Reading Time: < 1 minute A Qatar Airways passenger plane en route from Istanbul to Doha had to make an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Thursday. Qatar Airways Flight 240 was forced to make the emergency landing shortly after take-off due to a technical fault in its left engine, an airport official speaking anonymously told Anadolu Agency. After […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pegasus Airlines has announced its financial results for the first half of 2016 and its traffic results for January to July 2016. In the first six months of this year Pegasus’ sales revenue has risen by 5% year-on-year to reach 1.489 billion; whilst the airline has recorded an EBITDAR (profit before tax, interest, amortization and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Comparable operating result for Q2 showed a year-on-year improvement for the seventh consecutive quarter and was positive at 3.2 million euros . January–June 2016 Revenue grew by 3.8% year-on-year to 1,106.0 million euros (1,065.2). Comparable operating result was -12.2 million euros (-41.3). Operating result was -17.4 million euros (-13.9). Comparable EBITDAR was 92.7 million euros (56.5). […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing and ANA celebrated the delivery of the airline’s 50th 787 Dreamliner during a ceremony today at Boeing’s Everett Delivery Center. The milestone marks yet another record for ANA as it becomes the world’s first airline to operate 50 787 Dreamliners. “The 787 Dreamliner has played a significant role in opening up new routes into […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The major U.S. airlines expect 15.6 million passengers to fly over the seven-day Labor Day travel period, up 4% from the analogous period a year ago, according to Airlines for America, the leading industry trade group. During this year’s travel period, which runs from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6, about 2.23 million passengers a day […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes AirAsia India is adding one more aircraft and new routes, as the discount carrier expands its fleet amid cutthroat competition in the market. A number of carriers have been adding planes and increasing services as more Indian middle class passengers take to air travel, shunning trains. AirAsia India, backed by Malaysia’s AirAsia Bhd, had launched […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways’s first-half net profit tumbled 82% amid slower Chinese economic growth and falling consumer demand for premium class seats on long-haul routes, sending its shares down almost 8 percent. Net profit for the six months ended June 30 fell to HK$353 million ($45.52 million) from HK$1.97 billion in the same […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair has said 85 per cent of its 62,000 flights arrived on time at their destinations last month. The airline noted the figure was down on the 90 per cent punctuality achieved in July 2015, but said this was due to air-traffic control issues in the UK, France and Germany, as well as poor weather. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Starting this September, travelers will be able to fly direct from Toronto, Canada, to Niagara Falls—a trip that will take all of 12 minutes. The service will be offered through Greater Toronto Airways starting September 15 between Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport and the Niagara District Airport in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Current commute options from Toronto to Niagara […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute 2.4 million passengers travelled through Brussels Airport in July, which makes it the second busiest month of July after the record month of July 2015. In spite of this rush, the average travel time from the Brussels Ring Road R0 to the departure gate did in general not exceed one hour for Schengen flights and […]