Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has boosted its capacity to America’s third largest city, Chicago, with the start of daily non-stop flights. The Dubai-Chicago non-stop service, launched last week and operated by a Boeing 777-200LR, offers nearly 120 tons of belly-hold cargo capacity a week each way, which will further stimulate a growing … Read more
EL AL said on Thursday its third-quarter revenues will be hurt more than previously expected by the Gaza war due to a flood of cancellations.
Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has entered into a codeshare agreement with United Airlines, effective 30 August 2014. Ethiopian currently flies to 82 international destinations across five continents operating a young and modern fleet, such as Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft. The carrier provides daily services to Washington Dulles Airport using the B777 or B787 … Read more
The investigation into the crash of flight MH17 led by the Dutch Safety Board will continue in The Hague. In recent weeks, an international team of some 25 aircraft accident investigators has collected as much investigation information as possible in Ukraine. Since it is not necessary to stay in Ukraine any longer to analyse the … Read more
Qantas announced an increase in capacity on services from Sydney to Honolulu from 20 December this year. Qantas will increase services from three to four per week and upgrade the service from a B767 to an A330 aircraft, adding 253 seats per week on the route. Additionally, during subsequent peak holiday periods such as school … Read more
As a precautionary measure, and in consideration of the ongoing conflict in the area, Oman Air confirmed that it has re-routed its flights to and from the airline’s home base of Muscat to avoid flying over Iraqi territory. The move comes as a result of Oman Air’s continuous review of its flight paths and follows … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Today, the Malaysia Airlines management met with representatives of its employee unions and other associations as the first step to inform and engage employees on the future restructuring of Malaysia Airlines. As noted by the Prime Minister last week, this is going to be a long process which will require … Read more
Etihad Cargo, the freight business of Etihad Airways, will launch twice weekly freighter rotations linking Abu Dhabi and Moscow Domodedovo airports on 13 August 2014. The dedicated cargo service will operate every Wednesday and Friday using an Airbus A330-200F freighter, with a capacity of 64 metric tonnes. Moscow is Russia’s capital city and a major … Read more
Oman Air has appointed Paul Gregorowitsch as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective the beginning of August 2014. Oman Air’s Chairman, His Excellency Darwish bin Ismail bin Ali Al Balushi, hailed it as the start of a new chapter in the illustrious development, at local, regional and international levels, of the national carrier of the … Read more
Alitalia’s Chief Executive Gabriele Del Torchio is ready to leave the airline after striking a rescue deal with Etihad Airways, the CEO told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Saturday. Del Torchio, previously the CEO of motorcycle maker Ducati, was recruited last year to help bring the struggling flagship carrier back to profit. For nearly … Read more