Australia’s Qantas hops ahead with first nonstop flight to Europe
Finally, after 97 years, Australian airline Qantas gets to fly the way it’s always wanted. The Australian airline on Monday took delivery of the first of eight 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing. It’s a jet that Qantas is pinning its future to — part of a years-long turnaround from record losses. Next March, Qantas will inaugurate […]
More than 7% increase in Air Travel Compared to Last Year 2017 Edition of IATA World Air Transport Statistics Released
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced industry performance statistics for 2016 showing that system-wide, airlines carried 3.8 billion passengers on scheduled services last year, an increase of 7% over 2015, representing an additional 242 million air trips. This information is included in the 2017 edition of the IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS), the […]
United Airlines Extends its European Route Network
United Airlines today announced new nonstop seasonal service to four popular European destinations including Reykjavik, Iceland, Porto, Portugal, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Zurich, Switzerland. United"™s 2018 summer schedule offers more options for United customers from more than 100 North American cities to conveniently connect to Europe with just one stop in New York/Newark, San Francisco or […]
IAG Cargo 2017 Q2 financial results
IAG Cargo has today announced its Q2 2017 results, reporting commercial revenue of €260m over the period from April 1 to June 30, 2017, an increase of 7.6 per cent on 2016 at constant exchange. Overall yield for the quarter was up 1.1 per cent at constant exchange. Volumes were up 6.4 per cent, while […]
UAE airline Etihad announces loss of $1.87B in 2016
Etihad, the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, says it lost $1.87 billion in 2016. The Abu Dhabi-based airline announced the massive loss in a statement Thursday. Etihad blamed "one-off impairment charges and fuel hedging losses weighed against a solid performance of the core airline." The announcement of the loss comes after the January […]
EasyJet Europe opera su primer vuelo
EasyJet ha recibido su certificado de operador aéreo (AOC) y licencia de explotación de líneas aéreas de las autoridades de Austria, asegurando sus futuras operaciones con la Unión Europea y dentro de la región después de que se materialice el Brexit. Así lo ha anunciado la low cost británica, al reportar a la Bolsa de […]
Europe faces an infrastructure crisis, SES is ‘failing’ – IATA
European governments need to help aviation overcome an infrastructure crisis, with congestion adding to problems stemming from a ‘failing’ Single European Sky (SES) initiative, according to Alexandre de Juniac, IATA"™s director general and ceo. The number of slot-co-ordinated airports is a good indicator, de Juniac said. "This tells us where there is not sufficient capacity […]
Sea Freight constraints see demand take off for IAG Cargo on Europe-APAC routes
IAG Cargo has seen a boom in demand on key routes from Europe into Asia Pacific (APAC) over the first two months of the year. Cargo volumes from Europe to APAC over this period have increased by 23% when compared to the same timeframe in 2016, with fashion, spare parts, fresh fish and leather goods […]
Charting the Right Course for Aviation in Europe
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) set out an agenda for a stronger, safer, more secure and sustainable European aviation industry. Alexandre de Juniac, IATA"™s Director General and CEO, in an address to the European Aviation Club entitled Charting the Right Course for Aviation in Europe, called on European policy-makers to prioritize four areas: Regulating […]
España: Fermac Cargo and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo invest in mangoes
Fermac Cargo España and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo are collaborating in a new freighter route departing from the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast headed for Madrid, Spain. The first cargo plane landed on Tuesday, April 19 of 2016. It transported approximately 90,000 kilos of one of the most popular mango varieties in Europe, the […]
