The airline says forward bookings for the current twice-weekly flights are “well ahead of management expectations” and with the first flights from Zimbabwe already “operating to full capacity”, fastjet has quickly decided to boost the frequency of the link.
The total traffic for the four days is an increase of 36 per cent over the same period at the end of Eid Al Fitr in 2013, when 133,007 passengers took an Etihad Airways flight.
Since launching flights on the Amritsar - Delhi - Birmingham route on a four times weekly schedule on August 1, 2013, the carrier has handled more than eighty thousand passengers onboard 210 return flights, providing better connectivity between the Midlands and India for business passengers, tourists and people visiting friends and relatives.
German air navigation services provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung has confirmed plans to increase charges 30% from next year, pending approval by the European Commission, which is expected to rule in November.
Royal Brunei Airlines will reopen Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh route, which was cut in October 2011, to close up a gap in coverage between its Hong Kong and Bangkok destinations.
As with the smaller 787-8, the US major will be the first North American operator of the larger 787-9 and is expected to receive its first aircraft next month.
Qatar Airways will boost capacity on routes from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Madrid and Perth through increased frequencies on the route to Europe and the permanent deployment of a larger capacity airliner on the Australian link.
Emirates has now connected Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to its worldwide network. Abuja is Emirates 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
According to a study by Oxford Economics, Air Serbia is making a significant contribution to the Serbian economy. The combined direct, indirect and induced economic contribution to the Serbian economy is expected to be more than US$700 million in 2014.
The grounding of the carrier follows just days after the European Union (EU) broadened its sanctions against Russia and added Dobrolet to its list of companies that EU persons and entities are prohibited from doing business with.
Aviation and aviation-related activities will derive nearly one-third of Dubai’s entire gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020, according to the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).
The operational and environmental efficiency of UK airspace improved during the first half of the year, according UK air navigation services provider NATS.
American Airlines is retooling its Latin America schedule this winter, ending a São Paolo-Charlotte, North Carolina service, to focus on Miami, Florida, as the carrier’s gateway to the continent.
Vienna Airport (Flughafen Wien AG) will sell its entire 25.15% stake in Germany-based Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH, transferring equal shares to the city of Friedrichshafen and the Bodensee district.
Saudi Arabia's low cost carrier flynas, today successfully launched its inaugural non-stop flight from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to London Gatwick.
RwandAir will operations between Entebbe, Uganda and Juba in South Sudan today, following the recently granted Fifth freedom traffic rights from Uganda to South Sudan by the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority.
American Airlines will offer a three times weekly link between New York and Viracopos from December 1, 2014 and a daily link between Miami and Viracopos from December 2, 2014, subject to government approval, complementing its existing flights from both US destinations to Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.
IATA cautioned that that failure to release the airline monies puts at risk a major contributor to the well-being of the Venezuelan economy. According to its data, international capacity to and from Venezuela is down 49 per cent from peak service levels offered last year and 36 per cent lower year-on-year as flights are cancelled or frequencies reduced.
Ireland’s director general of civil aviation is the latest high-ranking official to throw his support behind Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) struggle to secure a foreign air carrier permit from the US Department of Transportation (DOT).
