At Routesonline we've decided to take a look back at the news breaking the same week in previous years and revisit it one or two years later to see what’s happened since we released the news.
The new ‘Pharma Express’ route will see an Airbus A330-200F operate between Brussels and Basel and then on to Doha on a twice weekly basis from January 28, 2015 with flights every Wednesday and Saturday.
Libyan Wings, a new Tripoli-based airline, is a step closer to its launch plans with the arrival in Malta of the second of its two Airbus A319 aircraft following the arrival of the first aircraft last week.
Embraer delivered 30 commercial and 52 business jets, 38 light and 14 large jets, during the fourth quarter of 2014 (Q14), thus closing out the year with 92 aircraft delivered to the commercial airline market and 116 to the executive aviation market, that is, 92 light and 24 large jets.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that five airlines have recently successfully completed stages of the IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) programme.
A welcoming ceremony of Turkish Airlines' special plane 'Kushimoto' was held at Narita Airport on Monday, 30 November, with the plane landing ahead of today's world premiere of 'Kainan (Ertuğrul) 1890', a film marking 125 years of friendship between Japan and Turkey.
Etihad Airways has been named Best First Class and Best Long Haul Airline Middle-East and Africa at the AirlineRatings.com 2016 Airline Excellence Awards.
Emirates has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bundespolizei, Germany's Federal Police, which will enhance the effectiveness of travel documentation screening procedures and ensure a more efficient journey on flights to Germany.
The United Kingdom's CAA International and partner New Zealand's Aspeq Ltd. have launched the new licensing system that will allow aviation professionals to apply for, renew and manage licenses online.
Gulf Air and Bahrain Polytechnic recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide the tertiary education institute's Information Technology students and graduates with the opportunity to perform final year industry projects and obtain valuable industry experience in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at Gulf Air in the airline's Information Technology Department.
The introduction of the second A380 into the Manchester market will mean that half of Emirates’ 16 daily flights to the UK will be operated by an A380 from the start of next month.
Thales are to operate an integrated security solution in Oman's newest airports in Muscat and Salalah after being selected by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Oman.
Cargo volumes at Al Maktoum International - Dubai World Central (DWC) continued to rise sharply in the first half of 2015, as the airport continues to rise up the ranks of the top cargo airports worldwide edging into the 19th position up from 20th earlier in the year.
