Austrian Airlines will launch flight service to a new long-haul destination in Asia next year. Starting on April 4, 2016, Austria’s national carrier will operate a Boeing 777 to Shanghai throughout the entire year. In April 2016 the flights will be offered five times a week, as of May 1, 2016 on a daily basis. … Read more
Atlas Air Worldwide announced that its Atlas Air unit will operate two Boeing 767 aircraft leased to DHL Express by the company’s dry leasing entity, Titan Aviation. Atlas Air will operate the aircraft through its sister company, Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, linking the flights with Polar’s existing services for DHL and other customers. The new … Read more
Alaska Airlines inaugurates new service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Baltimore today. Alaska also flies nonstop from Los Angeles to Reagan National Airport. “Our new non-stop Los Angeles-Baltimore service provides our Southern California customers easy access to this historic Mid-Atlantic seaport city, as well as further access to the nation’s capital nearby,” said John Kirby, Alaska … Read more
RwandAir, the national flag carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, has signed a firm contract with Airbus for an A330-200 and a larger A330-300, at a signature ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda. With this order RwandAir becomes a new Airbus customer and is the first East African customer for the long-haul airliner. This agreement firms up … Read more
WestJet today launches new non-stop service between Calgary and Houston six times a week. The inaugural flight leaves Calgary International Airport at 10:25 a.m. MDT. “As the two largest oil cities in North America, Calgary Houston is the most-requested route from our corporate travel clients in Western Canada,” said Chris Avery, WestJet Vice-President, Network Planning, … Read more
Qantas will add more flights between Australia and Hong Kong and Manila as a result of increasing demand from travellers. From 26 October 2015, Qantas will operate an additional four Sydney-Hong Kong services each week, on top of the current daily services available from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Services from Sydney to Manila will increase … Read more
Hawaiian Airlines has announced the appointment of Timothy Somerset to director – facilities management. Somerset is responsible for managing Hawaiian Airlines’ new projects and renovations, as well as the administration and maintenance of facilities company-wide. “Timothy’s exceptional management skills in facilities planning, development and day-to-day operations will allow us to efficiently address our current and … Read more
The new civilian search and rescue (SAR) helicopter base at Caernarfon Airport has reached 100 taskings exactly two months after going live. The base is operated by Bristow Helicopters Ltd on behalf of HM Coastguard and was the third of the new civilian search and rescue helicopter bases to go live on 1 July. Chief … Read more
Starting today, Brussels Airlines operates four instead of two flights per week to Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone). “We have always continued our flights to these West-African countries during the Ebola crisis and with the increase of our flight offer, we want to actively contribute to the very necessary economic and social revival of … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Viking Air and RN-Aircraft, a Rosneft subsidiary based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, have signed a multi-aircraft purchase agreement for ten Viking Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft to be delivered between November 2015 and early 2017. The aircraft are destined for the Krasnoyarsk region in south central Russia, where they will … Read more