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Opening of Baku-Abu Dhabi flights will allow Azerbaijani citizens to further expand geography of flights

airBaltic Receives the World's Most Punctual Airline Award

On February 28, 2018 at Riga International Airport the World’s Most Punctual Airline Award ceremony was held. The Senior Analyst at OAG John Grant visited Riga and awarded the Latvian airline airBaltic in three categories – the world’s most punctual airline, the most on time airlin...

IATA: Aim for 1 billion passengers to fly on sustainable aviation fuel flights by 2025

The International Air transport Association (IATA) set out an aim  for one billion passengers to fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. This aspiration was identified on the tenth anniversary of the first flight to blend sustainable aviation fue...

Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, Airtel Announce the Formation of Seamless Air Alliance

The Alliance welcomes interested parties to join as members to be at the forefront of driving global change to enhance passenger experience Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) announce the formation of the Seamless Air Alliance – which will usher in a new era of innovation for airlines on all routes. By empowering member mobile opera...

Ryanair moves routes from Frankfurt-Hahn to Frankfurt am Main

Ryanair is expanding its base at Frankfurt am Main Airport and transferring four routes there from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. From March 25th onwards, the number of aircraft based at Frankfurt-Hahn will be reduced from five to four, said Ryanair on Thursday. During the summer schedule, forty routes will continue to be served from Frankfurt-Hahn in the Hunsrück region. The four routes to be...

Waves operates first commercial flight from Europe

Guernsey based airline Waves is celebrating its first ever European flight by carrying French dignitaries from Caen in the nearby La Manche region of Normandy to Guernsey. The group was flown to Guernsey by Waves for a series of meetings in both islands. Heading up the French contingent was Mr. Marc Lefevre, the newly elected president of the Manche region. Xavier Souris, the director of Maison...

Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC and Boeing enter a new stage of cooperation

At the invitation of Azerbaijan Airlines, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commerical Airplanes, Kevin McAllister arrived in Baku on February 22. During the negotiations, the parties expressed satisfaction with the strong partnership relations that have developed during the long-term cooperation between Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC and Boeing Corporation. President of Azerbai...

Report reveals least accurate airlines in 2017

Up to 20% of European flights are ruined by a cancelation or delay, but according to OAG, those travelling with airBaltic are 90% safe. Latvian carrier seems to be the exception to the rule, as the majority of other European airlines had about a quarter of their flights to arrive behind the schedule. The annual OAG report, highlighting airlines with their timekeeping results in 2017, was a pleasan...

Airbus delivers its first A350-1000 to launch customer Qatar Airways

The carrier shapes the future of air travel with leading A350 XWB widebody fleet Airbus has delivered the world’s first A350-1000 widebody airliner to launch customer Qatar Airways at a delivery event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 37 A350-1000s ordered by the carrier and is the first ever Airbus aircraft fitted with the revolutionary new Qsuite seats, offering the firs...

Air Belgium registers its first two aircraft

Air Belgium has taken another step towards its first commercial flight scheduled for late March when its first two aircraft were registered on Friday. The aircraft are Airbus A340s bearing the registration OO-ABA and OO-ABB, according to the registry website FPS Mobility. Air Belgium has confirmed these registrations. Currently, the planes are still in France and not yet finished: they h...

airBaltic Starts 2018 with Strong Passenger Growth in January

The Latvian airline airBaltic in January 2018 has transported 233 334 passengers or 24% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. In addition, this is the record number of carried passengers in January in the history of the airline. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We are excited to start the year with great...

Qantas Unveils Special Indigenous Aircraft Livery

Qantas has unveiled a special livery honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians on its latest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The new livery features the work of the late Northern Territory artist and senior Anmatyerre woman, Emily Kame Kngwarreye*. It is based on her 1991 painting, Yam Dreaming and has been adapted for the aircraft by leading Indigenous owned design studio&...

Brexit: 28% of European air passengers deprived from compensations

Brexit is almost a year away, but it’s still unclear how the prospective withdrawal will affect British flyers. The current air passenger law protects air travellers against cancelled, delayed and overbooked flights but with Britain set to leave the union in March 2019, such rights will no longer apply to UK citizens. Just like any other EU law, the regalement will lose its powers leaving 28...

Kinshasa joins flydubai’s growing network in Africa

flydubai becomes the first UAE carrier to operate flights to N'djili Airport (also known as Kinshasa International Airport) Dubai-based carrier to start operating daily flights to the Congolese capital from 15 April with an enroute stop in Entebbe Carrier grows network in Africa to 13 destinations in 10 countries. Dubai-based flydubai (https://news.flydubai.com) has announced the star...

Norwegian CEO: "The UK will be at the heart of our continued global expansion"

Airline CEO Bjorn Kjos states intentions to grow long-haul flights from UK to more underserved destinations UK will be first to experience new enhancements to long-haul passenger experience New routes, more frequency and newest Dreamliners to be London Gatwick-based Norwegian CEO Bjorn Kjos today delivered an address in London to outline his global expansion plans for the world’s...

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