JetBlue Airways and Royal Air Maroc have today filed an application with the U.S. Governments to enter into a codeshare partnership that will offer customers easy connections between the two airlines’ networks. Customers will enjoy combined ticketing and baggage transfer when connecting between the two carriers. Flights will become available for sale after receipt of … Read more
Erno Hildén, Finnair Chief Financial Officer and the member of the company’s Executive Board, will leave the company on 30 April 2015.
The national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman will fly from Muscat to Singapore and Goa from the 29th of March and to Dhaka as from August 2015. The Chief Executive of Oman Air, Paul Gregorowitsch announced the new routes, saying: “We are delighted to be opening up new routes to Singapore, Goa and Dhaka, … Read more
Iberia continues to open up new destinations: after Montevideo, Santo Domingo, Istanbul and Athens, now it’s the turn of Havana, Medellin and Cali. With these new incorporations, the figure of new destinations opened in the past year climbs to 23. The Havana route, which was suspended two years ago, will begin to operate on 1 … Read more
A new Luxair Boeing 737-800 landed today at Luxembourg airport. With this aircraft, Luxair’s operating fleet now comprises three Boeing 737-800, two Boeing 737-700, seven Bombardier Q400 and five Embraer ERJ 145. Delivered yesterday to Luxair by Boeing, the aircraft was ferried from Seattle, USA, by a Luxair crew of two pilots, an avionics engineer … Read more
Fiji Airways Group reported record-breaking revenue and passenger numbers for the fiscal year, announcing an increase in operating profits from 2013. The Group recorded an operating profit of $60.8m from January 1(st) – December 31(st) 2014. These results are more than two times better than the best operating profit achieved in the history of APL back in … Read more
Etihad Airways announced the appointment of John Friel as its new General Manager in South Africa. Based at the airline’s offices in Johannesburg, John is responsible for leading Etihad Airways’ commercial operations in South Africa as it continues to grow its presence and operations across the region. John, a 16-year veteran in the travel sector, … Read more
Cathay Pacific Airways announced a further expansion of its freighter network with the launch of a new service to Kolkata, India, commencing 11 March 2015. Cathay Pacific will become the only carrier providing direct freighter services between Kolkata and Hong Kong. The scheduled service will operate twice a week on a Hong Kong-New Delhi-Kolkata- Hong … Read more
In a ceremony today, Pilatus Business Aircraft’s delivered the 1,300th unit of its single engine turboprop PC-12 to California-based airline Surf Air.
Dubai-based flydubai announced the launch of flights to Ahwaz, Hamadan, Esfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz in Iran. The announcement will see flydubai’s Iranian network grow to seven points, adding to the launch of flights to Tehran and Mashhad in 2014. Flights to Shiraz, Esfahan and Ahwaz will commence on 8, 11 and 14 of March respectively. Hamadan … Read more