Qatar Airways Cargo has announced major expansion of services in South America. Scheduled services to Campinas, Brazil (VCP), Santiago, Chile (SCL), Lima, Peru (LIM) and Bogotá, Colombia (BOG) will join the airline’s global freighter network on January 16, 2020 and will be serviced by a Boeing 777 freighter. The twice-weekly flights to Bogotá from Doha
Deutsche Lufthansa (Lufthansa) has been hit by a proposed fine of US$6.4 million by the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority after the agency accused it of operating approximately 900 flights into Philadelphia and San Diego without the proper approval. According to a press release by the FAA, Lufthansa were fully aware of the fact it lacked
Hawaiian Airlines has welcomed guests aboard its inaugural flights between Fukuoka Airport (FUK) and Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), thus starting its four-times-weekly nonstop service with an Airbus A330 aircraft. Fukuoka becomes Hawaiian’s fourth gateway city in Japan, which complements its existing network of nonstop service connecting the Hawaiian Islands with Osaka, Sapporo,
Avion Express Malta, a subsidiary airline of Avion Express, has received its FAOC (Foreign Air Carrier Certificate) from Transport Canada, issued by the Minister of Transport on November 1. Avion Express Malta started its operations in May and had been flying for Europe’s third-largest low-cost airline, Norwegian Air, for the whole summer season. At the
Bombardier has received an inaugural shipment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Montreal facilities, further reinforcing the company’s commitment to sustainable flying. This step is the first in the company’s plan to secure long-term partnerships with fuel suppliers to deploy SAF to all of its facilities as worldwide supply becomes more readily available. “We
An expanded joint-venture involving transatlantic flights between Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM has received the go-ahead from the U.S. Department of Transportation which the partnership claims will provide “the most comprehensive route network, convenient flight schedules, competitive fares and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits.” Covering all services between the USA and Europe, this
Air Astana, the national carrier of Kazakhstan, has announced a new service from Paris to Almaty, that will launch in June 2020. The flights will operate three times a week using the carrier’s new Airbus A321LR, which entered revenue service on the Air Astana network last month. Air Astana made its debut on Paris-Astana (now
After the first-ever strike action by pilots in the carrier’s history, British Airways (BA) has come to a preliminary agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) which represents over 4,000 of the carrier’s pilots. Commenting on the situation, BALPA said in a statement: “We can confirm that BALPA, BA and ACAS have put together
easyJet has announced that it will become the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its whole network. The airline will achieve this goal by offsetting the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights, starting Novemer 19. easyJet will undertake carbon offsetting through schemes accredited by two of
The Qantas Group will reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in a major expansion of the airline’s commitment to a more sustainable aviation industry. With actions starting from November 11, the national carrier will immediately double the number of flights being offset, cap net emissions from 2020 onwards and invest AU$50 million over 10
