KLM has launched its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Dubai, with the arrival of the first flight at Dubai International Airport, from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on December 17. Dubai is the second UAE destination served by the Dreamliner following the launch of the inaugural flight to Abu Dhabi, l...
Qatar Airways Cargo will start a new freighter route to Dallas/Fort Worth on 19 January 19, 2016, increasing its network to six freighter destinations in the Americas. A Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777F will fly two times a week to Dallas from Liege Airport. In total, Qatar Airways Cargo p...
Russian low-cost airline Pobeda launched air connection from Bratislava to Moscow and back on Saturday. "I am convinced that this air connection will create conditions for the development of trade, tourism in Slovakia as well as in Russia," announced Slovak Transport, Construction and Regional Development Ministry's State Secretary Frantisek Palko. Palko attended the ceremony a...
The Chile government and workers tied to the civil aviation authority reached an agreement on Sunday, ending a four day strike that forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded. "We want say to all the Chileans who were affected (by the strike) that we deeply regret this situation, that we will go the extra mile together with the airlines, with al...
Officials at Berlin's long-delayed new Brandenburg Airport denied a newspaper report that the opening had been pushed back until 2018. The airport, originally due to open in 2012, has been under construction since 2006, with red tape and technical problems repeatedly delaying its inauguration. Newspaper Bild am Sonntag cited a confidential schedule from the airport's project manageme...
American Airlines’ return to Australia has received a traditional welcome after touching down in Sydney over the weekend. Flight AA73, operated by Boeing 777-300ER N720AN, landed on Runway 34L a little after 0700 local time on Saturday after a 14-hour journey from Los Angeles. It was American’s first flight to Australia since the early 1990s, when it briefly operated a four times...
Air Canada today announced it plans to increase its new non-stop flights from Vancouver to Brisbane, Australia to daily from three times weekly beginning June 17, 2016. “Customer response to our announcement of the only non-stop flights between Canada and Brisbane has been very positive, and we thank federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau for the revised bilateral agreement which enables...
Yuma’s rich aviation history began when aviation pioneer Robert Fowler landed in Yuma on Oct. 25, 1911, near South 4th Avenue in pursuit of a $50,000 prize to be the first aviator to fly across the U.S. from coast to coast in 30 days or less. Four days after he landed in Yuma, Fowler made aviation history by being the first person to fly west to east across the U.S. Robert Fowler’s...
Emirates is launching three new weekly flights between Dubai and Cairo, commencing on 1st January 2016. The new service will supplement the current twice daily Boeing 777-300ER flights, taking the total number of flights serving Cairo to 17 each week. The additional flights will boost the number of connection options that Emirates offers to passengers heading into or from Egypt’s capital...
Qatar Airways has launched new services between Doha and Durban. The four-times-weekly service to Durban further complements the airline’s existing daily flights to Cape Town and double daily flights to Johannesburg, and is an expansion of the airline’s operations in South Africa. Travellers can now choose from a total of 21 flights a week to South Africa from Qatar Airways’ h...
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) is targeting a December 2017 opening date for its new Midfield Terminal building, a key component of the company’s expansion, as traffic is on track to double over the next decade. The new terminal is a prestige project for the Government-owned Adac and is a linchpin of Abu Dhabi’s broader plans to increase tourist traffic as part of the Vision 2030...
Major US Airport Looks Ahead To Cleaner, Greener Future A major biofuels trial will take place at Seattle-Tacoma International next year, potentially paving the way towards an all-biofuels-based future for the airport. One of the United States’ most active airports may in future become a biofuels-only facility, with feasibility trials set to soon start there. A three-way MOU (Memora...
Etihad Airways will add three new weekly services between Abu Dhabi and Manila from 1 May 2016, offering a total of 17 return flights per week. Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, said the new services would enable Etihad Airways to offer guests more choice when travelling between the Philippines and the UAE. “The Abu Dhabi-Manila route is on...
The United States and Cuba have struck a deal to allow as many as 110 regular airline flights a day, allowing a surge of American travel to Cuba that could eventually flood the island with hundreds of thousands more U.S. visitors a year, officials said Thursday on the anniversary of detente between the Cold War foes. The deal reached Wednesday night after three days of talks in Washington opens...
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Baltic Ground Services (BGS), a global provider of ground handling and aircraft fueling services, has initiated cooperation with Airest, taking over into‑plane fueling operations at Kaunas (KUN) and R...
