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Air Serbia targets more US traffic as profit soars

Middle Eastern carriers saw 12% rise in demand in March

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for March showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 5.3%, compared to the same month last year, with African airlines continuing to enjoy strong demand, with traffic u...

Finnair Named World's Greenest Airline

Out of 20 major airlines, Finnair was the least polluting of the world’s largest airlines in 2014, according to a new study. The study was conducted by the U.K.’s University of Warwick in Coventry. They examined data from the annual reports of 20 large airlines as well as from the Car...

IAG boss calls for register of drones after near misses with aircraft

Chief executive of British Airways’ owner says drones may become serious risk to air passengers. The boss of British Airways’ owner IAG has called for a register of drone users after a series of near collisions between passenger planes and unmanned aircraft. Willie Walsh, IAG’s chief executive, said that “without question” new restrictions should be brought in b...

Pilots report more than 1,400 laser incidents in 2015

More than 1,400 incidents of lasers being shone at aircraft were reported to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in 2015. The number was slightly lower than in 2014 - but reports by police helicopter pilots more than doubled. The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said the increasing power of lasers raised the possibility of a serious accident. One pilot called for the sal...

Air India posts profit first time in decade, but still not out of woods

Air India has reported a modest operational profit for the first time in a decade, two years ahead of the target as per its turnaround plan. This is significant since any profit, even if it is at the operational level, has been generated for the first time since the erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines merged to create the present behemoth. Lower fuel prices coupled with improved operational...

What happens to your body during a flight

Air pressure changes can cause passengers to experience build-ups of gas which lead to bloating, constipation and stomach pains. If you’ve ever flown on a plane before, chances are you’ve suffered a few unpleasant symptoms. A new infographic shows exactly how cramped conditions and constant pressure can create an environment that leads to dehydration and other illnesses. Compi...

Refused boarding over weight limit

Air New Zealand refused to let a woman board her flight to Tonga because the aircraft had reached its upper weight limit. Auckland woman Alex Catchpole-Ozpınar was supposed to board her 9.30am flight to Tonga on Monday for a five day holiday but was turned away at the Air NZ check-in counter because her aircraft had reached its weight limit. Catchpole-Ozpınar said sh...

31 injured by severe turbulence on Indonesia flight

Severe turbulence on an Etihad Airways flight to Indonesia left 31 passengers injured on Wednesday. Flight EY474 from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta encountered severe and unexpected turbulence about 45 minutes before its arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the airline confirmed in a statement. he A330-200 Airbus landed safely at the airport in Jakarta, where nine passengers were taken to...

United Airlines pays $37 million to ex-CEO who quit amid a corruption investigation

Despite resigning amid a federal corruption probe, the former chief executive of United Airlines is receiving nearly $37 million in compensation, including a car, free flights and lifetime parking privileges at two major airports. The payout benefits to former United Continental Holdings Inc. CEO Jeff Smisek were described in a filing by the airline to the Security and Exchange Commission last...

airBaltic – No 1 Airline in Estonia

The Latvian airline airBaltic has become the largest airline in Estonia. In April, airBaltic achieved +64% growth, and serviced 28 474 passengers travelling to and from Estonia. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “For the first time in history, airBaltic is the No 1 airline in Estonia. We sincerely thank our Estonian customers for choosing airBaltic as their home car...

airBaltic Share Capital Increase Completed

Yesterday the Shareholder Meeting of airBaltic decided the share capital increase of the Company by 131 152 036 shares with the nominal value of each share being EUR 1. The newly approved share capital of airBaltic will now constitute EUR 256 472 824, composed of 256 472 824 shares. The share capital increase procedure is thus completed. After the share capital increase, the Latvian...

LATAM flies new livery 767 to collect Olympic flame

The first LATAM Airlines Group aircraft painted in the carrier’s new livery will arrive in Brasilia tomorrow morning bearing the Olympic flame. The Boeing 767-300ER, registration PT-MSY, departed Rio de Janeiro for Geneva on 1 May on a non-revenue flight to collect the Olympic flame. It will depart Geneva today at 22:45 and arrive in Brasilia tomorrow morning at 06:30. Two Brazi...

This is what plane food looked like back in the 60s and 70s, the ‘golden age of air travel’

Plane food doesn’t have the best rep these days. Whatever the description, you will almost certainly be presented with sort of cheesy/tomato based pasta dish, a stone cold roll, and a tiny salad of spiky leaves. In other words, a big ol’ bowl of disappointment. We might be able to deliver orgasms by drone, build driverless cars, and make cats speak. But we can’t deliver...

Helicopter techniques - (not) for dummies

By Andreas Eissler Some time after having served as a bush pilot and mechanic in the tropical rain forests of Borneo, as well as in the high mountain regions of Papua – Irian Jaya for a few years, I was asked to present a lecture to a symposium of the Christian Pilots Association CPV in Germany, to broach the issue of advantages and limitations of helicopter operations in mission aviation...

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