• Today`s galery: Norwegian.

    Norwegian has one of the newest and greenest fleets in the world. High fuel-efficiency is not only good for the environment, but also for your wallet. Norwegian’s fleet consists of around 120 aircraft including Boeing 737-800s for its short-haul operation and Boeing 787 Dreamliners for its long-haul operation. With an average fleet age of just 3.6…

  • Ralf Kunkel named new VP Communications at airberlin

    At the beginning of March Ralf Kunkel will become the new Vice President Communications at airberlin, reporting directly to CEO Thomas Winkelmann. “I would like to welcome Ralf to airberlin. We will be gaining an experienced communications professional, who brings his extensive knowledge and expertise as we embark on our restructuring and a new growth…

  • Finnair becomes first airline in the world to launch Alipay onboard

    Finnair plans to introduce the world´s largest online payment platform Alipay onboard its Helsinki–Shanghai route as of 27 January as the first airline in the world. Alipay will first be made available for a month on a trial basis. Customers will be able to use Alipay to pay for inflight purchases, such as tax- free…

  • Icelandair Announces Belfast Service

    Icelandair today announced Belfast (BHD) as a new destination starting June 1. 2017. Belfast will become Icelandair‘s 44th scheduled destination with a full year round service three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays operated by sister airline Air Iceland.  The flight from Belfast to Reykjavik will provide easy connections with Icelandair’s wide network…

  • Geoscience Australia and Lockheed Martin Begin Collaborative Research Project For Second-Generation Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

    Testbed will demonstrate enhanced navigation performance for nine critical industrial sectors. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are critical tools for industries requiring exact precision and high confidence. Now, Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from…

  • Flybe expands summer sun options from Southampton

    Leading regional airline upgrades 2017 Summer programme with added frequencies on popular summer sun routes to Spain and Portugal Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has added seven more flights a week on four popular summer sun routes to Spain and Portugal as part of its expanded 2017 Summer schedule from Southampton. Seats are available for…

  • Frontier airlines adds new service in ten cities around the country.

    Starting this spring, Frontier Airlines will launch 10 new routes adding new service in 10 cities across the country. Cities receiving the new service include Austin, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Minneapolis; Cleveland; New York; San Antonio; San Diego and Washington. Frontier is offering special introductory fares as low as $29* on these new…

  • AZAL will continue flights to Ganja and Gabala

    Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) will continue regular flights on the Baku–Ganja route from February 15, as well as on the Baku-Gabala route from February 17. Baku-Ganja flights will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and flights to Gabala – on Fridays and Sundays. Departure from Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) – at 11:05, arrival…

  • AW609 programme moves forward preparing for icing trials.

    Several ground and flight tests already performed in Philadelphia by the third AW609 prototype  Aircraft remains on schedule to begin icing trials this winter  FAA certification is on track for 2018 The AW609 TiltRotor programme is expected to start icing trials soon following recent ground and flight testing activities. These advances have been made in…

  • Safety Precautions regarding the Transport by Air of Damaged, Defective or Recalled Lithium Batteries

    On 09/02/2017 EASA withdrew the SIB 2016-14 R1 and published SIB 2017-01. This SIB contains general recommendations regarding the transport by air, as cargo and by passengers, of damaged, recalled, defective or potentially hazardous lithium batteries, including those contained in equipment. The difference between this new SIB and the previous one is that the recommendations…