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AZAL first flight lands in Vnukovo

AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines AZAL and Vnukovo Airport  made first step in cooperation. October 25, 2015. When the airline made its first regular flight on the route Moscow-Baku. To honor the beginning of AZAL flights Vnukovo prepared a special festive program. The openin...

Flynas renews partnership agreement with Amadeus

Flynas and Amadeus have renewed a long-term Full Content Agreement (FCA) that sees Saudi Arabia's flagship low cost airline benefit from Amadeus' global network of travel agencies. Amadeus subscribers will continue to access the full range of Flynas fares, availability and schedules, unde...


Two more African airports become Airport Carbon Accredited

As the countdown continues to the COP21 climate negotiations beginning in little over a month, the independent programme Airport Carbon Accreditation provided an update on its progress in Africa. The Airport Carbon Accreditation programme certifies airports at 4 different levels of accreditation covering all stages of carbon management (Mapping, Reduction, Optimisation and N...

Etihad A380 headed to Melbourne in June 2016

Etihad Airways’ flagship Airbus A380 will touch down in Melbourne in June 2016. The Victorian capital will be the airline’s second Australian port and fourth destination overall to receive A380 services, after the double decker superjumbo debuted on the Abu Dhabi-Sydney route in June 2015. The move represented a 26 per cent increase in capacity between Melbourne and Abu Dhab...

Russian Plane Seized at Israel's Airport over Debts

A plane belonging to Russia's Yakutia Airlines has been seized at the Ben Gurion international airport in Israel's Tel Aviv over unpaid debts, the company's director general has told TASS. "The Boeing-737 is under arrest at the airport of Israel over debts," Olga Fedorova said. The flight from Tel Aviv to southern Russia's Krasnodar was detained for 28 hou...

Scottish Flights Delayed By "Technical Issue"

Edinburgh Airport has warned of "delays to all flights this morning" as a technical issue affects Scottish air traffic control. Journeys from two other airports -- in Glasgow and Aberdeen -- are also being disrupted by the fault, which emerged overnight at a major control centre in Prestwick. In a statement, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said: "Some impact is...

Lufthansa ‘pods’ at Frankfurt and Munich airports let parents record bedtime story for their kids

Stories are an important part of childhood. Not only do children learn language or lessons about how the world works, but storytelling also forms a strong bond between parents and their kids. Reading rituals are important, but working parents who travel a lot have to miss out sometimes. What if they could tell bedtime stories even though they have to catch a plane? That’s the premise behi...

LIAT relaunches Santo Domingo service with great US$ 299 fare

LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, will reintroduce services between Antigua and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, effective 15 December 2015. LIATwill offer three flights a week, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Flights depart Antigua at 1015 arriving into Santo Domingo at 1225. The service returns from Santo Domingo at 1320, arriving back into Antigua at 1530. This schedule remains i...

New Domestic Flights Serve Tibet

Tibet will be better connected with inland China after Tibet Airlines launches two news routes on Sunday. The first, connecting the regional capital of Lhasa with Lanzhou in Gansu Province and Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province, will be operated every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Currently, there are no flights between Tibet and Hebei. The second is a daily service linking Qamdo in...

China Eastern Flight Canceled for Engine Blare at Guangzhou Airport

China Eastern Airlines (MU) flight MU5182 aborted takeoff at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) this morning after a loud bang was detected from the engine, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Beijing-bound flight was performed by an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, Registration B-6085. It was scheduled to take off from Guangzhou at 11:40 a.m. and land at Beijing Ca...

Bay Area Flights Face Cancellations, Delays Due to Hurricane Patricia

A travel advisory has been issued for those traveling to Mexico due to Hurricane Patricia. Only one flight flight leaving a Bay Area airport had been cancelled Friday. It was an Alaskan  Airlines flight from SFO to Puerto Vallarta. However, that may change over the weekend. The current travel advisory is for Mexico's coastal cities, including Puerto Vallarta, Ixtapa and Manzani...

U.S. extends ban on flights of its aircraft to Simferopol, Dnepropetrovsk

According to the report, the decision will be in effect until October 27, 2016.   The United States has extended for another year a ban on flights of its aircraft to international airports of Crimea’s capital Simferopol and the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday that the decision stemmed...

Turkish Airlines launches new daily flight from London Heathrow to Istanbul

Turkish Airlines has launched a new daily flight from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul, Turkey. Osman Battal, Turkish Airlines general manager for London said: “We are delighted to announce our fifth flight from London Heathrow to Istanbul. We are incredibly proud of our unique Turkish hospitality , service and happy that more and more passengers are using our airline to visit Turkey;...

Changi appoints contractor to start third runway expansion

Changi Airport Group (CAG) has appointed a joint venture consisting of Samsung C&T and Koh Brothers for the first development work to build a third runway at Changi Airport. The contract, worth 1.1 billion Singapore dollars ($789 million), will cover work including pavements, drainage, security fencing and perimeter roads, mechanical and electrical work, as well as road diversions. The join...

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