Emirates announces A380 service to Perth

Airline’s first scheduled A380 service to Western Australia to launch on 1 May 2015. The airline has announced that it will up-gauge one of its three daily services between Dubai and Perth to its flagship aircraft, demonstrating the growth of Perth as a global destination. The change from a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will see an … Read more

Wizz Air announces services to Hurghada and Alghero

Wizz Air today announced two new services from Budapest to Hurghada in Egypt and to Alghero in Italy for the 2015 summer season. The new routes will commence on 16 May and 15 June respectively. Wizz Air is now offering a total of 39 routes to 22 countries from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. These … Read more

AirAsia X places firm order for 55 A330neo

AirAsia X, the long haul affiliate of Asia’s largest low cost airline, has placed a firm order with Airbus for 55 A330neo aircraft. This is the largest single order to date for the best-selling A330 Family and reaffirms AirAsia X’s position as the biggest A330 airline customer worldwide, having now ordered a total of 91 … Read more

Norwegian launches new routes from Birmingham to Spain

Norwegian continues to expand its route network in the UK and will for the first time offer non-stop service from Birmingham to Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga. The airline also adds Malaga as a new destination from Edinburgh. ”We´re happy to announce that Norwegian is launching new routes from Birmingham to several destinations in Spain. We … Read more

Changes to Qantas Group executive team

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The Qantas Group has announced changes to its executive leadership team as it continues its accelerated transformation program. As a result of the new structure the current CEO of Qantas International, Simon Hickey, and CEO of Qantas Domestic, Lyell Strambi, have decided to leave the Qantas Group. Under the leadership of Qantas Group CEO Alan … Read more

Oman Air’s new Muscat-Jakarta service takes to the skies

Oman Air’s first flight from its home base of Muscat to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta took off on Friday 12 December. The new service will operate four flights per week and will offer convenient connections at Muscat to many destinations throughout Oman Air’s rapidly-expanding network. Furthermore, the new route will utilise Oman Air’s new … Read more