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.
UK air navigation services provider NATS has signed a data services agreement (DSA) with satellite based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) provider Aireon for ADS-B surveillance data across the North Atlantic.
The iTEC (interoperability Through European Collaboration) project to develop a next-generation flight data processing system will be extended to include the Controller Working Position (CWP).