JetBlue today announced its intent to expand the airline’s successful service to Barbados by adding a daily roundtrip flight between Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) in Barbados. The announcement was made by JetBlue’s President & CEO Robin Hayes at the Caribbean Tourism Organization State of the Industry Conference in … Read more
WestJet announced it will double its schedule of weekly flights between St. John’s and Orlando, effective January 2016. The airline will add another flight to Orlando each week, on top of the one flight announced earlier this year. “With the addition of a second weekly flight from St. John’s, WestJet now offers Atlantic Canadians eight … Read more
JetBlue and Seaborne Airlines today began selling flights under a codeshare agreement that will offer customers increased travel options and new destinations throughout the Caribbean. Connections will be made via San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), where JetBlue is the largest carrier. Customers flying on JetBlue and Seaborne Airlines will enjoy the benefit of traveling on a single … Read more
Lockheed Martin successfully completed the maiden flight of the F-16V, the latest and most advanced F-16 on the market today. The October 16 flight marks the first time an F-16 has flown with Northrop Grumman’s advanced APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), which will deliver a quantum leap in capability … Read more
Air China will start a Beijing-Colombo service on October 27, 2015. Colombo is Sri Lanka’s capital and political, economic, cultural and transportation center, and China has become Sri Lanka’s second largest trading partner and source of imports as well as its fastest growing source of travellers. Statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau suggest … Read more
Vistara announced a formal partnership agreement with Japan Airlines and the appointment of Air System Inc. as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Japan. Coming soon after the appointment of a GSA for the GCC and establishment of an offline office in Dubai, these moves mark Vistara’s foray into another major international market. As India’s … Read more
The first of two state-of-the-art Sikorsky S-92 search and rescue helicopters has arrived at the new HM Coastguard base at Newquay Airport, ready to begin operations in January 2016. The aircraft and the base are operated by Bristow Helicopters Ltd on behalf of HM Coastguard after the company was awarded the ten year UK SAR … Read more
Eastern Airways has almost doubled seat capacity on its busy Southampton – Leeds Bradford route by introducing larger aircraft and increasing frequency. This latest announcement follows the news last month that Eastern Airways had increased services on the Southampton – Leeds Bradford service from three to four flights each weekday in each direction. A larger … Read more
Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it will discontinue its daily flight between Hong Kong and Doha with effect from 15 February 2016. The airline said the service, which launched in March 2014, is being discontinued for commercial reasons. The last Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Doha will be CX645 on 14 February 2016, … Read more
United Continental Holdings announced that its president and CEO, Oscar Munoz, is on medical leave following a heart attack he suffered on Oct. 15, 2015. “At this time, it is too soon to know the course of treatment and timing of recovery”, the company said. The UAL board of directors has named Brett J. Hart, currently United’s executive … Read more