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Norwegian has taken delivery of its first 787-9 Dreamliner

Pilots union welcomes Qantas’s plan to hire 170 new pilots

The union representing Qantas pilots believes the airline’s decision to start hiring pilots again is just the “tip of the iceberg”, given the improved performance of the Flying Kangaroo. Qantas on Tuesday said it planned to hire 170 new pilots over the next three years, as it pr...

Tara Air Twin Otter missing in Nepal

A turboprop aircraft carrying 23 people and operated by Nepalese carrier Tara Air has failed to arrive in the town of Jomsom after departing Pokhara. A company spokesperson confirms that the aircraft is missing, with 20 passengers and three crew aboard for the 20-minute flight. She w...

Air New Zealand to 3D print its own aircraft interior parts

Air New Zealand is embracing the future of aircraft interiors by successfully producing 3D printed components for its Business Premier cabins. The airline has been working with Auckland University of Technology to manufacture the fold down cocktail trays that form part of its award-winning Business Premier seat using innovative 3D printing – also known as additive layer manufacturing tech...

Engine smoke forces evacuation of JAL plane in snow

More than 160 passengers and crew slid down emergency chutes in swirling snow Tuesday after engine smoke forced a Japan Airlines domestic flight to abort takeoff and smoke entered the cabin, Japanese media reported. National broadcaster NHK showed video of the passengers evacuating and then gathering on the snow-covered tarmac at New Chitose Airport, which serves the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido...

Rex posts first half loss due to impairment charges

Regional Express (Rex) has swung to a rare first half loss due to impairment charges relating to the end of a Defence contract. The company reported a statutory net loss of $11.4 million for the six months to December 31 2015, compared with net profit of $3.9 million in the prior corresponding period. Rex said in a statement on Wednesday it was the airline group’s first statutory net loss...

Comparing Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines business class there’s a clear winner

You don’t often get the opportunity to sample business class in three of the world’s top airlines in the space of a few days, but my recent trip to Venezuela (three days in the air for two on the ground) gave me the perfect chance to assess standards of comfort, service and entertainment in Emirates, Lufthansa and United Airlines. The result was a close-run thing between Dubai and G...

Swedish SAS staff strike keeps flights grounded

Domestic flights and services to Finland have been cancelled by the airline as union representatives seek a new agreement with bosses. Passengers travelling between some Swedish cities and to Finland have so far been affected by the strike, which got under way at Monday 7am. Flights to and from Stockholm and Kalmar, Visby, Åbo and Vasa were called off in the Monday morning. Later...

Air France-KLM and GOL celebrate a two-year partnership

More than 300,000 passengers carried Two years have passed since the signing of the partnership agreement between Air France-KLM and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes. This agreement has enabled both airlines to optimize and expand their networks to new destinations between Brazil and Europe, with more than 300,000 passengers carried. With more than 215,000 flights operated since the...

Cebu Pacific Gives You A Reason To Visit The Philippines Again!

The largest airline in the Philippines, Cebu Pacific Air , today launched an exclusive seat sale for Hong Kong travellers looking to visit the Philippines in 2016.The special fares start from just HKD398 for one-way flights from Hong Kong to Manila, Cebu, Kalibo , Clark and Iloilo. Quoted fares are exclusive of travel products such as baggage allowance and meals, and inclusive of air fare, country...

Lawsuit withdrawn but Gogo, American still at odds

The legal action between American and its domestic inflight connectivity provider Gogo, pending in Texas for the past 10 days, has been withdrawn by the airline. American filed a Declaratory Judgment Action on February 12, 2016 as a means to force Gogo to acknowledge the carrier’s right to invoke provisions in the parties’ agreement to serve notice that a rival connectivity provider...

Qantas posts bumper profit as international network soars

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has delivered a bumper 2015/16 first half profit, with the Flying Kangaroo’s international operations “going gangbusters” as the lower currency fuels demand for travel into Australia and alliance partners funnel passengers onto a domestic network that is also reporting strong profit growth. The airline group reported statutory net profit after...

United orders 25 more Boeing 737 worth $2 billion: sources

Boeing Co has won an order for 25 current-generation Boeing 737 aircraft from United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N), beating rivals including Canada's Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) for the second time in a month, two industry sources said on Monday. The deal, which is said to involve the 126-seat 737-700 model, would be worth just over $2 billion at list prices. Boeing and United both...

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty wins service contract from Singapore Airlines

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) signed a contract with Singapore Airlines during the Singapore Airshow to support the landing gear systems on its upcoming fleet of Airbus A350-900 jetliners. The airline’s first A350-900 will start revenue service soon. Since 2008, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty has also provided support services for Singapore Airlines’ A380 super-jumbo jets. This contract giv...

DGCA red flags varying flight times on same route

How can airlines flying on the same route with the same type of aircraft have varying flight durations? The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has called a meeting of domestic airlines to standardise the block hours — the actual flying time on important routes. “How can an airline have a inflated block time of two hours twenty minutes on a sector when another airline ha...

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