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PAL touches down in Cairns

Overcast conditions have greeted the arrival of Philippines Airlines’s inaugural flight to Cairns. Flight PR218 from Manila, operated by Airbus A320 RP-C8613, landed a little after 0700 local time on Thursday. The aircraft was on the ground in Cairns for about two hours before heading&nb...

easyJet launches new Glasgow - Milan Malpensa route

The new year round service, which is expected to carry 26,000 annually, is Glasgow’s first direct connection to Milan. Flights operate twice weekly on Wednesday’s and Saturday’s with fares starting from £25.49 one way per person. The airline already flies to Milan Malpensa...

Emirates starts first Airbus A380 service from Dubai to Scandinavia

Emirates has launched its first Airbus A380 service to Scandinavia having touched down in Copenhagen on Tuesday. The Dubai carrier is now providing a daily service to the Danish capital - its 36th A380 destination. It is also Emirates’ first route to be operated with an A380 in a two-class configuration, with a capacity of 615 passengers in each direction. Emirates has made the A380...

Air China to start Beijing - Havana - Montreal service

Air China will start Beijing – Montreal – Havana service on December 27, 2015, a southward extension to Havana of the carrier’s Beijing – Montreal service already started on September 29. With the extension, passengers make a short stopover in Montreal and then continue their journey to the “Jewel of the Caribbean” for its romantic Latin American charms....

Essendon planning for security screening in first quarter of 2016 for Jetgo flights

Essendon Airport is hopeful of having the appropriate security screening facilities in place for Jetgo to begin flights from Dubbo in the first quarter of 2016. Jetgo had planned to fly from Dubbo to Melbourne Tullamarine starting in late October but was unable to secure terminal space at the airport. Moves to operate into nearby Essendon Airport then hit a roadblock because of a lack of passen...

Air NZ operates first 330-minute ETOPS flight for inaugural to Buenos Aires

Air New Zealand has set two milestones with its inaugural service to Argentina. Flight NZ30 took off from Auckland Airport on Tuesday evening, landing at Buenos Aires just over 11 hours later. It was Air NZ’s first scheduled flight to South America and part of the airline’s growth strategy in the Pacific Rim. And from a technical point of view, the arrival of Boeing 777-200ER ZK-...

6 Airports Shut Down for Heavy Snow in Northeast China

A severe cold vortex swept Northeast China from the morning of Dec. 1, forcing 6 airports in this area shut down temporarily due to moderate to heavy snow. Mudanjiang Airport (MDG) was temporarily shut down from 8:37 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Dec. 2 for runway snow cover. Changbaishan Airport (NBS) was forced to close from 7:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. due to runway icing today. Runw...

Chennai Airport Temporarily Shut Down Due to Rains, Water Reaches Runway

As the rain fury continues in the city, the Chennai airport has shut down calling off all operations. "The airport as of now is closed for all operations as water has reached the runway and we are not ready to take any chance," said Deepak Shastri, airport director. While it's the second time that the airport is facing a shut down the present one has lasted longer than the ea...

Etihad Airways Enhances Presence In East Africa

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today enhanced its presence in East Africa with the launch of new services between Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania and Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) On touching down at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, the inaugural flight was welcomed with a water-cannon salute, and a...

SITA extends common-use technology to nine South African airports

The Airports Company South Africa and Aviation Co-ordination Services (ACS) have renewed SITA, the global air transport IT company, as the common-use technology provider for Airports Company South Africa, extending the coverage to nine airports. Together the airports handle more than 90% of scheduled civil aviation traffic in South Africa. The new five-year contract will see SITA&rsquo...

NY airports to get $3bn from US budget

The Port Authority posted for public review a proposed $3.0 billion Operating Budget that funds critical planning for future growth in a fiscally responsible manner. The agency also posted a $3.5 billion Capital Budget that funds critical state-of-good-repair to existing transportation facilities and new infrastructure that is needed to sustain and accelerate growth and enhance the overall custome...

Dense Fog Disrupts Air Traffic, Stranding 10,000 Passengers at Xi'an Airport

Dusty weather continued on Tuesday in the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, disrupting flights and stranding more than 10,000 passengers. Around 120 domestic and international flights were canceled on Monday due to poor visibility and hundreds of flights were delayed in Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY), the airport said. More than 10,000 passengers have been...

NokScoot to Expand China Network

NokScoot, a Thailand-based low-cost airline, will start a four weekly flight between Bangkok (Don Mueang) and Tianjin (Binhai), January 15, 2016. The airline will use a Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the route, with 415 seats (24 in business class seats and 391 in economy). "NokScoot received good customer feedback from our flights to Nanjing and Qingdao... Market research indicates g...

Malindo Air Introduces Daily Services To Colombo And Ho Chi Minh

Malindo Air today officially announced that all bookings are now open for its new services, Kuala Lumpur-Colombo-Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur-Ho Chi Minh-Kuala Lumpur. The daily flight to Colombo will commence on 18 December 2015, whereas daily services to Ho Chi Minh will start on 29 January 2016. The daily services to Sri Lanka and Vietnam mark the airline’s ninth and tenth countries resp...

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