Etihad Airways is to open a premium lounge in Manchester. It will be the third Etihad lounge to open outside of the airline's home base in Abu Dhabi. The new lounge, which will open later this year in Manchester Airport's Terminal 1, is part of a gradual roll out of lounges across the airline's network, and will reflect Etihad's award-winning style, service concept and high quality look and feel already seen in its lounges in Abu Dhabi, London and Frankfurt. Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways Chief Commercial Officer, said: “Manchester has always been an important part of Etihad's growth plans, and the ties between Manchester and Abu Dhabi have never been stronger. We recently announced a capacity increase of close to 60 per cent on the route from June, and we continue to look for partnership opportunities that deliver real benefits to both regions.
US Airways Chairman and CEO Doug Parker expressed strong reluctance to invest in cockpit technology that is seen as being vital to achieving the goals of FAA's NextGen air traffic management system, stating that the cost/benefit case has not been made.
an amendment to its 15-year MROcontract with GoJet Airlines covering 20 additional CF34-8 engines and 15 RE220 APUs. CF34 work will be conducted at StandardAero's Winnipegfacility and RE220 work will be performed at its Maryville, Tenn., facility.
to provide its AviNet Type B business networking service and a suite of Type B messaging applications, of which it expects to complete deployment in May. The solution will support worldwide sales, cargo and passenger operations for bmi, bmi regional and bmibaby.
Delta Air Lines A330 en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Atlanta was diverted to Bangor " out of an abundance of caution" after a passenger made a bomb threat, according to the US Transportation Security Administration.
News from Travel Technology Update: American Airlines does not intend to charge travel agents for content as part of its direct-connect strategy, Cory Garner, director of merchandising strategy, said. Garner said he was responding to "misinformation" about American's distribution plans that are being circulated in the industry.
The European Commission yesterday outlined a comprehensive package of measures to provide relief to the air transport industry in the aftermath of the volcanic ash-related airspace closures earlier this month and committed to "coordinated European action" to reconsider response procedures for future volcanic eruptions.
American Airlines said it will delay the launch of Chicago O'Hare-Beijing service set to commence May 4 and Beijing-Chicago O'Hare service starting the following day "because it has not received commercially viable landing and takeoff slots for Beijing Capital International Airport from Chinese aviation authorities."
reached an open skies agreement last week. Israel becomes the 97th US open skies partner, DOT said. Agreement provides for unlimited codesharing opportunities while the previous pact contained restrictions on codesharing and limits on cities that could be served. It will take effect following a formal signing, DOT said.
will hold a public meeting May 4 on its investigation into US Airways Flight 1549, which safely ditched in the Hudson Riveron Jan. 15, 2009, after both engines failed when the aircraft ran into a gaggle of geese after departing New York LaGuardia.
and Finnair Technical Services signed a contract for MD-11 component support. Earlier this month, AJW signed a contract to provide MD-11 power-by-the-hr. support to Belgium-based Avient.
Sabre Airline Solutions renewed its contract with Aeroflot to continue to provide its SabreSonic customer sales and service reservations system, including new website capabilities. Terms were not disclosed.
