Alaska Airlines inaugurates new service from Seattle to New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport tonight. “Our new non-stop service to JFK from Seattle provides our Pacific Northwest customers another travel option to the Big Apple,” said John Kirby, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of capacity planning. “JFK is the country’s busiest international gateway, and … Read more
Wizz Air has implemented its further expansion plans in Lithuania: 4th Airbus A320 aircraft is added to its base in Vilnius airport and started five new routes to Billund, Munich-Memmingen, Stockholm, Glasgow and Kyiv. The new aircraft will support operations of a total of 24 Vilnius routes to 15 different countries. The New services to Billund … Read more
WestJet today announced it will launch new non-stop service next spring to London (Gatwick) a total of four times daily from six Canadian cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and St. John’s. These new routes represent WestJet’s first non-stop service to London, and the only non-stop service from Winnipeg to the United Kingdom. “Canadians have … Read more
Ryanair today announced it will open a base in Santiago (Spain) for next summer and a new base in Milan Malpensa from 1st December 2015, initially with one aircraft at each new base. Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said: “Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Santiago base for summer 2016, our 12th base in Spain, with one based … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SkyWest has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SkyWest Airlines has entered into an amendment to an existing Capacity Purchase Agreement with United Airlines to operate an additional 18 new Embraer E175 dual-class regional jet aircraft. “We’re pleased to secure additional dual-class flying for United,” said Chip Childs, SkyWest President. “This agreement represents … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SAS is boosting its offer to Scandinavian frequent flyers with more than 60,000 seats between Copenhagen and New York in 2016. From the start of the SAS winter program in late October, SAS will fly twice daily to New York from Copenhagen to further reinforce its position as the … Read more
In continuation of its fleet development program, Kuwait Airways received the new Airbus A330 aircraft on 13thAugust 2015, belonging to the third from the five leased aircraft of the same type. Kuwait Airways officials headed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Abdullah Al-Sharhan, Department Directors and various senior representatives were present to receive the Airbus … Read more
Oman Air and Swissport International have signed a multi-station agreement for full cargo handling services at London Heathrow, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle. The new agreement underlines Swissport’s ability to provide standardized services across a multi-station environment. As of 3 September 2015 Swissport took over full cargo handling services for Oman Air at … Read more
Airbus Defence and Space today welcomed the decision of the UK Ministry of Defence to declare that the key contractual milestone known as In-Service Delivery (ISD) has been met following the handing-over of its seventh Airbus A400M new-generation airlifter. The transfer of the aircraft, known as Atlas in UK service, means that the Royal Air … Read more
ExecuJet Aviation Group has been awarded certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) having demonstrated regulatory compliance of its Dubai Repair Station under Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 145. The industry-leading certificate is awarded when a repair station complies with the safety standards necessary to inspect and maintain aircraft and aircraft parts, thus ensuring the safety … Read more