshare agreement will feature several other new benefits including … Read more
Air China started Chengdu-Osaka and Chengdu-Tokyo nonstop services respectively on October 25, 2015 and October 26, 2015. As upgrades to the original Chengdu-Shanghai-Osaka and Chengdu-Beijing-Tokyo flights, the two nonstop services will spare passengers between Chengdu and other parts of southwestern China and Japan the trouble of having to transfer via Beijing or Shanghai. Based on the … Read more
flydubai today launched its first flights from Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central (DWC). The start of flydubai’s new operations from DWC will help to deliver flydubai’s planned growth as it takes delivery of more than 100 new Boeing aircraft over the next eight years to support the growing demand for travel to and from Dubai. … Read more
Frankfurt is set to become one of the first destinations for Oman Air’s new Boeing 787 Dreamliners when they enter service this autumn. Oman Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Gregorowitsch, has announced that the aircraft will begin flying daily between Muscat and Frankfurt from October 25th 2015. The non-stop and direct flights depart Muscat at … Read more
Hainan Airlines announced that it will be launching a Beijing-Manchester route in June of 2016. The new route will be the first nonstop service between the two cities. Hainan Airlines held a press conference at Manchester Airport on the afternoon of October 23rd, with Chinese President Xi Jinping, British Prime Minister David Cameron, HNA Group … Read more
Garuda Indonesia booked a net income of $51.4 million through the third quarter 2015, an increase of 123.4% compared to the same period last year when it incurred a loss of $220.1 million. Garuda Indonesia President and CEO M. Arif Wibowo said in Jakarta on Friday that the Company also increased total revenue from $2.83 … Read more
Wizz Air announced it will delay the planned restart of operations from Craiova International Airport (CRA) until 10 November so that major airport upgrades can be completed. Wizz Air will operate the flights scheduled for Craiova during that period from Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP). “Until the Romanian civil aviation authority issues approval for normal flight … Read more
WestJet announced today it will launch new, twice-daily service between London, Ontario, and Toronto Pearson International Airport on board WestJet Encore’s fleet of Canadian-made Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft beginning in March 2016. The new service opens up 52 new WestJet destinations and 47 new codeshare destinations via Toronto Pearson to Eastern Canada, the United States, … Read more
Vietnam is to become a permanent fixture of the Lufthansa Cargo route network as part of the new winter schedule. Following a successful test phase over the summer months, the cargo airline will be flying a Boeing 777F weekly to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN). The freighter will be departing every Thursday from Frankfurt (FRA), … Read more