Etihad Airways has unveiled a major Economy transformation programme starting with the cabin upgrade and refurbishment of 23 narrow-body Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. The retrofit programme, which includes new personalised wireless streaming entertainment to smartphone and tablet devices, is scheduled for completion in August this year. The airline is also introducing a new and
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. announced that it has delivered an ATR 72-600 to Bangladesh-based US Bangla Airlines. The aircraft was handed over to the airline during a celebration at the ATR facility in Toulouse, France. This factory new ATR is the final aircraft of an order of 20 ATR 72-600 aircraft which DAE placed
Having triggered a hostile takeover of Hong Kong’s third-largest carrier, former director Zhong Guosong has served a writ on four directors of ailing Hong Kong Airlines. The directors are chairman Hou Wei, Wang Liya, Sun Jianfeng and Tang Kit, all of whom have ties to controlling shareholder HNA Group. The writ, which was served Tuesday,
easyJet, has announced a number of expansion developments at its Bristol base. The airline will position a 17th aircraft at its South West base and has added three brand new routes to the Bristol network. easyJet will also provide even more frequent flights to some of Bristol’s most in demand destinations, providing great value summer
Emirates and Africa World Airlines (AWA), the Ghanaian airline headquartered in Accra, have announced a one-way interline agreement whereby Emirates customers can connect onto selected routes of Africa World Airlines’ network, opening up new African destinations for Emirates customers from May 2019. Passengers on Emirates’ network can now benefit from greater connectivity to West Africa,
Having suspended all international flights last week and with only seven operational aircraft after creditors seized dozens of its aircraft, Jet Airways, India’s second-largest airline by market share, is on the verge of total collapse after failing to obtain emergency funding from its lenders. With current debt level running at approximately US$1.2 billion and pilots,
American Airlines has made the decision to extend its cancellations for the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft through Aug. 19. It said that based upon its ongoing work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, it is confident that the MAX will be recertified prior to this time. But by extending its cancellations through the
Singapore Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have expanded their codeshare operations. Under the new agreement, SIA and Garuda Indonesia are now codesharing on each other’s flights between Singapore and the Indonesian capital Jakarta. SIA and Garuda Indonesia each operate nine flights per day on the route. The two carriers first started codesharing in 2010 on each
Arctic Aviation Asset Ltd, the parent company of the Norwegian Group (Norwegian) which includes Norwegian Air Shuttle, and which is responsible for aircraft financing, leasing and ownership, has struck a deal with Airbus SE to postpone delivery of a number of aircraft. With Norwegian now looking to transition from expansion to profitability, the postponement of
Delta will launch two new international routes – nonstop service from Boston’s Logan International Airport and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London’s Gatwick Airport, beginning next summer in partnership with Virgin Atlantic. London-Gatwick will be the eighth nonstop trans-Atlantic destination from Boston on Delta and its partners, who together offer up to
