Codeshare partners Singapore Airlines (SQ) and Turkish Airlines (TK) will extend their links in what could be the first of a new tranche of partnerships for Singapore Airlines.
US-based Metron Aviation, which is part of Airbus ProSky, has won a contract from Aerocivil Colombia Air Navigation Services to deploy its Harmony Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) system to improve the operational efficiency of Colombia’s national airspace.
Italy’s air navigation services provider ENAV has signed a memorandum of collaboration with Boeing aimed at developing ideas to build on the work being done in the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) and the US NextGen programs.
Europe’s A6 alliance of air navigation service providers (ANSPs) will bid for European Commission Trans European Network-Transport (TEN-T) funding to define the best model for common services provision to support deployment of future network and datalink infrastructures.
Former Eurocontrol DG David McMillan has called for more separation of air navigation service providers (ANSPs) from their regulatory counterparts, and for a move toward a more market-driven approach to air navigation services.
Ethiopian Airlines is eyeing new services to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia using its Boeing 787 fleet, as glitches that have affected the type start to subside.
Air France will increase overall capacity 1.2% over the forthcoming summer season, with most growth focused on long-haul routes at the expense of middle-haul sectors.
JetBlue Airways will use new slot pairs it gained at Washington National Airport (DCA) from the American Airlines/US Airways divestiture to start service to Charleston, S.C., Hartford, Conn. and Nassau in the Bahamas from June 19.
All flights to Abu Dhabi International Airport were diverted Thursday morning following what was described as “a technical failure of the runway landing systems.”
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed and recognised the participation of Qatar Airways and the newly opened Hamad International Airport (HIA), Doha, in two key industry programmes that enhance security and improve passenger convenience.