With the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirming the country’s complicity with international safety standards, Vietnamese airlines have been granted access to the U.S. commercial aviation market, allowing the country’s carriers to both fly to the U.S., and also codeshare with American carriers. Vietnamese airlines that will now be able to fly to the U.S. include
BA CityFlyer, the British carrier, is providing a nonstop connection between Munich and London City Airport. Passengers can depart daily for the UK capital with an Embraer E190 airliner. The flight takes around two hours. Munich is now connected to five London airports. Employees of BA CityFlyer and Munich Airport celebrated the inaugural flight with
Mexico’s flag carrier is to launch a new route from Mexico City to Cali, Colombia. The new route will be flown four times a week, with the first flight scheduled for May 16, on a Boeing 737-700 with capacity for 124 passengers. Cali becomes the carrier’s third destination in Colombia in addition to Bogotá and
Etihad Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its daily service from Abu Dhabi to Chengdu, effective July 1, 2019, replacing the Airbus A330-200 currently operating the route. Also from July 1, the airlines’ daily service from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai will be upgraded from the 787-9 to the larger 787-10 Dreamliner. Once the
Toyota Industries Corporation and All Nippon Airways (ANA), are collaborating to test Japan’s first autonomous towing tractors at Saga Airport. During this trial, which will be for two weeks at the end of March 2019, the tractors will run a distance of roughly 100 meters in the airport, which is the same distance between the
Canada Jetlines has chosen Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to be its home airport and primary base of operations. The airline intends to begin flight operations from YVR later in 2019. Furthermore, YVR has confirmed to Canada Jetlines that all airport slots needed to operate their initial network will be available. Jetlines selected YVR as their
In the early hours of February 7, Delta flight 744 pushed back from the gate at New York’s LaGuardia airport. Flight 744 was carrying customers for the first time on board Delta’s newest narrowbody jet, the state-of-the-art A220-100. Indeed, Delta intends to replace 20% of its old aircraft with the A220 is by 2020. Delta
Norwegian has started the rollout of new and improved inflight Wi-Fi connectivity onboard the airline’s Boeing 737-800 fleet. Norwegian was the first airline to offer passengers free in-flight Wi-Fi on all European flights in 2011. In 2018 it took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner equipped with inflight Wi-Fi. On February 3, Norwegian has
Emirates and China Southern Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to progress a comprehensive reciprocal codeshare agreement, which is set to open up new destinations for passengers travelling between China and the Middle East and Africa. The partnership with the Guangzhou-based carrier also allows Emirates’ passengers to enjoy seamless connectivity on domestic flights
Flybondi, the first ultra-low-cost airline in Argentina, celebrated one year since the beginning of its operations. The pioneer company in its category made an important investment in the country and was one of the main ones in the generation of Argentine jobs and indirect jobs, besides boosting local economies in the destinations to which it
