With a clear structure and enhanced usability for customers with impaired sensory perception and motor skills, Eurowings has gone live with its new accessible website. Unrestricted use by people with disabilities played a central role in the redesign of the website, which has been made significantly easier to navigate in the process. Users who require […]
Jet Airways and Aeromexico, the flag carrier airline of Mexico, have signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines cooperation in the areas of enabling codeshare flights and frequent flyer programmes. As part of the arrangement, both carriers will code on each other’s services between India and Mexico via common gates in Europe, including London Heathrow. […]
Hundreds of passengers, many from Thomas Cook, have waited for several hours at Manchester Airport after a computer glitch. A “technical failure” saw the check-in system at the airport temporarily crash, with staff forced to switch to a manual system. Thomas Cook saw 12 flights delayed, with other airlines were also affected. Delays stretched to […]
The government of Saint Helena has announced that SA Airlink has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the provision of a scheduled commercial air service to St Helena. SA Airlink is a privately owned airline registered in South Africa. It is a franchisee to South African Airways. SA Airlink is a member of the […]
Qatar Airways has released its annual report for the fiscal year 2017, revealing a 21.7 per cent year-on-year net profit increase. Net profits rose to 1.97 billion Qatari riyals ($541 million) from 1.62 billion riyals in the previous year. The results also show an annual revenue increase of 10.4 per cent, to 38.9 billion riyals. […]
Saudi Arabian Airlines has increased the amount of entertainment programs available on-board its aircraft, offering 1,800 hours of movies, television shows, games and music options. With the increased variety of content, guests flying with Saudia can view movies in Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. A wide selection of international movies are also available […]
The Lufthansa Group will now enable secure and simple payments at the check-in counter, by introducing Amadeus Airport Pay. This new service, developed by Amadeus and Ingenico, will subsequently be available at more than 170 airports around the world. Customers will be able to pay for ancillary services, such as excess baggage, with chip-cards, girocard […]
Air Canada Rouge has launched its new seasonal non-stop service from London Gatwick to Vancouver. Air Canada Rouge is Air Canada’s leisure airline and will operate three services a week to Air Canada’s Vancouver hub, Vancouver International Airport, until October. “We successfully launched our London Gatwick-Toronto service last summer and we are pleased to introduce […]
airberlin has confirmed that this sale of the shares it indirectly holds in Niki Luftfahrt agreed with Etihad will go ahead. The deal will proceed at a time to be agreed and in a manner compliant with European Union regulations. “Etihad and airberlin will provide further details in due course,” a statement from the carrier […]
The world’s passenger aircraft fleet above 100 seats is set to more than double in the next 20 years to over 40,000 planes as traffic is set to grow at 4.4 percent per year. That is according to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast 2017-2036. Over this period, increasing numbers of first time flyers, rising disposable […]
Virgin Atlantic is set to operate four flights between London Heathrow and Las Vegas in January 2018, in conjunction with joint venture partner Delta Air Lines. The flights will be timed to offer customers more connections and choice when travelling to the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 – the world’s largest technology event. This year, over […]
ANA has announced its collaboration with wine connoisseur, Ned Goodwin, to create its very own duo of bespoke wines. The airline will offer a smooth red wine and a crisp white, both of which have been perfectly designed for optimum in-flight enjoyment. Both wines, available for the first time in Business and First Class from […]
Pegasus Airlines is expanding its flight network from Ankara. The move is part of a wider strategy designed to develop new hubs, alongside Istanbul, in an effort to open up new markets. From June, Pegasus will be adding eight new routes operating out of Ankara Esenboga Airport to and from Trabzon, Antalya, Adana, Van, Gaziantep, […]
Regional airline Flybe has reported pre-tax losses of £19.9 million for the financial year to March 31st. The news comes despite revenues rising 13.4 per cent to £707 million. Following the results, Flybe said it would start to reduce the size of its fleet as consumer demand slows. An aggressive expansion plan increased capacity at […]
Norwegian carried more than 2.9 million passengers in May, an increase of 11 per cent compared to the same month last year. The load factor was 86.5 per cent. A total of 2,923,597 passengers chose to fly with Norwegian in May, 281,931 more than the same period last year. The total traffic growth increased by […]
Saudi Arabian Airlines has announced it has received the highest level of certification for its digital merchandising of the airline’s on-board product and features available to travel retailers. This now means that when travel agents and retailers are making air travel booking for Saudia guests, they will be able to see images of the seats […]
Avianca has started four weekly direct flights from Boston to the airline’s hub in Bogota, Colombia, offering travellers 960 seats per week. This new route operates four times per week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday on the Bogota – Boston route, and on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday on the Boston – Bogota route. […]
Cebu Pacific of the Philippines has placed an order with Airbus for seven A321ceo to meet on-going strong growth on its domestic and regional network. The latest contract comes on top of an existing order for 32 A321neo. The aircraft will start joining the carrier’s fleet next year. “We are very excited about adding the […]
After the success of its first Hong Kong to Tahiti Dream Journey, Deer Jet had partnered with Hilton to include exclusive luxury hospitality services in its bespoke travel itineraries on board the 787 Dream Jet. Deer Jet parent HNA Group has a stake in Hilton as part of it portfolio of luxury hospitality brands. The […]
In a bid to meet the rising travel demand, Vietjet is increasing its operation frequency for the Hanoi-Incheon route to 14 return flights per week. The increase will come into effect starting August 2nd. Beginning next month, the Hanoi–Taipei route will also enjoy a frequency of 11 round trips per week with flights available every […]
Pekka Vauramo, chief executive of Finnair, has been nominated by the governing board of the oneworld to serve as chairman for the next two years. He took up the role at oneworld’s mid-year board meeting, held in Cancun, where airline industry leaders from around the world are gathering for the IATA annual meeting. He succeeds […]
The Philippines’ largest carrier, Cebu Pacific Air saw passenger growth bounce back in April. The news comes as the summer season goes into full swing and on the back of both the traditional Lenten break and the four-day long Labour-Day weekend. Total passenger traffic at the carrier and wholly owned subsidiary Cebgo reached 1.8 million […]
This summer Eurowings passengers can fly cheaply long-haul to Las Vegas. For decades, the fascinating city in the desert state of Nevada has been one of the most important destinations for holidaymakers to the USA. The inaugural flight took off from Cologne/Bonn airport earlier, further strengthening the long-haul offering of Eurowings, currently Europe’s fastest growing […]
The Latvian airline airBaltic has re-launched a direct route linking Riga with the second largest city in Sweden – Gothenburg. The route offers convenient travel options for travellers from Sweden and Baltic States, as well as complements already exiting route from Riga to Stockholm, Arlanda airport. Wolfgang Reuss, senior vice president, network management, airBaltic: “We […]
Hong Kong Airlines and Bangkok Airways have entered into codeshare partnership, giving travellers enhanced connectivity between Hong Kong and Thailand. Under the agreement, Hong Kong Airlines customers can now travel with Bangkok Airways to Koh Samui directly from Hong Kong or via Bangkok using its domestic flights between Bangkok and Koh Samui. Li Dianchun, chief […]
