Dubai-based flydubai today celebrated the arrival of its inaugural service to Mumbai. The route will further strengthen the relationship between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while offering passengers greater choice and flexibility. Today’s announcement brings the number of cities the airline serves in India to seven and the number of weekly flights to … Read more
Boeing and Emirates Airline are celebrating the delivery of the airline’s 100th 777-300ER (Extended Range), marking another milestone in a partnership that began over two decades ago when the Dubai-based airline ordered its first 777. With this delivery, Emirates will have 142 777s in operation and is the only airline in the world to operate all the … Read more
Austrian Airlines expanded its regional fleet by four aircraft to a total of 18. One of the four turboprops of the Dash 8-Q400 family of aircraft with the registration OE-LGO was christened with the name “Innsbruck” at Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport. The godmother was Innsbruck‘s Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer. “I am pleased that we will have a regional … Read more
Gulf Air today launched its four weekly direct services to the Russian capital city of Moscow. The launch of this new route is one of the outcomes of the visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to the Russian capital Moscow and the preceding visit of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin … Read more
The first A350 XWB for Vietnam Airlines, to be leased from AerCap, has just moved to station 30 at the Roger Béteille Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This new milestone marks the completion of some of the major airframe assembly as well as the successful first electrical power-on. In station 30, the aircraft … Read more
Virgin Australia announced that it will introduce direct services between Darwin and Alice Springs from March 2015, to coincide with the opening of the new Virgin Australia Lounge in Darwin. Following a meeting with Northern Territory Chief Minister, Adam Giles and Virgin Australia Chief Executive Officer, John Borghetti it was agreed Virgin Australia will commence … Read more
Flybe has today launched its new routes from Dublin, Aberdeen, Belfast City, Edinburgh, Exeter and Inverness to London City Airport in a major expansion, providing direct links for customers throughout the UK and Ireland to the heart of London’s financial district. Six purple Flybe planes were christened in the “Spirit of the Regions” theme and … Read more
Emirates has launched a daily non-stop service to Budapest, marking its first entry into Hungary. Emirates’ daily flight to Budapest is operated with a wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a two-class configuration. The inaugural flight today was welcomed by Jost Lammers, Chief Executive Officer, Budapest Airport, along with partners from the travel trade and local … Read more
CityJet has today announced a 25 per cent expansion of its London City to Dublin route and will put on up to nine flights every weekday.
Brussels Airlines expands its network for summer 2015, adding no less than six new destinations: St-Petersburg, Dubrovnik, Calvi, Lourdes, Olbia and Billund. The flight frequencies of Tel Aviv, Malta and Lyon will be increased. As from 29 March Brussels Airlines starts flights to Billund, in the Danish Jutland region. The airline will operate two daily flights, … Read more