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Mumbai Airport on High Alert After Bomb Threat

The Mumbai airport received a threat call on Monday night following which security was stepped up. "Around 11:30 p.m., a unknown person called a landline number of the airport and spoke to an airport staffer. He said he was near Andheri railway station when he heard five people tal...

JFK airport reopens runway after major modernization

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced the resumption of flights on a major runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport, following substantial completion of a $400 million modernization project designed to help reduce delays, enhance safety and increase the surface’s...


Vueling will fly from Vilnius to Barcelona

As of summer 2016, Spanish low-cost airline Vueling will start carrying passengers from/to Barcelona to/from Vilnius. The airline will benefit from financial assistance offered by the aviation route incentive programme, created by the Lithuanian Airports, cites LETA/ELTA. Vueling has already launched the ticket sales for flights starting from late June, 2016: a trip from Vilnius to Barcelo...

Southwest Paid US$120 Million for 2 Gates at Dallas Airport

Southwest Airlines is so intent on strengthening its grip over Dallas Love Field that it is paying United Airlines US$120 million to control two more gates at the airport near downtown. Southwest disclosed the deal Monday during a hearing on a court fight that will determine whether Delta Air Lines can stay at Love Field. The hearing gave a rare glimpse into the high-stakes dealing...

Hydraulic Issues on Aer Lingus Flight Causes Fire in Brakes upon Emergency Landing at JFK Airport

An Aer Lingus flight had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff after experiencing hydraulic issues. Aer Lingus flight #110 departed JFK at 7:15 p.m. to Shannon, Ireland returned to JFK at 7:30 p.m. The Boeing 757 reported hydraulic failure, landing gear door problems, and no flaps. The plane came in faster than normal and landed runway 22 left. ARFF trucks are on scene as...

Libyan Wings fly to Istanbul

Libyan Wings launched its flights to Istanbul last week, ch-aviation reports. Libyan Wings CEO, Edgardo Badiali told the Libya Herald that he had hoped the security situation surround the launch would stay calm, however the situation has deteriorated as Islamic State fighters infiltrates Tripoli Mitiga airport earlier in the month.   Regardless, Libyan Wings plans to continue expan...

The passenger traffic of Moscow Air Cluster airports reached 53,4 million passengers over the first 8 months of 2015

In January-August 2015 the passenger traffic of Moscow Air Cluster (MAC) airports increased by 1,8% year-on-year and reached 53,4 million passengers, Rosaviatsiya reports. «Over the last 8 months the passenger traffic on domestic routes amounted to 26,8 million passengers (+16,1% year-on-year),” the agency noted. In August 2015 MAC airports serviced 9,2 million passengers (+3,3%...

Tigerair Launches Inaugural Flight to Quanzhou Today

Tigerair has marked a new milestone today as the only carrier to operate direct flights between Singapore and the coastal city of Quanzhou in China’s Fujian province. The airline made its inaugural flight to Quanzhou today, and will ply the two cities every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Lee Lik Hsin, Tigerair’s CEO, said, “Tigerair is constantly looking for opportunities...

PSA Airlines Announces New Crew Base at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport

PSA Airlines announced today that it will add an additional crew base, opening January 2016, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG). This will be PSA’s fourth crew base: joining Dayton, Ohio, Charlotte, North Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee. The wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group has doubled its fleet size and employee base since the announcement of the a...

Solomon Airlines to commence direct Honiara-Nadi service

Honiara, Solomon Islands – Solomon Airlines has announced it will commence operation of a new direct Honiara-Nadi service effective Wednesday, 04 November 2015, subject to government approval. The national carrier will utilise its flagship Airbus A320 on the route which is scheduled to operate ex-Honiara on Wednesdays and ex-Nadi on Thursdays. Timings as follow: Flight IE 708 operat...

Spring Airlines Opens Guiyang-Nagoya Route

China's Spring Airline, with HQ in Shanghai, has opened a direct flight between Guiyang, Guizhou province and Nagoya, Japan, as of Sep. 26, the first direct flight between southwest China and Central Japan. The airline is using an airbus A320 for the route, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, departing Guiyang at 7:35 p.m. and arriving in Nagoya just after midnight, then departing Na...

Abu Dhabi Airport sees record passenger traffic for August

Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport increased by 17.4% in the month of August. A total of 2,254,809 travelers passed through the capital’s gateway last month, compared with 1,920,934 in August 2014. This is the highest number of passengers in one month, in the airport’s history. There was also an increase in aircraft mo...

JetBlue expands U.S.-Cuba service ahead of expected travel opening

U.S. airline JetBlue will add a second charter flight from New York's John F. Kennedy airport to Havana, expanding charter service ahead of an expected opening of commercial air travel between the two countries, the company said on Monday. The new round-trip, non-stop flight will operate every Tuesday starting Dec. 1 in partnership with Cuba Travel Services, a travel provider licensed by th...

Tianjin Airport to Add Off-Site Check-in Stations

Tianjin airport will build another six off-site departure stations by the end of this year in Tianjin, Beijing and Hebei province, as well as one in Dezhou, Shandong province, a city included in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration blueprint, local authorities said. New stations in Hebei will be built in Tangshan and Qinhuangdao. The new facilities will increase the total number o...

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