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OBC service performing well for ACS

Air Charter Service(ACS) says it news On Board Courier (OBC) service is flying high and averaging a booking every 12 hours. The charter service firm launched OBC in May this year, and explains that the department has been performing well. Speaking in Frankfurt, ACS global time critical ma...

Ryanair opens new base in Corfu

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (14 Oct) announced it will open a new base at Corfu (No. 75), from April 2016, with 1 based aircraft (an investment of $100m), 11 new routes to Birmingham, Bratislava, Budapest, Cologne, Rome, Katowice, Poznan, Pisa, Rzeszow, Venice and Warsaw and mor...

HK Express to Take Delivery of Six A320neo and A321 Aircraft in 2016

Hong Kong-based low-cost carrier HK Express (UO) will take delivery of six new Airbus aircraft in the second half of next year, including four 188-seat A320neo and two 230-seat A321 aircraft. The Hong Kong-based airline has 12 A320neos on order and will take delivery of the first four in the second half of 2016, with another four pending delivery each year. Deliveries will be complete...

Russian Missile Threat: Cathay Pacific Diverts Flights to Hong Kong Away from Caspian Sea and Iran

Cathay Pacific has suspended flights over Iran and the Caspian Sea following warnings from air safety agencies that Russian missiles targeting Syrian rebels pose a threat to passenger jets. The International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Aviation Safety Agency issued safety advisories last week over intensifying military activity. Russia, since late September, has be...

China's 9 Air Selects Ali-Jiatai as Seat Supplier for its Boeing 737

Chinese startup 9 Air (AQ) has selected AVIC Hubei Ali-Jiatai Aircraft Equipment Co., Ltd., a homemade airline seat maker, to supply seats for its Boeing 737 aircraft. 9 Air and Ali-Jiatai signed a Boeing 737 seat supply agreement in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon. According to the agreement, Ali-Jiatai will become the seat supplier for the low-cost carrier's 737 aircraft starting 2016....

Ban on flights to Ukraine extended to all Russian airlines

The State Aviation Administration of Ukraine made a decision to completely terminate air communication between Ukraine and the Russian Federation from October 25, 2015 From October 25 Ukraine completely stops air communication with Russia, all the Russian airlines are now subject to ban on flights, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine said Monday. "The State Aviation Administration...

Emirates to lose world’s longest flight tag to Singapore Airlines

It’s been a little over two months since Emirates announced that it will embark on the world’s longest non-stop flight when it starts its service to Panama City next year. The flight in question takes a mammoth 17 hours and 35 minutes, and is set to begin on February 1 when its Boeing 777-200LR departs Dubai for Tocumen International Airport. But its title as the world’s lo...

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce calls for investment in airports

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says investing in Australia’s airports will help boost tourism and bring improved returns for the nation’s airport operators. However, Joyce stresses that investment should come from either government or the airport owners and operators rather than from the airlines that use the facilities. “Our airports show that there are some eye-waterin...

Spring Airlines Gets Busy in Thailand

China's Spring Airlines is deepening its footprint over Thailand-China skies with the introduction of additionalroutes to tap soaring traffic between the two countries. The fledgling Shanghai-based no-frills carrier is set to commence its eighth route to Thailand, from Changchun, capital of Jilin province, to Bangkok, on Nov. 3. It also plans to serve the two northeastern provi...

Union: Chronic Shortage of Air Traffic Controllers a Crisis

A chronic shortage of controllers has reached a crisis that will lead to widespread flight delays if left unchecked, officials for the union that represents air traffic controllers said Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration has failed to meet its hiring goals for controllers for five consecutive years, leaving the number of air traffic controllers at its lowest level in 27 years at a tim...

Frontier Flight Attendants Protest Cuts to Sick-Leave Policy

The union representing Frontier Airlines flight attendants is crying foul over attendance policy changes that it says penalizes employees -- and threatens their jobs -- for calling in sick. "Changes to the dependability program should be addressed at the negotiating table, not simply imposed upon the workers it impacts," Association of Flight Attendants-CWA national spo...

Gulf Air to Buy 40-50 Aircraft in Next 6 Months

Gulf Air, Bahrain's national airline, will place an order for between 40 and 50 aircraft in the next six months, Chief Financial Officer, Sahar Ataei, told Gulf News in Dubai on Tuesday. "We have finalised some aircraft deals and are still looking to finalise some others within the coming six months," Ataei said on the sidelines of the Middle East & Africa Airfinance Conf...

Avolon Signs US$1.3 Billion Aircraft Deal with Hainan

Aircraft lessor Avolon committed to leasing five Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to Chinese carrier, Hainan Airlines, in a US$1.3 billion deal, during the third quarter of the year. The Dublin-based company recently agreed a sale to Chinese operator Bohai Leasing for US$31 a-share, valuing the business at US$7.6 billion. In an update on Tuesday, Avolon said that it has delivered eight craft worth U...

UTair Announces Plans for Autumn-Winter Season

On October 25 UTair will transition to the Autumn-Winter flight schedule. During the autumn-winter period UTair plans to perform flights on more than 100 routes, including international routes connecting Russia with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. In addition, during the autumn-winter period UTair will launch a completely new flight from Moscow to Grozny. UTa...

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