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Thai Lion Air gets IOSA approval

Thailand’s low-cost carrier (LCC) Thai Lion Air has achieved IATA’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification following an assessment of its operational management and control systems. Thai Lion Air is the only Thai LCC to be granted IOSA registry status.Bangkok Airways ...

Norwegian Air CEO says $69 flights from U.S. to Europe around the corner

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA hopes to sell one-way tickets to Europe for $69 as early as 2017 by flying from U.S. airports that have low fees, Chief Executive Officer Bjørn Kjos said in an interview. Europe's third-largest budget airline is considering flights to Edinburgh and Bergen...

Finnair becomes first European A350 XWB operator

Finnair has taken delivery in Toulouse of the first of 19 A350 XWBs on order, thus becoming the first European operator and the third worldwide of the all-new airliner. The aircraft is configured in a premium three-class layout, with 297 seats, comprising 46 Business Class, 43 Economy Comfort and 208 Economy. Finnair will commence commercial services with the A350 XWB later this week, with a Eu...

UAE Space Agency outlines commitments to earth observation and environmental monitoring

The importance of satellite and space technology for environmental monitoring purposes was highlighted by the UAE Space Agency at the Eye of Earth Summit 2015 in Abu Dhabi. Director General H.E Dr. Mohammed Al Ahbabi speaking at the summit (above), explained that the UAE Space Agency will support international collaboration through space agency cooperation to promote the use of space assets tha...

Oman Air rehearses emergency response plan

Oman Air has held a major emergency response exercise at its headquarters in Muscat. The exercise brought together senior managers, operational team leaders and an eight member exercise control team to test the strength of the airline’s emergency response plan. Upon activation of the exercise, participating managers were instructed to attend Oman Air’s Emergency Respons...

Finnair Posts 8.9 Percent Passenger Growth in September

In September, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Passenger Kilometres grew by 2.5 percent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 4.4 percent year-on-year. The number of passengers increased 8.9 percent to 916,700. The passenger load factor increased by 1.4 percentage points to 81.6 percent. The capacity in Asian traffic decreased in September by 5.1 perce...

Cargolux passes IATA renewal audit

Cargolux Airlines International has passed its fourth International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) renewal audit. During the five-day audit, five auditors assessed Cargolux on about 850 different standards. In preparation for this, a team of 20 people from all concerned divisions worked for about three months to achieve what the carrier says was an “excep...

AG Cargo takes delivery of its first Boeing 787-9

IAG Cargo has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, which will be operated by British Airways and will operate on its Heathrow Airport to Delhi service from 25 October. The airline will be taking delivery of five 787-9s this year and has 22 on order. IAG Cargo will take delivery of 11 in 2016, one in 2017 and the final five in 2018. The aircraft will have a capacity...

New Glo Airlines Will Count on Business Travelers

Flying 30-seat Saab turboprops between Memphis and New Orleans doesn't strike aviation entrepreneur Calvin Fayard III as a huge business risk. But scaling up a hub-and-spoke airline to fill in for the old hub at Memphis International Airport is a far riskier bet than the New Orleans lawyer wants to take on. Fayard's new Glo Airlines last week announced a daily round-trip Memphis rout...

Rosaviatsiya notified about the decision to ban flights by Ukrainian carriers to Russia

Ukraine’s state aviation service informed Russian carriers on imposing a ban on flights to and from Ukraine since October 25th 2015, press-service of Rosaviatsiya reports. «In accordance with the instruction of Russian Ministry of Transport and agreement on air traffic between Russia and Ukraine, the Federal Air Transport Agency informed Ukrainian carriers, which are performing...

Airservices to look at space-based ADS-B with Aireon

Airservices is the latest air navigation services provider to look at a space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) from US-based Aireon. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Airservices and Aireon was announced on Tuesday and allows the pair to “collaborate to examine the value of space-based ADS-B”, Aireon vice president Cyriel Kronenburg said in a statemen...

Air NZ forecasts $400mln first half pre-tax profit

Air New Zealand expects to almost double pre-tax profit in the first half of 2015/16 as the airline benefits from lower fuel prices, a simplified fleet and a “buoyant” tourism market. The Star Alliance carrier had guided the market to expect “significant earnings growth” in the current year at its 2014/15 results presentation in August and chairman Tony Carter...

Finnair Readies for First A350 Delivery; Eyes Asia Market Expansion

Finnair will take delivery Oct. 7 of the first of 19 Airbus A350 XWBs it has on order, becoming the third airline to receive an A350 and the first European operator. The oneworld airline will receive the seventh A350 off the production line in Toulouse Oct. 7, following deliveries earlier this year to launch customer Qatar Airways and Vietnam Airlines. Senior executives at Finnair, including...

Accident: Starbow B463 at Tamale on Oct. 6th, Overran Runway, Nose Gear Collapsed

A Starbow Airlines British Aerospace BAe 146-300, registration 9G-SBB performing flight S9-110 from Accra to Tamale (Ghana) with 76 passengers, landed on Tamale's runway 23 at 08:31L (08:31Z) but overran the end of the runway, broke through a barrier and came to a stop with the nose gear collasped on pavement being prepared to become a runway extension. There were no injuries, the oc...

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Korean Air places landmark order for 103 Boeing aircraft

Boeing and Korean Air announced that the carrier has finalized a purchase agreement for 103 aircraft spanning Boeing’s widebody and single‑aisle families. The deal includes 20 777‑9, 25 787...