SeaPort said that after much consideration, its Board of Directors determined that reorganisation was the best path forward for the carrier, allowing the company to achieve long-term viability while maintaining its ability to provide air service to customers and communities. It will continue to provide service without interruption to its reduced network, while also maintaining its interline agreements with Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.
Muscat International Airport broke the one million passenger per month milestone in August 2015 in a strong year of growth for the largest two airports in the Sultanate of Oman.
The budget carrier is closing its bases at Alghero’s Riviera del Corallo Airport in Sardinia and Pescara’s Abruzzo Airport from the start of the winter schedule in late October 2016, while it has also emerged that it will end all flights to Sant'Anna Airport serving Crotone in Calabria, where it is the sole scheduled operator.
Alaska Airlines, which has been in operation since 1932, has announced a rebranding of its aircraft, livery, website and mobile app. It comes at a time of immense growth for the carrier, which has added 90 markets and begun services to 26 new cities in just the past five years.
Africa is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. But, while the rise in trade is boosting airfreight, infrastructural problems remain. Studies show that drones will be able to cater for 10 to 20% of regional cargo transportation in the future. Vincent Chappard reports.
The FAA reauthorization bill introduced Feb. 3 by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will put FAA in charge of demonstrating remote tower technologies at seven airports in a pilot program that would be launched within six months. of the bill’s passage.
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana has signed a codeshare agreement with Air France-KLM on its 3X-weekly schedule from Astana International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
Air Vanuatu has confirmed it will continue operating flights out of Vanuatu’s main airport even though most Australasian carriers have now suspended service there due to concerns over its runway condition.
Etihad Airways has introduced Mumbai to its Airbus A380 network with the launch of daily scheduled flights featuring its award-winning The Residence – the world's first three-room suite on a commercial airliner.
The hub for fast-expanding network carrier, Emirates Airline and base for growing low-cost operator, flydubai, witnessed a 10.7 per cent surge in international passenger numbers for 2015, helping it to remain the top spot, which it secured from London Heathrow earlier this decade.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the union representing 14,000 US air traffic controllers, is backing Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Pennsylvania) proposal to separate ATC from FAA.
Chongqing-based West Air has launched a new 3X-weekly schedule from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport to Singapore’s Changi Airport with 180-seat Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) pending application for permission to serve the US will be on the agenda at the next US-European Union aviation meeting, in April in Washington DC.
For business travellers, a growing segment of easyJet’s passenger count, the new bases will enable the carrier to better serve the demands of its premium passengers in Barcelona and Venice with new earlier morning departures affording a more flexible schedule for same day trip arrangements to Europe’s main economic centres.
US airlines—minus Delta Air Lines—quickly lined up behind a proposal to separate US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA, but others, including the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), expressed misgivings.
