British Airways suspends mainland Chinese services
British Airways is temporarily suspending all mainland Chinese services in the wake of government advice to avoid all but essential travel to the area. It operates services from London Heathrow to Beijing Daxing and Shanghai airports, using Boeing 777s and 787s. “We have suspended all flights to and from mainland China with immediate effect following […]
New Boeing 777X Completes Successful First Flight
The new Boeing (NYSE: BA) 777X jetliner took to the skies last saturday, entering the next phase of its rigorous test program. Based on the popular 777 and with proven technologies from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X took off in front of thousands at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:09 a.m. local time for […]
Southwest Starts Second Phase of Hawaii Flights
Southwest Airlines’ expansion into Hawaii is starting its second phase. The Dallas-based carrier has been aggressive with new routes between Hawaii and California, starting last year with flights from Oakland and San Jose. The strategy proved effective as Southwest limited its usage of large airports such as San Francisco International and Los Angeles International, and […]
Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off
Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight test engineers and a test flight engineer took off initially at around 10:15 am on 18 December and conducted a total of 8 take-offs over a period […]
Delta bolsters Miami network to support industry-leading partnership with LATAM
Delta Air Lines will add 13 new daily nonstop flights to Miami International Airport (MIA) from hubs and top corporate travel destinations around the U.S., including new service from Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City and Tampa. With this expanded network, Delta will offer 41 daily non-stop options between 10 U.S. airports and Miami, with all […]
JetBlue Announces Plans for New Service, New Domestic Routes and Schedule Refinements
In preparation for its 20th anniversary, JetBlue has announced several changes to the airline’s schedule and routes. These changes include flights landing in Guatemala City, more flights in popular JetBlue markets and routes and adjustments to Caribbean and West Coast flying. Service will start in Guatemala City’s La Aurora International Airport (GUA) on June 1, […]
Southwest Airlines Cancels More Boeing 737 MAX Flights
Southwest Airlines announced Thursday it has extended cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights through June 6. Southwest announced on its official website the changes would result in an estimated 330- weekday flights being canceled from its entire peak-day schedule of more than 4,000 daily journeys. As the largest operator of MAX airplanes in the world […]
United Airlines plans more gates, new clubs at growing Denver hub
United Airlines needs a place to park all the new flights its adding at Denver International Airport, with plans to ask the local city council to add a third more gates to those it controls at the airport later this month. The Chicago-based carrier and airport officials have reached an agreement for United to add […]
Sir Tim Clark, one of the airline industry’s greatest visionaries
The airline industry this year will lose its greatest visionary of the past 30 years with the retirement of Sir Tim Clark as president of Emirates in June. In an era when airline chief executives come and go with regularity, Sir Tim has been part of Emirates from the very start of its spectacular history […]
Airlines globally produced 6.7 million tons of waste each year: IATA study
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), each passenger produced 1.37 kilograms of waste aboard an aircraft in 2018 with an estimated amount of 6.7 million tons annually causing huge health hazard across the globe. IATA in its survey said flight meals accounted for thirty-three per cent of waste, followed by paper products which […]
