Etihad Airways welcomes airberlin pilots
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has plans to recruit more than 50 pilots from its partner airline, airberlin. The move comes as airberlin, Germany’s second largest carrier, continues to work through its Turbine business turnaround program, and as Etihad Airways prepares for significant international expansion. → Read More
Sender appointed chief executive of TAM Airlines
Claudia Sender, previously vice-president of the Brazil Domestic Business Unit of TAM Airlines, has become the company’s chief executive. According to Marco Antonio Bologna, chief executive of holding company, TAM S.A., who had occupied the position since February last year, the two functions are once again separated so that the incoming executive can fully dedicate her time to the airline’s passenger operations in Brazil. → Read More
fastjet to take mobile bookings with Tigo Pesa
fastjet and Tigo Tanzania have today confirmed a new partnership to offer mobile payments for fastjet tickets via Tigo Pesa. Speaking about the launch, fastjet chief commercial officer Richard Bodin said: “We continue to innovate at fastjet. After the incredible success of our initial mobile phone payment channel, we have been working hard with Tigo to bring this highly popular service to Tanzania’s consumers." → Read More
Emirates to boost capacity on Colombo route
Emirates has confirmed it will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from June 30th, with the addition of three more flights per week. The addition of three more services, which will operate between Dubai and Colombo on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those days, and take the total number of weekly Emirates flights serving Colombo to 31. → Read More
Heathrow closed following emergency landing
Heathrow Airport in London closed both runways earlier this morning as a British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing. The plane landed shortly after take off after being struck by a bird and losing power to an engine fire. → Read More
oneworld events launched to boost convention offering
oneworld has unveiled a new, one-stop, easy-to-use service to meet the travel needs for conventions, conferences, exhibitions and special events – offering attractive discounts on flights across a network spanning 850 destinations globally served by some of the world’s leading airlines. → Read More
EVA Air relies on Lufthansa Systems for scheduling
Lufthansa Systems today announced that the Taiwanese airline EVA Air will use IT solutions from Lufthansa Systems for its scheduling and codeshare management. The airline has signed a 10-year contract for the use of NetLine/Sched for scheduling and SchedConnect for codeshare management and schedule distribution. Using the latest IT solutions will enable EVA Air to optimise its scheduling processes and the management of its codeshare flights while lowering costs and increasing revenues. → Read More
SATA Ailrines announces new Porto flights
SATA Airlines will launch one-stop service to Porto, Portugal from Boston this summer. SATA will offer wide-body jet service to Porto four times a week from June to September, with a stop in the Azores and both economy and business classes. → Read More
Virgin Australia appoints Judith Crompton as chief commercial officer
Virgin Australia today announced the appointment of Judith Crompton to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer. → Read More
Flybe announces departure from London Gatwick Airport
Flybe has confirmed to the London Stock Exchange it has sold its arrival and departure slots at London Gatwick airport, thus bringing to an end its 22 year record of providing high-frequency air services from the UK regions to the airport. Flybe will continue to fly all its routes until the end of March 2014. → Read More
Bombardier introduces new Challenger 350 aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace has expanded its Challenger family of business jets with the addition of the new Challenger 350 aircraft. Deliveries of the aircraft are expected to begin in 2014. → Read More
Aegean Airlines to link Manchester to Athens with new flight
Aegean Airlines will begin operating a direct service between Manchester Airport and Athens International this Saturday. Aegean will connect Manchester Airport to Athens International airport with bi-weekly flights, on Saturdays and Mondays. → Read More
