Reading Time: 4 minutes Middle East carriers displayed an eight-year low drop in demand over the course of May, partially because of the ban on carry-on electronic items on direct flights to the United States from 10 airports in the region, according to the latest global passenger traffic figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). According to the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Thomson Boeing 757-200 was performing flight from Manchester to Girona with 201 passengers and 8 crew, when about 10nm southwest of London Gatwick crew reported smoke in the cabin and decided to divert to Gatwick for a safe landing on runway 26L about 22 minutes later. Passengers reported smoke emanated from a galley, supposedly […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Alaskan volcano that has erupted several times since last year spewed an ash cloud up to 30,000 feet, leading to an aviation warning. The Bogoslof volcano erupted Saturday, sending ash over the Aleutians Islands, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) said. It “remains at a heightened state of unrest and in an unpredictable condition, and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute В 2020 г. в аэропорту Франкфурта (FRA) откроют первый терминал, предназначенный специально для низкотарифных авиакомпаний. В год он сможет обслуживать до 6 млн пасс., рассказал гендиректор оператора аэропорта Штефон Шульте. Терминал отроют на три года раньше изначально запланированного срока. Объект возведут к югу от главного здания аэровокзала. Позже там же построят Терминал 3, предназначенный для […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Canada transported close to 1 million customers throughout the six-day holiday period, during which it achieved a single-day record for passengers carried. On June 29, Air Canada welcomed aboard 166,850 customers, a record for Canada’s flag carrier, and from June 29 to July 4 over 930,000 customers took flight with Air Canada. “As Canadians […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Объединённая авиастроительная корпорация” (ОАК) представит в рамках Международного авиационно-космического салона МАКС-2017 всю линейку продукции предприятий по тематике военной, гражданской авиации и авиации специального назначения, сообщили в пресс-службе ОАК. В частности, в экспозиции будут продемонстрированы проекты ПАО “Компания “Сухой”, ПАО “Корпорация “Иркут”, ПАО “Туполев”, АО “ГСС” и других предприятий. В сообщении говорится, что на авиасалоне будут […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Norwegian reached a new milestone in June, flying more than three million passengers in one single month. Since Norwegian first started flying in 2002, the airline has now carried over 200 million passengers. Norwegian carried 3,059,402 passengers in June, a 10 per cent increase compared to the same month last year. The total traffic growth […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Israeli flag carrier El Al is to take control of fellow Israeli airline Israir. The acquisition, which is subject to approval by the country’s antitrust authority, will use El Al charter subsidiary Sun d’Or as the vehicle through which Israir will be acquired. Israir is a privately owned package holiday company that sells accommodation as […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thai Airways is grounding some of its Boeing 787-8s due to delays in repairing engine problems that have been affecting other operators of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. The carrier has not specified how long the aircraft will be parked, but stated the engine spare parts issues will be “alleviated” in August, with a “return to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the YY Fares will be rescinded from 31 October 2018. The decision to rescind YY Fares was taken with a vote by the IATA Passenger Tariffs Conference on 28 June 2017. The rescinding of YY fares reflects the dramatic transformation that continues to take place in the […]