Qatar Airways is to increase capacity on the Copenhagen and Barcelona routes, effective March 27 – the start of the Northern Summer 2011 flying schedules.
Airbus has today launched a new subsidiary company, called “Airbus ProSky”, dedicated to the development and support of modern air traffic management (ATM) systems.
Aviation IT specialists SITA today announced the successful initiation of a series of operational trials at Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to demonstrate the benefits of its planned AIRCOM IP GateLink service for new generation aircraft such as the Airbus A380, Boeing 787 and newer variants of the Boeing 777.
Hong Kong Airlines will launch daily A330-200 Hong Kong-Singapore Changi service Jan. 15. Delta Air Lines launched four-times-weekly 757 Tokyo Narita-Palau service and daily 767-300ER Nagoya-Honolulu service. The airline said it plans to add new routes to Guangzhou and Tokyo-Haneda in 2011, and expand service to Beijing, Manila and Shanghai. Finnair will launch daily Helsinki-Delhi service Jan 6.
Korean Air will launch its first A380 service in May 2011 with the entire upper deck of the aircraft devoted to business class flyers. The configuration is designed to give business flyers “exclusivity like they’re traveling in their own private jet,” according to Senior VP-Passenger Business Division Walter Cho.
Qantas is expected to announce the restart of Airbus A380 flights on its key Los Angeles to Sydney and Melbourne routes this week. Based on indications from reservations systems, the airline could resume operations Jan. 17.