Brussels Airlines reached a codeshare agreement with US Airways in which its code will be placed on US's Brussels-Philadelphia flights and onward domestic flights from PHI. In turn, US will add its code on some 30 routes operated by Brussels in Africa and Europe from its hub at BRU. Flybe will launch a six-times-weekly service between London Gatwick and Nantes from July 15.
The new pipeline to supply aviation fuel to New Doha International Airport from Mesaieed refinery will become operational by the end of this year according to Mohamed al-Sobai, vice-chairman and managing director of Qatar's Woqod .
Raytheon said yesterday that its Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System in Philadelphia became the first FAA facility to go live with fused ADS-B track data for aircraft surveillance. It said aircraft separation will be able to be reduced safely from 5 mi. to 3 mi. owing to the fusion, which allows a control system to combine surveillance reports from multiple sensors including traditional radars, ADS-B and multilateration ground stations into a single track, giving air traffic controllers improved aircraft position and velocity estimates.
Kuwait's premium service airline, Wataniya Airways, has announced it will start regular services to the Italian capital Rome on May 31st and to the Egyptian city of Alexandria on June 1st.
Etihad Crystal Cargo - a division of Etihad Airways - has announced it will launch a weekly service from its hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport to N'djamena, the capital of the Republic of Chad.
