To celebrate the retirement of the Boeing 747, United Airlines flight 747 from San Francisco to Honolulu on 7 November 2017 will be the airline’s farewell flight to the 747 fleet. The journey will serve as the ultimate throwback…
Accountable Manager, Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzuo, has described the airline"™s membership of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a milestone to demonstrate its professionalism and commitment to operational efficiency. In an interview, Mbanuzuo said the IATA membership came…
Airlines and airports are split over whether to raise passenger fees to fund airport improvements, a divide that American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said Tuesday he doesn’t see going away. «It’s something we’re just not going to agree on,»…
Norwegian Air Shuttle has recruited more than 140 pilots from Irish rival Ryanair in 2017, a spokesman for the Nordic budget carrier said on Monday. Norwegian Air declined to give an exact number. Ryanair on Friday announced plans to…
British Airways owner IAG has joined the field of bidders for parts or all of insolvent German airline Air Berlin, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. It could not immediately be learned what parts of…
Hurricane Maria has «devastated» the Caribbean island of Dominica, as the second major Atlantic storm this month barrels towards Puerto Rico and the British and US Virgin Islands. The hurricane has strengthened to an «extremely dangerous» and «potentially catastrophic»…
The chief executive of Ryanair has apologised "unreservedly" for leaving 18 million customers with cancelled flights. At a press conference on Monday, Michael O"™Leary said the shortage of pilots due to staff rostering was "a mess of our own…
New Zealand has been hit by a severe shortage of jet fuel, with thousands of domestic and international passengers stranded after a digger struck the sole supply pipe in Auckland, the country"™s biggest city. Flights have been affected, with…
Pharma.Aero welcomes an additional three companies into the organisation to foster strong collaboration amongst all the key stakeholders involved in the pharmaceutical supply chain. The two joining air cargo stakeholders are Expeditors and Envirotainer. Additionally, the organisation welcomes 7th…
Kenya Airways chief executive Sebastian Mikosz has been appointed to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) board an interim basis. Mr Mikosz will stay on the board until next year when IATA holds its annual general meeting in Sydney,…
