Pittsburgh to Panama? Airport authority in talks with Copa Airlines

After landing nonstop flights to Iceland and Frankfurt, Pittsburgh International Airport is turning its eye south to Panama. The Allegheny County Airport Authority is talking to Copa Airlines about starting service to Panama City. Christina Cassotis, the authority"™s CEO, has had conversations with the airline about flights between Pittsburgh and Panama City, spokeswoman Alyson Walls […]
Emirates named "˜Best Airline"™ at ULTRAS Awards

Emirates took home "Best Airline in the World" and "Best Middle Eastern Airline" awards at the ULTRAS 2017 Awards, as voted by the well-traveled readers of The Telegraph"™s luxury travel magazine in their annual survey. Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates, received the awards at the ceremony held in London. Hosted at the Savoy hotel […]
Lufthansa Group now able to send groups off for travel with just one click

The Lufthansa Group airlines: Austrian, Lufthansa and SWISS, launched their very own integrated group booking tool that is exclusively available to tour operators, consolidators and travel agents. With just one online tool, groups of ten or more people can request any flight combination between the three network airlines and receive an immediate confirmation after booking. […]
ICAO in race to finalise CORSIA details as it concludes latest global outreach initiative

With barely 18 months before all countries with aircraft operators undertaking international flights are required to start monitoring carbon emissions, ICAO faces a major challenge in finalising the important standards that will underpin its global CORSIA carbon offsetting scheme. While 69 Member States have so far agreed to participate from the beginning of the pilot […]
Why Little Alaska Airlines Has the Happiest Customers in the Skies

The Western-U.S.-based airline has one of the most valuable loyalty programs in the business. Now it"™s expanding routes across the continent. It practically goes without saying: American airlines have a public-relations crisis on their hands. Almost every week since a passenger was bloodied and dragged off a United Airlines Inc. flight in early April, another […]
IATA: Terror attacks cost European airlines $2.5 billion in revenue

European airlines lost approximately $2.5 billion in revenue as a result of the 2015-2016 terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, according to a new IATA study. European international passenger traffic fell approximately 1.6% in the year following the incidents. The impact of the incidents proved temporary, however, as European airline"™ international traffic began recovering in […]
Aircraft Ground Support Equipment Market Set to Grow Exponentially During the Forecast, 2027
Aircraft ground support equipment and vehicles are used to transport passengers, freight & baggage and support repair & maintenance functions. In airports, equipment fall into two broader categories, i.e. land side (passenger entry side of airport) and air side (boarding/departure side). Ground support equipment includes vehicles used for fueling on the air-side and airplane maintenance. […]
Grupo Latam registra taxa de ocupação de 83,9% em abril

O grupo Latam Airlines divulgou hoje as estatísticas preliminares de tráfego registrado em abril desde ano. No período, a taxa de ocupação chegou a 83,9%, o que representa um crescimento em relação aos 82,7% registrados no mesmo mês do ano passado. O tráfego de passageiros teve alta de 1,7%, enquanto a capacidade teve crescimento de […]
Star Alliance launches 20th anniversary mileage competition

To celebrate 20 years of connecting people and cultures, Star Alliance and its 28 member carriers today announced the launch of a worldwide competition whereby customers can share their favourite cultural experiences with other travellers for a chance to win a million frequent flyer miles* from their selected Star Alliance Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP). All […]
European Union demands urgent talks with Washington over airline laptop ban

The Department of Homeland Security is considering banning laptops and other large electronic devices from carry-on bags on flights from Europe to the United States, a department spokesman said on Wednesday. Travellers on flights leaving these airports are prohibited from carrying on board any electronic items that are larger than a cell phone. The afternoon […]