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Buta Airways expands its route network with flights to another popular Turkish resort

Starting from October 6, 2018, national low-cost airline Buta Airways will open direct flights to Turkey's another popular destination - Izmir. The minimum fare for Baku-Izmir flight (Adnan Menderes airport, IATA code: ADB) like for other destinations of the Airline, will cost 29 euros...

Air Astana demonstrates strong traffic and revenue growth in the first half of 2018

Air Astana recorded a 10% increase in passenger traffic and a 17% uptick in revenues in the first half of the year compared with the corresponding period of 2017. Between January and June 2018, the airline carried more than two million passengers. The traffic growth was driven by the strong...

Qatar Airways to Launch Ultramodern A350-1000 and Award-Winning Qsuite on Singapore and Haneda Routes

Qatar Airways is delighted to announce that the world’s most technologically advanced passenger aircraft – the A350-1000 – equipped with the airline’s luxurious, award-winning Qsuite will be available on flights to and from Singapore’s Changi Airport from 1 November 2018. The aircraft will also be introduced daily to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from 1 January 2019....

Boeing Forecasts Greatest Demand for Pilots, Technicians, Cabin Crew in Asia Pacific Region

Over the next 20 years, the region will account for more than one-third of global demand Boeing reports that the Asia Pacific region will have the greatest global demand for new civil aviation personnel over the next 20 years. The region is projected to account for 33 percent of the global need for pilots, 34 percent for technicians and 36 percent for cabin crew. The 201...

airBaltic Receives Eleventh Airbus A220-300 Aircraft

Latvian airline airBaltic on August 25, 2018 in Rigawelcomed its eleventh Airbus A220-300jet, registered as YL-CSK. By the end of 2018, airBalticplans to have a total of 14 Airbus A220-300aircraft in its fleet. Thus far,airBaltic has carried over 1 450 000 passengers on the Airbus A220-300aircraft with every third airBalticpassen...

Strategies to Support Sustained Airline Financial Health

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2018 World Financial Symposium(WFS) will feature a strong focus on partnership strategies to accelerate delivery of transformation supporting sustained airline financial health. 2018 will mark the ninth consecutive year of industry profits and the fourth year in which airlines will make an aggregate return exceedin...

Aireon ALERT(SM) Now Open for Pre-Registration

Aireon and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) announced that Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), Aircraft Operators, Regulators and Search and Rescue Organizations can now pre-register for their free, global Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking (ALERT) service. The Aireon ALERT service will provide the last known position of an Automatic Dependent Surveillanc...

Ryanair Announces $200m Investment In London Luton With 2 New Based Aircraft

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline announced an investment of $200 million at London Luton airport with 2 new based aircraft (6 aircraft in total) for its winter 2018 schedule and added 6 new routes to Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Cork and Malaga and more flights on its existing Vilnius route. Ryanair’s winter 2018 London Luton schedule will now deliver a total of 21 routes w...

Significant growth in aviation jobs expected

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published the results of a global survey of Human Resources professionals in the aviation industry highlighting key challenges in talent acquisition, training and retention*: More than 73% of respondents expect the major areas of job growth to be in ground operations, customer service and cabin crew. 48% report that finding new talent is a...

airBaltic Carries Over 450 000 Passengers in July

The Latvian airline airBaltic in July 2018has transported a record high number ofpassengers – 452 646 or 15% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.From January till July 2018, 2 329 485 or +19% passengers travelled with airBaltic. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic:...

Gulf Air Welcomes First Airbus A320neo Aircraft

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, welcomed the airline’s first Airbus A320neo, which landed in Bahrain International Airport at approximately 1600 local time. Following its delivery from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France the aircraft will service a number of regional routes within the Gulf Air network. With Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Mr. Krešimir Kuč...

AIR FRANCE - KLM: Board of Directors appoints Benjamin Smith as Air France-KLM CEO

The Board of Directors of Air France-KLM, meeting on August 16, 2018, has decided to appoint Benjamin Smith as Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer. Benjamin Smith is a reputed senior airline industry executive at international level. He has played a major role at Air Canada over the past two decades, where he has been a key player in the airline's economic and commercial development, its...

airBaltic Announces First Destinations of Summer 2019

Latvian airlineairBaltic announces its first destination for the summer season of 2019, which will begin in late March. Next season airBalticcontinues to expand its offer in Tallinn, by adding new flights to Malaga, Brussels and Copenhagen starting June 2019. In addtion,airBalticwill add scheduled flights to Stuttgart from Riga starting March 31, 2019. Martin Gauss, CEOof airBalt...

Lufthansa Technik: Comprehensive A350 APU support for two Asian airlines

Two major Asian airlines entrusted Lufthansa Technik with the technical support for the HGT1700 auxiliary power units (APU) of their A350-900 fleets. South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines signed a ten year long-term contract for the HGT1700 APUs of its planned fleet of 30 A350-900 aircraft. The services will be provided in the frame of an exclusive time and material agre...

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