As a part of its 10-year strategy, Kenya Airways plans to connect Africa through Nairobi to North America (USA and Canada), South America and Australia.
Fast-growing Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement that starts June 3 on KLM flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen and Izmir Adnan Menderes to Amsterdam.
Two West African major cities are to get new links with Jordan which could see an increase in religious and medical tourism as well as improved ecomomic links
Almost 200 flights were canceled and 20 incoming services diverted following an inflight incident involving a British Airways flight that led to the closure of London Heathrow Airport Friday morning.
US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said Congress has failed to adequately fund FAA, particularly the NextGen air traffic control initiative.
UK air traffic services provider NATS will provide airspace advice to the Airports Commission set up by the UK government to examine the need for additional airport capacity and recommend to government how this can be met in the short-, medium- and long-term.
Emirates Group services subsidiary Dnata has acquired the remaining 50% of Italian catering and cleaning firm Servair Airchef for an unspecified sum. Dnata’s Alpha subsidiary first bought in to Servair Airchef in 2001, but it has now acquired a further 50% stake from Air France catering arm Servair, taking it to 100% ownership. “We are not disclosing any financial information about the deal. I can confirm the shares were purchased from Servair, Air France’s inflight catering unit,” a Dnata spokeswoman told ATW.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will operate five non-scheduled Boeing 787 flights at the end of May, marking a return to service by the Dreamliner launch customer since the aircraft was grounded in January.
