Royal Jordan will introduce an additional two weekly flights to New York during June and July this summer, bringing the number of scheduled flights operating on this vital route to six weekly.
FAA administrator Michael Huerta told Congress flight delays are expected to be reduced by 41% by 2020 owing to the US’s ongoing transition to the satellite-based NextGen air traffic control (ATC) system.
American Airlines and US Airways, which closed their mega-merger in December and began the first phase of codesharing in January, have expanded codesharing to include nearly 6,500 daily flights to more than 275 destinations for travel starting on Feb. 6.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 245 airports worldwide - current through December 2014 - presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.
A meeting was held in Turkey with the Minister of Tourism and Leisure of Mauritius, Hon. Michael Sik Yuen, the Director of the MTPA, Dr. Karl Mootoosamy and the President and CEO of Turkish Airlines, Dr. Temel Kotil, to discuss about the forthcoming flights which will connect Turkey to Mauritius.
Following its merger with US Airways, the new American Airlines is set to become the single largest US carrier domestically and internationally, but is likely to marginally reduce capacity and seek yield improvement, according to OAG, a leading provider of aviation intelligence.
London’s Gatwick Airport is planning a significant expansion its noise insulation scheme, increasing the noise boundary by 15 km at each end of the runway.
The Lufthansa Group will benefit from a new agreement between Russian and German authorities, which last week approved Russia’s AirBridgeCargo to operate fifth freedom flights 3X-weekly from Frankfurt to the US.
Southwest Airlines will add direct flights from its Dallas Love Field (DAL) base to 15 destinations in the 2014 fall after the Wright Amendment is officially repealed on Oct. 13.
