Reading Time: 2 minutes American Airlines is expanding its European network next summer with nine new routes designed to meet customer demand. Additionally, given the current fuel and competitive environment, American will suspend service between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) in October and seek a dormancy waiver from the U.S. Department of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gulf Air, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, took delivery of its first A320neo. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, made its maiden journey from Toulouse to Bahrain, landing at the Bahrain International Airport. The aircraft is the first of the 29 A320neo Family aircraft ordered during the 2016 Bahrain International Airshow. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Delta Air Lines and Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) are partnering to create a leading hub in Northeast Asia. The partnership agreement allows the two parties to exchange information regarding the design of Terminal 2 at the Incheon International Airport (ICN), collaborate on initiatives enhancing customer experience and operational performance, explore deployment of new technologies and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian flag carrier Aeroflot is to buy back shares from those stakeholders who disagreed with the major lease deal of 50 advanced, Russian-made MC-21-300 narrow-body aircraft. An extraordinary meeting of the airline’s board of directors established that the national carrier will take back 47,817,796 shares at a total value of US$107 million. Russian legislation allows […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa Cargo and Brussels Airlines Cargo start close cooperation and the marketing of Brussels Airlines’ (SN) cargo capacities. The network of both companies complements each other perfectly. The new cooperation gives Brussels Airlines Cargo customers easy access to Lufthansa Cargo’s worldwide route network with around 300 destinations in over 100 countries. For Lufthansa Cargo customers, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair, the Irish low-cost carrier, has entered into three days of mediation in an attempt to reach a mutually acceptable conclusion to the current dispute with Irish pilots and their unions, the Irish Airline Pilot’s Association (IALPA) – part of the Fórsa trade union. While negotiations continue, the union has confirmed that no further strike […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are on track to become the first global airline partnership to achieve Level 3 Certification on the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC), standard 18.1. Virgin has already achieved Level 3 Certification, and Delta expects to do the same in the next month. This will allow […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Another 250 flights have been added to the list of Ryanair cancellations as the German Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) confirms that pilots will be taking strike action this Friday after a 96 percent majority of Ryanair pilots employed in Germany voted in favor of a walk out. The VC pilot union has called for […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Due to a police operation at Frankfurt Airport, there are delays and flight cancellations on flights to and from Frankfurt today. After several persons passed through the security area without being controlled, the German Federal Police ordered a boarding stop in the security areas A and Z of Terminal 1 as well as an evacuation […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Saudia, the national carrier of Saudi Arabia, has declared that it would be suspending flights in and out of Toronto from the 13 August. Announced over Saudia’s official Twitter account, the development is the latest in the deteriorating diplomatic relations between Canada and Saudi Arabia. As part of the ongoing row, Saudi Arabia has recalled […]