Wheels Up, the membership-based private aviation company, officially unveiled the first-ever pink Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft yesterday evening at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event hosted by Kenny Dichter, Founder and CEO of Wheels Up, kicked off the #WheelsUpGoesPink campaign in support … Read more
AgustaWestland has announced that Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Limited (“Waypoint”), the largest independent global helicopter leasing company, has agreed to acquire an additional 18 helicopters from the AW Family, including the AW169 light intermediate, AW139 intermediate and AW189 super medium twin types. The aircraft are expected to be delivered from 2016 through 2019 and will operate … Read more
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, has welcomed a delegation from South Korea’s Civil Aviation Authority and Heli Korea to its Aviation Repair Plant No. 150. Following the visit the South Korean side extended a certificate for maintenance of Ka-32 helicopter engines. Russian Helicopters will therefore continue to provide maintenance of TV3-117 engines, VR-252 … Read more
Flybe has confirmed plans to operate year-round sun and winter ski routes from Exeter and Norwich airports, part of the Regional & City Airports (RCA) group. With effect from 24th March, 2016, the 118-seat E195 aircraft will operate multi-weekly flights from Exeter and Norwich to Alicante and Malaga, and from Exeter to Faro and Palma … Read more
Alaska Airlines today begins nonstop service from Orange County, California, to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The flights are year-round and will operate three times a week. “Alaska Airlines has long been the leading carrier from the LA Basin to popular resort areas in Western Mexico,” said John Kirby, vice president of capacity planning for Alaska Airlines. … Read more
December 18, 2015, Ukraine International Airlines will launch non-stop scheduled flights connecting Kharkov and Kutaisi, Georgia. Ukraine International Airlines offers double-weekly flights connecting Kharkov and Kutaisi operated on modern Boeing 737 and Embraer 190 aircraft with two cabin classes – Business Class and Economy Class. The outbound flights will be operated on Tuesdays and Fridays, the … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SpiceJet, India’s low cost airline, has announced the launch of direct flights to Dubai from the cities of Amritsar and Kozhikode (Calicut). With the launch of these flights, SpiceJet will be serving Dubai direct from eight Indian cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kochi, Madurai, Amritsar, and Kozhikode, with connections … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Saudia Airlines will add four international destinations to its international network in 2016. These destinations include the Maldives Islands, Munich, Ankara, and Algiers. Saudia Director General H.E. Eng. Saleh Al Jasser announced that the addition of the four new destinations come in the framework of Saudia’s 5-year plan “Saudia … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments From late March 2016, SAS will operate daily nonstop flights between Copenhagen and Boston. As such, SAS will be the first carrier to fly directly to Boston from Scandinavia. As part of its determination to further strengthen its offer to frequent travelers to and from Scandinavia, SAS is now … Read more
Swiss new fleet flagship, the Boeing 777-300ER, will enter revenue service in the course of the coming 2015/16 winter schedules. The new long-haul twinjet will be deployed on services between Zurich and New York from early 2016. The start of the winter schedules also sees more frequencies added to the Zurich-São Paulo and Zurich-Miami routes. And … Read more