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Air Vanuatu says independent report shows Port Vila runway safe

Air Vanuatu says an independent report of the runway conditions at Bauerfield Airport has determined it is safe to operate jet flights into and out of Port Vila. The airline says it is “satisfied the condition of the runway is safe to continue jet operations” based on the independent...

Hong Kong Airlines to serve Cairns and Gold Coast with year-round flights

Hong Kong Airlines is currently restricted to secondary Australian destinations such as the Gold Coast, Cairns and Darwin as Cathay Pacific has utilised all available traffic rights for Hong Kong-based carriers to the four major Australian ports of Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney under the cur...

Qatar Airways To Fly Non-Stop Between Doha And Mozambique Three Times Weekly

Qatar Airways will upgrade to non-stop B787 Dreamliner service three times weekly between Doha and Maputo, Mozambique, effective 27 March 2016. The airline currently serves the Doha – Maputo route three times a week via South Africa’s largest city Johannesburg. With the start of the new non-stop service to Maputo International Airport, passengers from Europe, the Americas, the Middl...

Airport Koltsovo (Ekaterinburg) – a new point on the map of Aerofuels refueling complexes in Russia

In January this year the Group of Companies Aerofuels subsidiary started refueling the Russian and international airlines flights in the airport of Koltsovo (Ekaterinburg). To make into-plane refueling Aerofuels uses its own jet fuel and modern certified refuellers. At the same time the customers are guaranteed advantageous price conditions and a fast high-quality service in compliance with all...

Australian airports rank highly in on-time performance: report

Adelaide maintained its position as the Australian airport with the highest percentage of on-time arrivals and departures in 2015, while Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne all improved their performance compared with the previous year, figures from flight data and aviation consultancy OAG show. The OAG Punctuality League report found Japanese airports led the way in terms of punctuality during 2015...

Airports of Serbia - ready to start

Ready to start - Airport of Serbia Ltd is launching during first two weeks of February. The main task of "Airports of Serbia" - to manage, develop and maintain airports infrastructure in Serbia. That means finding solutions for the use of already existing major military and mixed airports in Serbia for passenger and cargo transportation. But also construction of new airports and sm...

Etihad to open ‘spectacular’ new first class lounge at Abu Dhabi airport

Etihad Airways said it will open a “spectacular” new first class lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport in May, as it continues to evolve its offering for premium travellers. The lounge will be located at Terminal 3 and will be for the exclusive use of First Class guests, Etihad Guest Platinum and Etihad Airways Partners Platinum guests, and those staying in The Residence onboard...

Swede becomes first person to board a plane with just a wave of his hand

Andreas Sjostrom boarded a flight from Stockholm to Paris in December without a boarding pass or even his phone. As throngs of weary travellers streamed through one of Europe’s busiest travel hubs, the female security guard at Stockholm Arlanda Airport looked up at Andreas Sjostrom, confused. Somehow, without a boarding pass or even a smartphone, Sjostrom had managed to activate her sc...

Dubai International Airport retains position as world’s busiest

Dubai International kept its position as the world’s busiest airport for international passengers for the second year, after traffic exceeded 78 million in 2015. Aided by 100 airlines that connect the airport to 240 destinations around the world, the airport traffic increased by 10.7 per cent in 2015 over the 70.4 million recorded in 2014. In December alone, passenger numbers reached 7...

Tigerair counts down to new Bali service

Tigerair Australia chief executive Rob Sharp says events such as the volcanic ash cloud and Jakarta terrorist attacks have not dampened demand for the low-cost carrier’s proposed Bali flights due to kick off in March. The Virgin Australia-owned airline has completed the reconfiguration and repainting of the first of three Boeing 737-800s, VH-VUB, that will be used to operate Ade...

Passenger numbers at Abu Dhabi airport up 17% on the year

Passenger numbers at Abu Dhabi International Airport rose by 17.2 per cent in 2015, with more than 23 million travellers passing through its terminals during the past year. Much of the increase was thanks to the concurrent growth of Etihad Airways which carried 17.4 million passengers in 2015, up 18.4 per cent on the previous year. The airline was responsible for nearly three-quart...

Review: Plaza Premium Lounge London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4

Before arriving at the airport I had taken a look at which Priority Pass lounges are available in Terminal 4, and noticed there was a fairly new Plaza Premium Lounge, which seems to be well regarded. Since this lounge was right across the hallway from the Air India Lounge, I figured I’d check it out. The lounge is open daily from 5AM until 10:30PM. Again, the Plaza Premium Lounge is locat...

Air Malta to fly to/from 30 destinations this summer

Air Malta is planning an enhanced summer 2016 flight schedule that will see improved flight timings on Manchester, Catania, Vienna, Lyon and Marseille and increased frequency on Berlin. The Maltese airline will continue being the largest operator to London and the UK by offering a selection of 30 weekly flights to seven airports. With this schedule, running from the 27th March till 29th October, A...

Aigle Azur launches 2 new destinations from Lyon: Porto and Dakar

After 10 years of presence in Portugal (Aigle Azur’s second most important destination after Algeria), as well as an increasing number of flights to Lisbon and direct services to Porto, Faro and Funchal all year-round from Paris-Orly, the company is now proposing a new airlink between Lyons and Porto on a thrice-weekly basis, every Thursday, Friday and Sunday, from 27 March. The company a...

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VINCI Airports celebrates the completion of the extension and renovation of Kansai International Airport, as well as the 10th anniversary of the concession

Kansai International airport (KIX) reaches new milestone in its development with the inauguration of the completed international trade zone. This completion marks the conclusion of the extensive renov...

Kuala Lumpur, Houston, Singapore: Starting in October, Lufthansa will begin flying to new destinations with Allegris

Lufthansa is focusing more than ever on premium service: Following the introduction of the new in-flight service on all long-haul flights in early May, the number of destinations where passengers can...