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El Al Airlines has announced nonstop service between Las Vegas and Tel-Aviv starting June 14, 2019. Flights to Las Vegas will depart Ben-Gurion Airport on Fridays at 7 a.m., with return flights to Israel leaving Las Vegas McCarran International […]
GECAS delivered it’s eleventh A320 neo to Frontier via Sale-Leaseback (with commitments for an additional five in 2019). The initial delivery in October 2017 marked Frontier’s first neo and subsequent deliveries make Frontier the first operator of a Leap-powered
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The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) experienced a record year for air services expansion—with nearly 50 new domestic and international routes added at both O’Hare and Midway International Airports combined in 2018. Chicago’s international passenger growth has remained particularly strong
Gatwick Airport is being sold to French group Vinci Airports. VINCI Airports today signed an agreement to acquire from current shareholders an effective 50.01% stake in Gatwick Airport Limited, a freehold property airport. The sale is expected to complete
On 22 March, VINCI Airports signed a 25-year concession contract covering the airport’s financing, operation, maintenance, extension and upgrade, and stating the conditions precedent to its entree into force it has since satisfied. To complete this transaction, VINCI
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Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company and Boeing provided the first look at the SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter the companies have developed for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program. The SB>1 DEFIANT™ is designed to fly at twice the
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) will begin offering services between Tokyo and Perth, Australia in September 2019. The flight will be based out of Narita International Airport and offer direct services to Perth, Australia’s fourth largest city. This makes ANA
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Helsinki Airport and Lapland airports are cutting down greenhouse gas emissions by using renewable diesel made of waste and residues. Did you know, that when you ride a bus from the terminal to the aircraft at Helsinki Airport, there
Apron Buses in Finland May Run on Recycled Christmas Fat Read More »
Ural Airlines has confirmed that the carrier will fly between Václav Havel Airport Prague and Zhukovsky International Airport, airport servicing Moscow. Scheduled morning flights will be offered up to four times a week effective 26 December 2018 on Wednesdays,
A member of Star Alliance, Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines, and India’s largest domestic carrier, IndiGo have announced a codeshare and mutual cooperation agreement. The signed codeshare and mutual cooperation agreement between the two carriers, the effectiveness of which is subject
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Latvian airline airBaltic announces that starting March 31, 2019 it will launch scheduled flights between Riga and Dublin, Ireland. The flights will take place four times per week, with ticket prices starting from 39 EUR. Traveling on the Riga
The A319neo powered by CFM International LEAP-1A engines has achieved joint Type Certification from both the US FAA and European EASA airworthiness authorities. This means that now all three aircraft models – the A319neo, A320neo and A321neo – are
A319neo with CFM LEAP-1A Engines Wins Joint Type Certification Read More »
Star Alliance and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd. (CAN) have agreed on space allocation to facilitate the establishment of a Star Alliance branded lounge at the airport. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by
Dubai-based flydubai has announced the launch of direct flights to Kozhikode in Kerala, India. The three times weekly service from Dubai International (DXB) to Kozhikode Calicut International Airport (CCJ) will start from 01 February 2019 making flydubai the only
British Airways’ customers are getting a taste of what it’s like to fly at the front of the aircraft as the airline trials cutting-edge virtual reality technology at check-in desks at its home at Heathrow Terminal 5. After taking
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