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Flybe increases flights for Winter 2022/23 and adds new destinations

Despite just launching in April, flybe continues to grow with a new winter schedule that will see the airline fly to twelve destinations. New winter flights will commence on 30 October and include additional routes and frequencies from London Heathrow to Newquay, B...

Canada Jetlines granted permission to operate scheduled flights

Canadian Transportation Agency has issued Canada Jetlines airline licenses. Eddy Doyle CEO Canada Jetlines, commented: “Canada Jetlines is pleased to announce that it has received its Domestic, Non-scheduled international, and scheduled international service licenses from the Canadian...


Norse Atlantic Airways celebrated inaugural flights from Berlin and announces new Berlin to Fort Lauderdale route

Norse Atlantic Airways celebrated the inaugural flights from Berlin to New York JFK and from Berlin to Los Angeles marking a new era for customers seeking affordable transatlantic travel between Germany and the US. Additionally, Norse Atlantic announced a new route connecting Berlin to Fort Lauderdale, operating three times a week, this new route will commence on 7th December with ticket...

Emirates undertakes largest known fleet retrofit project

Emirates has kick-started its plans to upgrade the entire interior cabins of 120 Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft – two of the largest commercial aircraft types in service today.This ambitious project, representing a multi-billion dollar investment to ensure Emirates’ customers “fly better” for the coming years, officially commences in November and is managed entirely by...

DHL Express & Singapore Airlines partnership takes off with new Boeing freighter aircraft

DHL Express has welcomed the arrival of its new Boeing 777 freighter at Singapore Changi Airport. The freighter, which sports a dual DHL-Singapore Airlines livery, has a maximum capacity of 102 tonnes. SIA will operate it on routes to the United States of America via South Korea thrice weekly from August 2022. Mr Robert Hyslop, Executive Vice President for Aviation, DHL Express, c...

New Qantas flight training centre in Sydney

Qantas Group will train pilots at a new purpose-built centre in Sydney across its current and future fleet including the aircraft that will operate non-stop flights from the east coast of Australia to London and New York. A new multi-million-dollar facility is proposed for St Peters near Sydney Airport and would provide training for up to 4,500 new and current Qantas and Jetstar pilots and ca...

American Airlines to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft, places deposit on 20 Overtures

American Airlines to purchase up to Boom Supersonic 20 Overture aircraft, with an option for an additional 40. American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. Overture is expected to carry passengers at twice the speed of today's fastest commercial aircraft. Boom Supersonic's Overture would introduce an important new speed advantage to American's fleet, w...

Helping to manage business security risks - IATA launched AVSEC Insight Platform

IATA launched AVSEC Insight online platform offering users a comprehensive range of timely, open-source, information to aid in identifying potential security risks and threats to their operations and businesses. Matthew Vaughan, IATA’s Director Aviation Security and Cyber, commented : “Monitoring risks is both difficult and time-consuming, particularly for airlin...

SL3710 seat by RECARO Aircraft Seating takes flight on JetSMART's A321neo

The SL3710 seat from Recaro Aircraft Seating took flight on JetSMART’s A321neo for the first time today, August 15. Servicing short-haul passengers, the new Airbus aircraft features 240 pax of the Recaro economy class seats. In total, 11,000 SL3710 seats will be installed on JetSMART’s Airbus aircraft over the next five years. This order is a part of the larger Indigo Partners dea...

Emirates flagship A380 to return to Perth’s skies from 1 December

From 1 December, Emirates will reintroduce its flagship A380 to Perth as part of the airline’s ramp up of services to Australia. The upgauge will increase Emirates’ seating capacity between its hub Dubai and Perth, with close to 500 seats available on each flight. EK420 from Dubai will depart at 02:45, arriving in Perth at 17:20 the same day while EK421 flight will depart from...

Top 5 most popular jobs in aviation

Millions of people fly daily in a world that is becoming more globalized and where the cost of doing so has decreased. No matter where they are flying from, they all have one thing in common: they have all passed through an airport. With such a high volume of everyday travelers, it’s worth it to want to pursue a career in the field.  The aviation industry handles the movement of peop...

Widebody fleet renewal - Malaysia Airlines to acquire 20 A330neo

Malaysia Aviation Group has selected the A330neo for the carrier’s widebody fleet renewal programme. The initial agreements cover the acquisition of 20 A330-900 aircraft, with 10 to be purchased from Airbus and 10 to be leased from Dublin-based Avolon.The announcement was made at an event in Kuala Lumpur, attended by MAG CEO Izham Ismail and Airbus Chief Commercial Officer and Head of I...

Qantas Freight expands to meet online shopping demand

Qantas Freight will increase its domestic fleet with six Airbus A321 aircraft to meet growing e-commerce demand from its customers. Since the onset of COVID-19, the national carrier’s freight division has seen a step change in cargo volumes driven partly by a structural shift to online shopping. The six A321 freighters, which are expected to progressively arrive between early calenda...

Norse Atlantic Airways celebrated inaugural flight from London Gatwick to New York JFK

On August 12th, Norse Atlantic Airways celebrated the inaugural flight between London Gatwick and New York JFK. Additionally, on the same day, Norse Atlantic launched flights between London Gatwick and Oslo  allowing customers the ability to purchase tickets as part of a continuous service between Oslo and New York via London. The daily late morning flights between London and Oslo, opera...

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Cathay Pacific announces plans to launch direct flights to Almaty

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Kuala Lumpur, Houston, Singapore: Starting in October, Lufthansa will begin flying to new destinations with Allegris

Lufthansa is focusing more than ever on premium service: Following the introduction of the new in-flight service on all long-haul flights in early May, the number of destinations where passengers can...

Air passenger rights reform: as European negotiations nearing conclusion, up to 60% of travelers could lose their right to compensation

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