China’s Hainan Airlines plans to begin nonstop service from Tel Aviv International Airport to Beijing on April 28th, 2016. Mainland China’s airline will operate a two-class Airbus 330 three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The new flight complements the carrier’s existing domestic nonstop connections to Beijing and other major cities in China, such […]
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EASA welcomed Ricardo Génova as the new Agency’s Flight Standards Director. In his new function, Ricardo will be responsible of the oversight of EU Member States and the approval of aviation organisations around the globe. He will also be in charge of the development and update of the regulatory material.
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has stated that after an initial investigation of the left GE 90 engine casing of the British Airways Boeing 777-200ER which caught fire during an aborted take-off is showing multiple breaches “in the area around the high pressure compressor.” In addition they said that investigators had recovered “several
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Hawaiian Airlines reported August traffic increased 1.9%, while capacity for the month increased 3.9% compared to the same period in 2014. The load factor was slightly down, 1.6 points, to 83.2%. Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for August 2015. The airline’s traffic increased 1.5% on capacity that was 4.0% higher from the same
Embraer Executive Jets named Atlas Air Service as its new Authorized Sales Representative (ASR) in Europe. The deal with the Germany-based company comprises marketing and sales initiatives for Embraer’s entire business jet portfolio in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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SkyPaxxx and Interface have agreed to work together to change the way airlines and aircraft manufacturers view, purchase, and maintain their carpet through a long term, exclusive agreement. “We could not be happier to have been trusted with telling the Sky-Tiles story.” Says Rick Lockhart, president of SkyPaxxx. “The development of Sky-Tiles provides a unique
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British Airways will begin service between Mineta San José International Airport and London Heathrow from May 4th, 2016. This marks the first regularly scheduled nonstop service to the UK for the city of San José. British Airways will operate the newest aircraft in its fleet, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, featuring the airline’s newly designed First
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided, on balance, to grant authorisation, subject to important conditions, for Qantas and China Eastern to coordinate their operations between Australia and China under a proposed Joint Coordination Agreement. In March 2015 the ACCC released a draft determination proposing to deny authorisation. Since then Qantas and China Eastern
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Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s Skytrax award winning flag carrier will re-launch services between Astana and Dubai on 25th October 2015. The non-stop flight will be operated four times a week, using an Airbus A320. The service from Dubai to Astana offers greater convenience to Dubai based passengers as well as those located in Astana, Kazakhstan. Additionally,
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Copa Holdings, S.A. released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for July 2015, with a 2.4% increase in traffic compared to July 2014 and a 5% increase in capacity. The load factor for July 2015 dropped 2.0 points to 78.1% compared to the previous year.
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