Emirates Airline’s strategic cooperation agreement with Qantas is doing well despite fares in Australia being under pressure, Emirate CCO has told ATW.
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines will launch regional passenger operations with the Airbus A380 in the middle of June and will then deploy the aircraft on its scheduled route between Seoul Incheon and Los Angeles from August this year.
Jetstar Airways will close its Singapore – Auckland flight from July 21, 2014 because the service is not performing as the carrier would have liked and it believes its capacity could be better deployed on other routes.
Worldwide airport passenger traffic increased 6.4% year-over-year in January, matching December’s growth rate, according to Airports Council International (ACI).
An independent study of the Nov. 1, 2013, fatal shooting incident at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has revealed lapses in communication and coordination among responding public safety organizations, as well as outdated and faulty emergency alert and warning systems within the airport, according to a report issued by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
UK air navigation services provider NATS reports that the environmental and operational efficiency of UK airspace improved during 2013, as measured by its 3Di metric.
Marseille Provence Airport is eyeing destinations across the UK and Scandinavia and an expansion of flights to long-haul leisure markets as potential targets for discussions with airlines at the forthcoming Routes Europe, which is being hosted in the southern French city at the start of next month.
The UK-Ireland Functional Airspace Block (FAB) has launched an operational trial to test new ways of delivering air traffic control services to airlines.
Due to the runway maintenance works at Blantyre Chileka International Airport Ethiopian will temporarily suspend its operation to/from the subject destination from March 18, 2014 until airport service resumes.
London Gatwick Airport is launching a six-week consultation among local communities, starting April 4, seeking input on its proposals to build a second runway.
Unable to secure preferred slots at London Gatwick Airport, Garuda Indonesia has postponed the relaunch of services between Jakarta and London until September, and will then operate the London sector as extension to its Amsterdam service.
