When British Airways launched its “First” cabin on the Dreamliner last year, the larger open suites and new TV screens didn’t seem enough to steal passengers from rival airlines on the London Heathrow-Abu Dhabi route. Etihad, for example, offers nine first class “Apartments” and the Residence with its three rooms including bathroom and double bed. However, a r...
Analysts at various second and third tier financial services firms in the US often express genuine surprise when they learn that Panasonic Avionics holds a 70-80% market share of embedded IFE installs in the world fleet; has leveraged its market dominance to secure linefit offerability for its Ku connectivity and TV solution on most major aircraft types; and by the end of last year held an es...
With UN international airline body ICAO’s Air Navigation Commission expected to recommend a moratorium on shipments of lithium-ion batteries on passenger airliners until regulations to reduce risk are put in place, the US airline pilot union ALPA is insisting that cargo pilots and crew should also be protected. “ALPA has long advocated for the expedited development of packaging stan...
Flight support specialist Aviation Services Management (ASM) is expanding with a move into a new headquarters at Dubai International Airport. The company now employs a team of 45 people and expects this to grow to 60 during the course of 2016. In addition to its Dubai base, it also has offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Goa (in India), as well as in Sri Lanka, the UK, Kenya and Italy. ASM,...
Meridiana SpA, Italy’s second-largest airline, said a holding company of its owner the Aga Khan has signed a preliminary accord on a partnership with Qatar Airways. The memorandum of understanding between the Gulf carrier and Alisarda lays out conditions for a transaction to be completed in the first half, Meridiana said Thursday. Under European law, Qatar Air could buy as much...
Attractive pricing and an active fourth quarter pushed inventory down in January to levels below the previous quarter. While that’s encouraging for sellers, inventory is still perched about 100 aircraft above the year-ago level and about 50 aircraft higher than the 12-month moving average of roughly 2,300. The year begins against a backdrop of a marginal Fed funds increase, a stock market co...
Jet Airways on Saturday posted a record quarterly profit for the three months to the end of December thanks to low fuel prices and high passenger numbers, helped by the success of its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways. The airline declared a net profit of 4.67 billion rupees (Dh252.7 million) for the period, which marked its third consecutive profitable quarter and compares to a profit...
To make it even easier for you to leave your Euros behind when traveling, Lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport have teamed to make shopping even easier. As of now, passengers who visit most of LH’s lounges inside Terminal 1 will be able to use lounge iPads to shop virtually all of the stores located at the airport. If you purchase anything, it will be delivered to you at the lounge...
The Italian Air Force made the history by successfully accomplishing the F-35’s first transatlantic crossing. On Feb. 5, the first Italian Air Force F-35, the first JSF built outside the U.S., landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Mariland, at the end of a 7-hour transatlantic flight from Lajes Air Base, in Portugal. The aircraft, dubbed AL-1 and serialled MM7332 departed from Ca...
A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-LVS (in the last couple of years, this aircraft has been involved in zero other incidents. The same airline, Vueling, has been featured in totally 34 incidents or accidents) performing flight VY-1005 from Barcelona,SP to Madrid,SP (Spain), was cleared to line up Barcelona's runway 07R full length and wait. An Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200, registra...
All-you-can-fly subscription service OneGo launched on Feb. 1, providing its members with unlimited service on 500 commercial routes around the US for a flat monthly rate of $2,950. Cheaper regional plans include 35 routes in the West, 158 routes in the East, and 35 routes in the central US starting at $1,500 monthly. OneGo books tickets for its members—who also have to pay a $495 signup...
The Associated Press. The Portuguese government says it has agreed to buy 50 percent of the country's carrier TAP Air Portugal for 1.9 million euros ($2.1 million). Speaking after a signing ceremony Saturday, Humberto Pedrosa, who heads the Atlantic Gateway consortium that held 61 percent of the airline, said the deal would leave it holding a 45 percent stake in TAP, with the remainder o...
