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Libyan Wings fly to Istanbul

Libyan Wings launched its flights to Istanbul last week, ch-aviation reports. Libyan Wings CEO, Edgardo Badiali told the Libya Herald that he had hoped the security situation surround the launch would stay calm, however the situation has deteriorated as Islamic State fighters infiltrates Tripol...

The passenger traffic of Moscow Air Cluster airports reached 53,4 million passengers over the first 8 months of 2015

In January-August 2015 the passenger traffic of Moscow Air Cluster (MAC) airports increased by 1,8% year-on-year and reached 53,4 million passengers, Rosaviatsiya reports. «Over the last 8 months the passenger traffic on domestic routes amounted to 26,8 million passengers (+16,1% year-on-ye...

Tigerair Launches Inaugural Flight to Quanzhou Today

Tigerair has marked a new milestone today as the only carrier to operate direct flights between Singapore and the coastal city of Quanzhou in China’s Fujian province. The airline made its inaugural flight to Quanzhou today, and will ply the two cities every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Lee Lik Hsin, Tigerair’s CEO, said, “Tigerair is constantly looking for opportunities...

PSA Airlines Announces New Crew Base at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport

PSA Airlines announced today that it will add an additional crew base, opening January 2016, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG). This will be PSA’s fourth crew base: joining Dayton, Ohio, Charlotte, North Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee. The wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group has doubled its fleet size and employee base since the announcement of the a...

Solomon Airlines to commence direct Honiara-Nadi service

Honiara, Solomon Islands – Solomon Airlines has announced it will commence operation of a new direct Honiara-Nadi service effective Wednesday, 04 November 2015, subject to government approval. The national carrier will utilise its flagship Airbus A320 on the route which is scheduled to operate ex-Honiara on Wednesdays and ex-Nadi on Thursdays. Timings as follow: Flight IE 708 operat...

Spring Airlines Opens Guiyang-Nagoya Route

China's Spring Airline, with HQ in Shanghai, has opened a direct flight between Guiyang, Guizhou province and Nagoya, Japan, as of Sep. 26, the first direct flight between southwest China and Central Japan. The airline is using an airbus A320 for the route, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, departing Guiyang at 7:35 p.m. and arriving in Nagoya just after midnight, then departing Na...

Abu Dhabi Airport sees record passenger traffic for August

Abu Dhabi Airports announced today that passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport increased by 17.4% in the month of August. A total of 2,254,809 travelers passed through the capital’s gateway last month, compared with 1,920,934 in August 2014. This is the highest number of passengers in one month, in the airport’s history. There was also an increase in aircraft mo...

JetBlue expands U.S.-Cuba service ahead of expected travel opening

U.S. airline JetBlue will add a second charter flight from New York's John F. Kennedy airport to Havana, expanding charter service ahead of an expected opening of commercial air travel between the two countries, the company said on Monday. The new round-trip, non-stop flight will operate every Tuesday starting Dec. 1 in partnership with Cuba Travel Services, a travel provider licensed by th...

Tianjin Airport to Add Off-Site Check-in Stations

Tianjin airport will build another six off-site departure stations by the end of this year in Tianjin, Beijing and Hebei province, as well as one in Dezhou, Shandong province, a city included in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration blueprint, local authorities said. New stations in Hebei will be built in Tangshan and Qinhuangdao. The new facilities will increase the total number o...

Record Number of Guns Found in U.S. Airport Searches: TSA

U.S. airport security agents discovered a record 67 firearms in luggage passengers intended to carry on to airplanes during one week in September, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Of the 67 firearms found during the week ended Sep. 17, 56 were loaded and 26 had a round in the chamber, the TSA reported. The tally set a new weekly record. The prior record was 65 fire...

Air India to Start Direct Flight of Delhi-San Francisco from Dec. 2

Air India on Sunday announced it would connect Delhi to Silicon Valley hub San Francisco with a non-stop Boeing 777-200LR flight from December 2. This will be the first non-stop flight to operate on the route. San Francisco will become Air India's fourth destination in the United States. It operates daily non-stop flights to New York, Newark and Chicago. "It is a big move by Air India,...

Kuching Airport Cancels, Diverts Flights As Air Index Worsens

All flights involving the Kuching-Pontianak and Pontianak-Kuching sector have been cancelled until further notice, said Kuching International Airport (KIA) general manager Mohd Nadzim Hashim. "All flights to and from Pontianak has been cancelled until further notice. There are no passengers stranded from the sector here since early notice was given," he said. He said four...

Emirates enhances Algiers service

Emirates will be able to connect even more people and cargo with Algiers on 1st October when it switches from its Airbus A340-300 currently operating the route to a larger Boeing 777-300 aircraft. “In line with the healthy commercial demand, we are pleased to introduce our Boeing 777-300 aircraft onto our Algiers route, offering our customers more seats and an enhanced onboard experience,...

Sea-Tac Airport Locked Down Briefly for Security Breach

Port of Seattle police briefly closed all entrances to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport while they responded to a security alarm. KING TV News reports that airport officials confirmed a post on Twitter saying police had closed entrances and stopped trains about 9:15 p.m. Friday. Police took a suspect into custody and lifted the lockdown after about 30 minutes. Planes con...

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