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Jet Airways to launch daily flights to Amsterdam from Mumbai, Delhi and Toronto

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline has announced the launch of daily non-stop services between India and Amsterdam, its new European gateway which is ideally located for convenient onward connections. With effect from March 27, 2016, Jet Airways will operate two daily non-st...

Air NZ boosts North American network with start on new Houston service

Air New Zealand has opened a fifth gateway in North America with the start of flights to Houston, Texas. The airline’s inaugural service to the heart of Texas, flight NZ28, departed Auckland at 1830 local time on Tuesday and landed just over 12 and a half hours later at Houston’s...

Fraport-Copelouzos Consortium signs contracts for managing 14 Greek Airports

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and its Greek partner Copelouzos Group signed contracts with the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund for the 40-year concessions to operate, manage, develop and maintain 14 regional airports in Greece. The transaction closing is expected during the autumn of 2016, at which time full payment of the €1.234 billion upfront concession f...

Emirates to add two more Chinese destinations in 2016

Emirates will start flying to two new cities in China as the Dubai carrier taps rising demand for travel in the world’s most populous country. From May next year, Emirates will start flying four times a week to Yinchuan and Zhengzhou. The airline already flies to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou on the mainland. Yinchuan, the capital of Ning xia, is west of the Yellow River and east of...

UK Airlines Say Heathrow Delay Is All About Prime Minister’s Ego

U.K. airlines condemned David Cameron’s move to put off a decision on a third runway for London’s Heathrow airport until next summer, with British Airways parent IAG SA saying the delay was ego-driven after the prime minister’s pledge five years ago to block the hub’s expansion. The Board of Airline Representatives in the U.K., which represents more than 70 schedule...

Egypt To Hire Foreign Company To Improve Airport Security

Egypt said it will hire a foreign company to help improve the country's airport security, seen as a weak link in the air safety chain since a Russian Metrojet airliner crashed in Sinai on October 31. The government said in a statement that it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash which killed all 224 people on board. Russia and several West...

Cathay headed to Gatwick

Cathay Pacific has given Australians a new one-stop option for trips to London with a return to Gatwick Airport from September 2016. The Hong Kong-based carrier will fly four times a week to London Gatwick with three-class Airbus A350-900s offering 38 business, 28 premium economy and 214 economy class seats. The new flight lifts Cathay’s schedule to the UK capital to 39 flights a week,...

Southwest to Launch Los Angeles International Flight

Southwest Airlines will launch its first international flights in and out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Liberia/Guanacaste, Costa Rica in April 2016, subject to government approval. It is also fun to note that this new flight would be the longest flight in Southwest’s route network. Alaska operates year-round flights to Liberia from LAX while Delta operates seasonal&n...

Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Security Experts Receive Metal Detecting Gloves

Security experts at Moscow's Domodedovo airport have received and are currently testing gloves with integrated metal detectors, the airport's press service said in a statement Friday. If there is a metal object, a built-in vibration sensor goes into alarm in less than 0.1 second. In the near future, such metal detectors are expected to completely replace conv...

Georgian Il-76TD cargo plane forgotten in Turkish airport for 4 years

A cargo plane registered in Georgia, which brought aid materials to Turkey's southeastern Van province after the earthquake in 2011, has been kept waiting at the airport to be repaired since then. The Georgian Ilyushin Il-76TD model cargo plane from SKY Georgia Airlines landed at the Erzurum airport on October 23, 2011. The airport in the eastern province of Erzurum was chosen...

Cathay Pacific Confirms A350 Flight to London Gatwick

Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) Thursday announced that it will launch a new four-times-weekly service between Hong Kong and London's second airport Gatwick (LGW) next year, using its brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Pending government approval, Cathay Pacific will be the only airline that flies non-stop between Gatwick and Hong Kong. Commencing on September 2, 2016, the new flights...

UAE to Miami business class with British Airways – review

With no Middle East airlines flying direct to Miami, British Airways has stepped in with a new route from the UAE to the Florida city via London Heathrow. Travelling with a Club World business class ticket on the leg from London to Miami, the relaxation began in BA’s Heathrow lounge with a complimentary massage followed by a light snack – a classic British breakfast sandwich. On...

Air NZ installs “world first” self-service bag drop at Auckland International

Air New Zealand will allow international passengers travelling from Auckland the option of checking in their own bag in what the airline describes as a world first. The self-service bag drop kiosks read biometric data stored on passports using technology similar to the SmartGate passport control gates, with a camera to verify the passenger’s identity. Once the passenger&rsq...

RAF A400M makes flying visit

A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas has made a flying visit to Australia. A400M ZM406 arrived in Cairns from Bander Seri Begawan on December 10 and then flew to Hobart via Sydney on December 12. On December 13 the A400M then departed Hobart for Darwin. The visit is believed to be the first to Australia by an RAF A400M, and the second A400M visit to Australia after a French air...

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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

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Hong Kong Airlines officially moves into Terminal 2

Hong Kong Airlines’ check-in counters at Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal 1 have officially relocated to the new Terminal 2. From now on, passengers travelling with Hong Kong Air...