Cobalt Air joins IATA at membership ceremony in Larnaca
Cobalt Air, Cypru"™s largest airline is delighted to announce its membership to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The membership certificate was handed to Cobalt Air at a ceremony in Larnaca airport. Cobalt is the only Cyprus registered airline to be a member of IATA. Andrew Madar, CEO, Cobalt Air commented: "The positive progress of […]
Fiji Airways and Alaska Airlines Expand Partnership with Codeshare Agreement
Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, and Alaska Airlines have expanded their current partnership by signing a codeshare agreement on flights from San Francisco to two popular US cities. The codeshare agreement enables Fiji Airways to place its «FJ» code on Alaska Airlines’ flights from SFO to Seattle (SEA) and Portland (PDX), offering Fiji Airways guests […]
Boeing and Aeromexico Celebrate Delivery of Airline’s First 737 MAX Airplane
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Aeromexico today celebrated the delivery of the first of up to 90 737 MAX airplanes. Mexico’s global airline plans to use the more fuel-efficient and longer-range MAX jets to expand its network across the Americas. In 2012 Aeromexico placed an order for up to 90 MAX airplanes, including the MAX 8 […]
Avianca upgraded its 2019 Dreamliner deliveries to the B787-9
Avianca upgraded its B787 deliveries for 2019 to the 787-9 version, which will be Avianca"™s largest aircraft, enabling the carrier to transport 281 passengers in economy and 28 in business class for a total of 309 passengers. Avianca also incorporated Latin America"™s first A321neo in the fourth quarter. The A321neo seats 195 passengers and its […]
Airbnb reveals secret plan to launch an airline to help company become "˜one-stop shop for travel"™
AIRBNB has revealed plans to launch an airline to help it transform into a "one-stop shop for travel". The company"™s 36-year-old billionaire founder Brian Chesky made the announcement in a recent interview. Mr Chesky told the Sunday Times: «We’ve seriously considered a lot of things around aviation and we’ve spent a lot of time exploring […]
Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, Airtel Announce the Formation of Seamless Air Alliance Enabling Airlines to Empower Passengers with Seamless In-Cabin Connectivity Experience
Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, and Bharti Airtel ("Airtel") announce the formation of the Seamless Air Alliance "“ which will usher in a new era of innovation for airlines on all routes. By empowering member mobile operators to extend their services into airline cabins, the Seamless Air Alliance will allow them to continuously provide their customers […]
Aim for 1 Billion Passengers to Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Flights by 2025
The International Air transport Association (IATA) set out an aim for one billion passengers to fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. This aspiration was identified on the tenth anniversary of the first flight to blend sustainable aviation fuel and ordinary jet fuel. On 24 […]
Air travel technology predictions for 2018
The pace of technological change is accelerating. Over the last few years the travel experience has become more efficient thanks to new technologies such as mobile internet, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, big-data, internet of things and biometrics. But we are only scratching the surface of their potential. Many more benefits are yet to be realized. […]
Qatar Airways takes delivery of Airbus’ biggest A350 yet
Airbus delivered its first A350-1000 passenger jet to Qatar Airways on Tuesday at the jetmaker’s headquarters here. The «dash 1000» variant of the A350 is now the largest twin-engine jet Airbus has ever produced. The jet was initially to be delivered late last year, but complications installing the airline’s new Qsuite business class seats forced […]
United Airlines Announces Start Date for Boeing 737 MAX 9
Just three days after the aircraft was cleared for commercial operations by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), United Airlines announced its initial routes for the carrier"™s newest single-aisle addition, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The announcement comes after an exciting month for Boeing, first with the unveiling of the 737 MAX 7 aircraft two […]
