The UK government is under increasing pressure to solve London’s airport capacity crisis as senior conservatives this week urged prime minister David Cameron to allow building a third runway at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).
Etihad Cargo will inaugurate a new weekly freighter operation from Abu Dhabi to the Qatari capital, Doha, with the service launched on Monday 3 September.
Frontier Airlines will launch Orlando, Fla. to Columbia, Mo. (2X-weekly) and Shenandoah Valley, Va. (3X-weekly) Airbus A319 service Nov. 20. Etihad Airways will increase 3X-weekly Abu Dhabi-Singapore-Brisbane Airbus A330-200 service to daily Feb. 1. Monarch Airlines will launch 3X-weekly Birmingham-Gibraltar service March 23. Flybe will launch 7X-weekly Southampton-Nantes service Oct. 28.
Emirates has been awarded the Jon C. Long Fly Quiet 'Chairperson's Award' for 2010 – 2011 by San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for demonstrating significant efforts in reducing aircraft noise impacts in the communities surrounding the airport.