South African Airways (SAA) new Airbus A350-900 operated its first international flight from O.R Tambo International (ORTIA) airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport.
The Chinese health authority has reported a threefold spike in confirmed cases of the Wuhan pneumonia, now known as the Wuhan coronavirus, prompting tighter actions from air travel stakeholders around the globe.
Wizz Air is expanding its presence at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, just three weeks after Russia’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) awarded seventh freedom rights to foreign airlines from 30 countries on services to the city.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), which owns and operates a network of nine airports across South Africa, has selected BEONTRA Scenario Planning (a subsidiary of Leidos), to help optimise its airline routes and improve flight planning across its network.
Air Corsica has been in talks with “several” major airports in England and Scotland about the size of the potential market and the support packages on offer.