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Cathay touches down in Wellcamp

Brisbane West Wellcamp has become Australia’s latest international airport with the arrival of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-8F. The Cathay freighter, registered B-LJA, touched down a little after 1430 local time on Monday from Sydney and was due to be on the ground for about 90 min...

Air India Gets 7,000 Core Rupees Through Sale of 21 Dreamliners

Air India has mopped up 7,000 crore rupees by selling nine of its 21 Dreamliner aircraft to a Singaporean lessor, which it has taken back on lease from the company under an SLB (sale and lease back) arrangement. A major chunk of these funds will go into repayment of the bridge loan...


Emirates signs ATP deal

Emirates and the ATP have elevated their partnership announcing Emirates as the Premier Partner of the ATP World Tour from 2016. The five-year agreement represents the biggest sponsorship deal in the history of the ATP.  As Official Airline and Premier Partner of the ATP World Tour, Emirates will benefit from global marketing rights delivering a presence via the Tour’s iconic net...

Etihad Airways and the Masdar Institute sign agreement to develop fog prediction system

Etihad Airways and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologieshave signed a research agreement to develop a fog prediction and monitoring system to enhance guest experience and serve the needs of the aviation sector. The system will provide Etihad Airways’ Operations with...

Qatar Airways reveals customer experience trends at future travel experience

Qatar Airways highlighted the importance of its passenger-centric approach to customer experience at the recently concluded Future Travel Experience (FTE) Asia Expo 2015. Held in Singapore, FTE Asia Expo 2015 was the biggest FTE show in its 10-year history, attracting more than 1,000 senior travel industry figures from the region and beyond. The Expo provided a unique platform for airlines and...

All Nippon Airways Flight Returns After Bird Strike

An All Nippoon Airways (NH) flight bound for Tokyo Narita returned to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) Monday morning after a bird strike, according to a source familiar with the matter. The flight crew reported that the left engine was struck by a bird shortly after taking off from Guangzhou airport and required to return the aircraft to Guangzhou immediate...

Iraq Grounds Northern Flights over Missiles Launched at Syria

Iraq said it was suspending flights between Baghdad and the northern cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniya for two days starting on Monday due to military traffic from Russia's air campaign in neighboring Syria. Iraq's civil aviation authority said in a statement the decision was made "to protect travelers and because of the crossing of cruise missiles and bombers in the northern part of...

Singapore Airlines Flight from U.S. Lands Safely Amid Bomb Threat

Singapore Airlines said on Sunday there was a bomb threat to one of its flights which originated from San Francisco and landed safely at Singapore's Changi Airport on Sunday. The airline, in a statement, did not provide any details of how the threat came to light or what action was taken to ensure the flight's safety. It said the matter had been referred to the authorities. &quo...

Aviatraffic B733 at Osh on Nov. 22, 2015, Hard Landing Collapses All Gear

An Aviatraffic Company Kyrgyzstan Boeing 737-300, registration EX-37005 performing flight YK-768 from Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) to Osh (Kyrgyzstan) with 153 passengers and 6 crew, performed an ILS approach to Osh's runway 12 at about 7:56 a.m. L (1:56 a.m. Z) but touched down hard causing all gear to collapse and separate, the aircraft went off the runway and ran over rough terrain, the left hand e...

First Tigerair 737 breaks cover

The first of three Boeing 737s being transferred to Tigerair Australia to begin international services to Bali next year has emerged from the paintshop. Virgin Australia 737-8FE VH-VUB was towed out of the Flying Colours paintshop at Townsville on Sunday morning ahead of flying into Melbourne on Sunday afternoon. The aircraft is one of three 737s being transferred from Virgin to its who...

Qantas branches out into health insurance

Qantas plans to offer members of its frequent flyer program the opportunity to earn points from keeping fit as part of a new partnership with health insurance provider nib. The new program, called Qantas Assure, aims to capture between two and three per cent of Australia’s $19 billion health insurance market over the next five years. Qantas Assure will market nib’s health insuran...

Official Statement by Volga-Dnepr Airlines Regarding the Tragedy in Bamako, Mali

On 18-19 November, an AN-124-100 aircraft operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines was carrying construction machinery from Oslo (Norway) to Bamako (Mali), reported by Volga-Dnepr press-service. After completion of the transportation, 12 employees of the Airline were staying at the Radisson Blu Hotel to rest before their next flight. On 20 November...

7 Believed Dead in New Zealand Tourist Helicopter Crash

All seven people aboard a helicopter carrying tourists that crashed Saturday on a scenic New Zealand glacier are believed to have been killed, police said. The wreckage of the helicopter was located inside a crevasse on Fox Glacier, but difficult terrain made it difficult for rescuers to reach it, police said in a statement. They said the pilot and six passengers are believed dead. The helic...

Turkish Airlines Flight Diverts to Canada After Bomb Threat

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says it is investigating a bomb threat that caused a Turkish Airlines flight from New York City to Istanbul to divert and land in Canada. Halifax Stanfield International Airport said on its Twitter feed early Sunday that Flight 2 had landed safely and that police were at the scene. The airport's tweet says 256 people were on board. The RCMP in Nova Sc...

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FLYONE Armenia orders two Airbus A321neo

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Biman Bangladesh Airlines boosts fleet modernization through 11-jet Boeing order

Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced the national carrier placed an order for 11 787 Dreamliner and 737 MAX airplanes to grow and renew its fleet. The purchase, which includes five 787-10 an...

flydubai becomes first airline to launch scheduled international flights to Pokhara

flydubai has expanded its Nepal network with the launch of daily direct flights between Dubai and Pokhara, marking the first-ever non-stop service linking Dubai with western Nepal. The new route makes...