Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Apr-11 — /Travel PR News/ — Auckland Airport has welcomed today’s announcement by Air New Zealand that it will operate three flights per week to Manila from December 2016, using a B767-300ER aircraft. Norris Carter, Auckland Airport’s general manager – aeronautical commercial, says, “This new Air New Zealand service between Manila and Auckland… Read the full news article
New at Vienna Airport: Air India Flight Service from Vienna to Delhi VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 2016-Apr-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Effective immediately, Air India is the new carrier offering flight connections between Vienna and Delhi in cooperation with Austrian Airlines. The Star Alliance partner will take off to India’s most important industrial region three times… Read the full news article
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today signed a ten-year contract with Xiamen Airlines for the maintenance of the General Electric GEnx engines on Xiamen Airlines’ new Boeing 787s. Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 2016-Apr-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance is a fully certified Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) organisation for the 787… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2016-Apr-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Virgin Trains has made significant improvements to the way it offers compensation for delayed journeys. From today, all Virgin Trains customers across both its east and west coast routes who apply for compensation after experiencing delays of at least 30 minutes will be offered a cash payment (in… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — A new-look First Class Lounge at Leeds station – with almost quadruple its previous capacity – is now open for business as Virgin Trains continues to give its east coast route a makeover. Ribbon-cutting duties were performed by Sir Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire and Tom… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — A new look First Class Lounge has been opened at Newcastle Central Station today as Virgin Trains continues to give its east coast route a makeover. Eight lounges between London and Edinburgh have been given the Virgin treatment, doubling the seating capacity and providing more options to hold meetings,… Read the full news article
• Scheduled traffic (RPK) increased 4% and the capacity (ASK) was up 6.8%. • The load factor decreased 2 p.u. to 71.4%. • SAS carried 2.3 million scheduled passengers in March, down 6.1%. • The preliminary currency adjusted yield and PASK were down 14% and 16% in March 2016. The nominal yield and PASK were… Read the full news article
STUDENTS FROM AREA SCHOOLS LEARN THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS BOSTON, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — More than 1,500 students from 44 Greater Boston schools attended the Aviation and Maritime STEM Education Expo at Boston Logan International Airport today. The Expo is an annual education event where representatives from industry, government,… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today announced its decision on changes to departure routes from Birmingham Airport. As a result of the extension of the airport’s runway in 2014 new routes were required for departing aircraft. The airport consulted with the local community and other interested parties on several… Read the full news article
Oman Air’s Cabin Crew Recruitment Shows Unwavering Commitment To Omanization Muscat, Oman, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman’s national carrier, is reaffirming its commitment to Omanisation through its continuing recruitment to its cabin crew teams of young Omani citizens. Omanisation is the Sultanate’s policy of providing employment and career… Read the full news article
KIEV, UKRAINE, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Within the period of Winter 2016/2017 Schedule Ukraine International Airlines will be operating non-stop scheduled flights between Kiev and Dusseldorf. Tickets are already available on UIA official website, at the carrier`s Contact Center, UIA ticket offices, and authorized travel agencies. Within the period of October 30 – December… Read the full news article
KIEV, UKRAINE, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Starting April 6, 2016, Ukraine International Airlines resume PS145 Kiev – Brussels and PS146 Brussels – Kiev non-stop scheduled flights. Brussels Zaventem International Airport resumes its operations. Therefore, UIA resumes services to the capital of Belgium according to the Summer 2016 Schedule. Passengers of the cancelled flights on… Read the full news article
Kifissia, Greece, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — On Friday April 8th AEGEAN will re-start daily morning flights to/from Brussels with the following schedule: Flight Route Time (Local) A3 620 Athens – Brussels 08:55 -11:20 A3 621 Brussels – Athens 12:05 -16:15 Please note that for the period 05-07April AEGEAN will operate flights to/from Lille as… Read the full news article
This new contract sees the Lufthansa Group adopt the full Amadeus Altéa Suite across its network carriers. MADRID, Spain, 2016-Apr-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Ensuring a stable and safe load control – or in other words, that the weight and balance of the aircraft is optimised – is one of the main operational challenges airlines… Read the full news article
SINGAPORE, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Lufthansa Group are expanding their codeshare agreement to provide customers more benefits through enhanced connections and new codeshare destinations. The expanded codeshare ties will provide SIA customers convenient access to over 20 new routes on Lufthansa- and Swiss-operated flights, to and from points in… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Heathrow’s 70th year has seen another significant milestone in the airports history with Terminal 4 turning thirty. Colleagues at Heathrow celebrated the 30th anniversary of its opening on Friday (1/4).Officially opened by His Royal Highness Prince Charles and Princess Diana on Tuesday 1st April 1986, the terminal cost around… Read the full news article
The premium airline develops its USA and Caribbean services from Berlin and Dusseldorf BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin will dramatically expand its range of long-haul flights this coming winter (2016/17). Germany’s second-largest airline will base an additional type A330-200 aircraft at Berlin Tegel, with 19 seats in the exclusive FullFlat Business… Read the full news article
Showcasing Bombardier’s innovative products and state-of-the-art facility Montréal, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier announced today that its annual and special meeting of shareholders will take place at its cutting-edge Commercial Aircraft facility in Mirabel, Québec on April 29, 2016 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). “This will be an exciting opportunity for Bombardier’s shareholders to walk… Read the full news article
Montréal, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Business Aircraft announced today that it has received a firm order for 20 Challenger 350 aircraft. For competitive reasons, the customer will remain undisclosed at this time. Based on the 2016 list prices for standard-equipped aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately $534 million US. “With its… Read the full news article
Seoul, South Korea, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Korean Air has announced today that it will launch new flight services from Incheon International Airport in Seoul to Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, from May 5th, 2016 which will be the 16th destination in Japan for the carrier. Korean Air will operate daily flights on Incheon-Okinawa route,… Read the full news article
Boutique Air Announces New Summer Schedule for Silver City Carrier to offer fares starting at $59 to Albuquerque, $79 to Phoenix SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — Boutique Air released the summer schedule for flights from Grant County Airport (SVC) in Silver CIty, NM to Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) in Albuquerque, NM and… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — British Airways is to launch a new leisure service to Alicante from London City to cover the busy holiday season this summer. The new flights to the heart of Spain’s Costa Blanca will operate four times a week for 10 weeks from the end of June. It will be… Read the full news article
MIRAMAR, Fla., 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ:SAVE) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Myrna M. Soto as its newest board member, effective March 29, 2016. “We are looking forward to Myrna becoming a member of our board,” said Spirit’s Chairman of the Board, Mac Gardner. “Myrna’s expertise in… Read the full news article
Inaugural flight demonstrates airline’s long-term commitment to the United Kingdom 73 flights per week now operate between the United Kingdom and Qatar Qatar Airways already serves London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh non-stop from Doha DOHA, Qatar, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways has today inaugurated the airline’s fourth United Kingdom (U.K.) gateway, with direct… Read the full news article
Airline signs industry sustainable pledge to develop biofuel DOHA, Qatar, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways has signed a pledge to support the airline industry’s commitment to sustainable aviation fuels. As a member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), a world-leading environmental research programme, the pledge unites Qatar’s national airline with industry… Read the full news article
SEATTLE, 2016-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., will announce its first quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday, April 21, 2016. A conference call is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time/11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to… Read the full news article
WICHITA, Kan., 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, this week delivered a Canadian registered Cessna Citation CJ3+ aircraft to fractional operator AirSprint Inc.. “With more than 150 Cessna Citation light jets in the region, the CJ-series has proven to be the light jet… Read the full news article
Fort Worth, Texas, 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand, Textron Aviation Inc. and Textron Systems, all businesses of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), have announced their plans for the 19th edition of the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE 2016) in Santiago, Chile, held March 29 through April 3, 2016. Textron will be… Read the full news article
SANTIAGO, Chile, 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that the Cessna Citation Latitude is making its FIDAE International Air and Space Fair debut at the Santiago International Airport March 29-April 3. The Latitude, Textron Aviation’s most recently certified business jet,… Read the full news article
SANTIAGO, Chile, 2016-Mar-31 — /Travel PR News/ — “Aviasur has proven to be a strong partner for Textron Aviation,” said Bob Gibbs, regional vice president of Sales, Latin America and Caribbean. “Their reputation for providing excellent customer support will bring added value to our customers in the region as Aviasur’s offerings now represent both the Beechcraft… Read the full news article