Calgary-based Westjet is using its daily, seasonal flights from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Dublin, Ireland as a testing ground for future European expansion, airline CFO Vito Culmone told analysts at the Cowen and Co. Global Transportation & Aerospace/Defense Conference in Boston.
Russia may restrict flights of Western carriers over its territory if new financial and energy sanctions are imposed, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told Vedomosti newspaper.
Basel has one of the highest concentrations of successful life sciences businesses in the world, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical technology organisations and this new link will provide a fast and reliable link into Russia and Asia for customers in the industry as well as the other industries that have grown up to support the healthcare market in Switzerland.
The Tanzanian capital becomes the third destination in Air Seychelles’ Indian Ocean and African network, after Mauritius and Johannesburg and the new route will be operated using a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft with 16 Business Class and 120 Economy Class seats.
Following the cancellation of flight WY 323 from Muscat to Karachi on 9th June 2014, Oman Air has announced that all subsequent flights to the destination are expected to operate as scheduled.
Turkish Airlines has added Varna, Bulgaria to its network as its 252th destination. With this addition, Turkish Airlines continues to bridge the globe with its expansionary ambitions.
German investor Intro Aviation—which has acquired Irish regional CityJet, its subsidiary Belgium-based VLM and Austria-based regional Intersky—wants to have exclusive rights on newly opened routes to protect it from competitors.
Air traffic controllers at London’s Gatwick Airport handled 906 movements on Aug. 29, breaking their own world record for handling the highest number of air traffic movements in a single day from a single runway.
American Airlines could realize as much as $200 million in annual cost benefits by mid-2015 or early 2016 from re-banking three of its largest hubs, CFO Derek Kerr said.
Nigeria’s Arik Air has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Emirates Airline, allowing the West African carrier to gain access to the Dubai-based airline’s global route network.
Alaska Airlines—which this month is adding new flights from its Seattle-Tacoma hub to Detroit, Baltimore and Albuquerque—will continue to add routes to major business centers to serve its core Seattle customers.
Moscow Domodedovo Airport has concluded a contract to build the second segment of its passenger terminal, which will nearly double terminal space by December 2016 in a RUB27 billion ($723.5 million) expansion project.
As Delta Air Lines’ expansion continues unabated and connecting traffic flows begin to shift toward this Pacific Northwest city, it is becoming increasingly clear that the industry is witnessing something that hasn’t been seen in a long time in the airline industry — a US legacy carrier developing a new airport hub from the ground up.
Oil company Shell has today formally launched its global Aviation Centre of Excellence (ACE) - a proposition designed for fixed-base operators (FBOs) and small and medium size airports.
UK air traffic services provider NATS signed an MoU in Abu Dhabi this week with Airbus ProSky, with the aim of providing new market propositions that can increase capacity and improve the efficiency of the air traffic system.
The network growth is being facilitated by the continuous growth of the airline’s fleet and the new non-stop Doha - Cape Town route will be operated by one of the carrier’s new Boeing 787 Dreamliners which are configured in a two-class arrangement with 22 Business Class and 232 Economy Class seats.
Air France has appointed HOP! chairman and CEO Lionel Guérin to lead a reorganization of its point-to-point operations, which will be presented to its unions by the end of October.
