Middle East aviation growth rate to be highest: IATA chief
Despite the challenges facing the aviation industry, its future will be «promising» and its growth rate in the Middle East will be the highest and fastest in the world, Alexandre de Juniac, director general and CEO of International Air Transport Association (IATA), said in an interview with Qatar Sky magazine. «The future of aviation is […]
Swiss airline to offer direct flights between Denver and Zurich starting in 2018
Starting in June, Edelweiss Air will offer direct seasonal flights between Denver International Airport and Zurich. The airline said nearly 30,000 passengers travel between Denver and Switzerland each year, with heavier traffic in the popular summer season. Edelweiss will fly between Denver and Zurich on Mondays and Fridays starting June 4 through October. "Denver and […]
Telekom and Lufthansa partner for Fashion Fusion
Deutsche Telekom, in its continued efforts to propel the fusion of technology with the fashion world, has committed to proceed with the second edition of the Telekom Fashion Fusion competition. This time, in addition to the main competition, Deutsche Telekom has jointly decided, with Lufthansa, to pose a new and exclusive challenge for this year’s […]
Argentina gives green light to budget airline Flybondi
Argentina’s transportation ministry authorized low-cost airline FB Lineas Aereas, known commercially as Flybondi, to operate domestic and international flights, according to a notice published Thursday in the country’s official gazette. With the resolution, all five airlines that received a preliminary go-ahead in February from the civil aviation authority to operate in Latin America’s No. 3 […]
US unveils enhanced airline security plan to avoid laptop ban
The United States on Wednesday unveiled enhanced security measures for flights to the country designed to prevent expanding an in-cabin ban on laptops, but an airline trade group said the changes might cause more disruptions. The measures, which European and U.S. officials said would begin taking effect within three weeks, could require additional time to […]
Southwest Becomes Latest Airline to Reduce Flights to Cuba
Southwest Airlines Co. will join other U.S. carriers in reducing flights to Cuba, saying laws that restrict Americans from traveling to the island for tourism are constraining demand. Southwest becomes the latest airline to accept that the industry, with little way to judge demand beforehand, was too optimistic when U.S. regulators allowed passenger routes to […]
Heathrow adds emissions along with noise metrics to its airline performance league table
Heathrow Airport has extended its quarterly "˜Fly Quiet League Table"™ to include for the first time the emissions performance as well as the noise performance of airlines serving the airport. The 50 busiest airlines at Heathrow are now publicly ranked on their efforts to reduce emissions from the aircraft they use for operations at the […]
Why Does Qatar Airways Want to Invest in American Airlines?
Qatar Airways plans to buy at least 4.75% of American Airlines — and perhaps up to 10% of the company’s stock. Yet its motives are unclear, even to American’s management. Qatar Airways wants to buy a piece of the biggest airline in the world. In a securities filing last week, American Airlines stated that the […]
Your fingerprints could replace your airline boarding pass
Your driver"™s license and boarding pass could wind up as excess baggage on your next flight if a new test of biometric identification takes off. Instead of handing your boarding pass and ID to a Transportation Security Administration agent, you could soon simply place two fingerprints on a scanner to be recognized and ushered through […]
Virgin Australia ombudsman complaints jump ahead of Jetstar
Virgin Australia passengers complained to the airline ombudsman more often than Jetstar passengers last year, new figures show. The industry-funded Airline Customer Advocate’s 2016 annual report shows Tigerair again received the highest rate of complaints across the top-five most complained about issues out of Australia’s four largest carriers. Tigerair received 31.9 complaints for every million […]
