Airlines & Routes

American Airlines starts new service to Budapest and Prague in 2018

American Airlines is giving its customers more access to Europe, with new summer service to Budapest (BUD) and Prague (PRG) from Philadelphia, and additional service to Venice (VCE) from Chicago, starting May 4, 2018. Budapest and Prague will be new destinations on American’s route map. The airline currently offers service to Venice from Philadelphia. This […]

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Singapore Airlines and Avianca sign codeshare agreement

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Latin-American carrier Avianca have signed an agreement to codeshare on each other’s flights with effect from September 2017. Under the new agreement, SIA customers will have wider connections to Bogotá, Colombia, Avianca´s major hub location. SIA will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Avianca-operated flights from its European gateways at Barcelona

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Atlas Air Worldwide places three 747-400Fs with Hong Kong Air Cargo

Atlas Air Worldwide has reported the ACMI placement of three 747-400 freighters with Hong Kong Air Cargo Carrier, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Airlines. The aircraft will be operated by Atlas Air and will fly on behalf of Hong Kong Air Cargo through an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance agreement. The first aircraft will enter

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Allegiant plans aircraft base in Indiana, new jobs and future growth

Low-cost airline Allegiant Travel, has announced plans to establish a two-aircraft base at the Indianapolis International Airport. As part of Allegiant’s growth plans in Indiana, the company plans to create up to 66 new, high-wage jobs by 2017. The Las Vegas-based company is investing more than US$40m to establish its new, base of operations, which

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Germania subsidiary Bulgarian Eagle completes AOC certification

Bulgarian Eagle, the ACMI carrier recently founded by the Germania Group, has received its official certification. Now that all the necessary documents and licences have been obtained and a flawless demonstration flight completed, the Bulgarian aviation authority has cleared the new airline for take-off. The latest addition to flight operations, an Airbus A319 with 150

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ALTA names Luis Felipe de Oliveira new Executive Director

ALTA’s (Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association) Executive Committee has appointed Luis Felipe de Oliveira as the association’s new Executive Director. An air transport industry veteran of more than 20 years, de Oliveira has extensive experience in commercial and technical aviation fuel, and airports and air traffic control with a primary focus in the

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STS Line Maintenance opens new station in New Orleans

STS Line Maintenance (STSLM), a division of STS Aviation Group, has opened a brand new line maintenance station at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). The new STS Line Maintenance station in New Orleans is powered by a highly-trained staff of certified technicians. These technicians, in conjunction with STS Line Maintenance’s leadership team, have

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EDM launches Virtual Slide Trainer

EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has launched its new Virtual Slide Trainer. The Virtual Slide Trainer provides airline cabin crew with convenient, virtual slide deployment training for safety and emergency procedures (SEPs). Dramatically reducing the significant cost and time associated with physical slide deployment training,

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