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Minister of Civil Aviation confirms suspension of EgyptAir flights to Moscow

Iran likely to buy Airbus - Rouhani

Iran is reportedly planning to acquire an unspecified number of aircraft from Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) the country's president Hassan Rouhani has said. Speaking to France 2 radio last week, Rouhani confirmed that following a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, the Unite...

Etihad and Emirates amenity kits: luxury personal care in the skies

Last month both Etihad and Emirates introduced new amenity kits for their business class cabins. While Etihad teamed up with Luxe City Guides to offer stylised kits that contain travel guides to six destinations and natural facial products from the London-based toiletry brand Scaramouche + Fandan...

Aviation community and their families raise $250k for charity at special run

Close to 5,000 of the Singapore aviation community and their families gathered at the Sports Hub on Saturday morning for the biennial Aviation Run. The run, which is in its fourth edition, was organised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), to bring the aviation community together to contribute back to society. Around 4,700 individuals from over 100 organisations and their famili...

NZ and Viet Nam sign agreement for aviation cooperation

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has today signed a new agreement between New Zealand and Viet Nam which will support Viet Nam’s rapidly growing aviation sector and create new opportunities for New Zealand businesses. Steven Joyce and Viet Nam Minister of Transport, H.E. Dinh La Thang signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Aviation Cooperation that allows for informatio...

Delta Launches Comfort+ Fares

Saturday Delta Air Lines officially launched a “Comfort+” airfare in its reservation system which makes it the first legacy U.S. airline to sell extra legroom seats under their own fare. For future travel starting May 16, 2016, customers will have the option to book the Comfort+ fare; customers who purchase this will be able to select Comfort+ seats which offer: Cust...

TAP Portugal orders 53 Airbus jets; Gateway completes buy in

TAP Portogal (TP, Lisbon) has signed a firm order with Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for fifty-three aircraft including fourteen A330-900neo, fifteen A320neo, and twenty-four A321neo. The A330neo order replaces a previous one for twelve A350-900s announced in 2005. The aircraft will join TAP Portugal as part of a fleet renewal programme announced by the airline’s new...

Indonesia to Announce AirAsia Crash Probe Results Nov. 25

Indonesia will on November 25 announce the results of an investigation into the AirAsia crash last year that killed 162 people, the committee probing the case said on Saturday. The Airbus A320-200 went down in the Java Sea on December 28 in stormy weather during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. "We plan to announce the report on Nov...

Lufthansa Union Threatens Further Strikes

Lufthansa's main cabin crew union threatened further industrial action on Friday as workers protested at Frankfurt airport at the end of a week-long strike which grounded most of the airline's flights. "This strike will end tonight, but if management doesn't change, then strikes will be possible again at any time," Nicoley Baublies, head of the union, told staff. Relati...

A past painting subway cars leads to faster canvas at Air France

At a hangar at Orly Airport in Paris, Air France officials and journalists watched as the wrapping came off the Boeing 777. Below was the kind of painting one can sometimes see on the subway. Peeling back the masking paper was the artist, JonOne whose career began painting graffiti and subway cars in New York City. At a party to celebrate the airline’s eightieth birthday last year, JonOne...

Passengers Aren’t Happy With U.S. Airlines’ Customer Service This Year

From mistake fares to tarmac delays, passengers responded with everything but silence as customer service-related complaints against U.S. airlines rose 33% during the past year. Overall complaints are up nearly 60% year-over-year for U.S. airlines, and customer service specific complaints, 1,770 to be exact, represent 11.3 percent of the nearly 12,000 complaints U.S. carriers received between J...

Thai Airways Needs a Rescue Plan to Help It Compete in the Region

Thai Airways International Pcl has been losing more money even though tourism to Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai is setting records. Thailand’s government just warned executives to finally fix the operations or face consequences. The national carrier’s woes include too much debt, an inability to fill seats and price competition from full-service rivals including Emirates and budget a...

IFALPA looks for Middle East connections

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA), the Montreal-based 'Global Voice of Pilots' says it's looking to secure ties with Middle East carriers but admits it's got work to do to overcome “prevailing misconceptions” of its purpose. IFALPA’s President, Captain Martin Chalk, has been on a ‘fact-finding’ visit to the r...

Moscow Bans Egyptian National Carrier from Flying to Russia

Russia's state aviation agency on Friday banned Egypt's national carrier from flying to Russia, a move that follows the suspension of all Russian flights to Egypt after a deadly crash. The agency, Rosaviatsiya, on Friday formally notified Moscow's Domodedovo airport, where EgyptAir flights arrive, that the ban is effective starting Saturday, said airport spokesman Alexander Vlasov....

Why Did Not UK Share Intel Data on Russian Plane Crash in Egypt?

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday that the crash of the Russian A321 plane en route from Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg could have been caused by a terrorist attack. The London authorities provided Moscow with a dossier of intelligence data about the A321 plane crash, but stated that the UK will not be able to reveal all...

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