• Lufthansa Mobile now offers prepaid SIM cards

    One SIM card for the whole world: Lufthansa Mobile enables low cost telephone calls and data with full cost control in over 180 countries. Lufthansa Mobile now meets the so-called “always on” customer demand for those travelling, and at low cost. The prepaid tariff is a welcome opportunity for both holidaymakers and business travellers who…

  • New french alpine route takes off from stansted

    Winter sports fans will have a direct gateway to some of Europe’s top snow resorts from Stansted tomorrow (December 17) with the launch of new British Airways flights to the French Alpine city of Chambery. The well-timed weekend flights will give customers easy access to some of the top snow and ski resorts like Val…

  • NBAA Welcomes FAA Cease-and-Desist Order Against SMO Evictions

    Contact: Dan Hubbard, 202-783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) welcomed action by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week to halt attempts by the city of Santa Monica, CA, to evict two long-standing fixed base operators (FBOs) at its airport, as the agency investigates the city’s compliance with its federal obligations. “The FAA hereby orders…

  • the SW-4 ‘Solo’ remotely piloted helicopter begins test campaign in Grottaglie airport

    Mauro Moretti: “The SW-4 ‘Solo’ is testimony of Leonardo’s industrial commitment and innovation in unmanned aircraft, a sector of increased global competition” Leonardo is the only European company able to provide a complete ‘unmanned’ system The flight campaign is carried out in collaboration with the Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale Pugliese (DTA) and Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile…

  • Air Seychelles engineers graduation, World-class programme with Etihad Airways.

    Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has celebrated the graduation of a group of seven Seychellois engineers who have completed a comprehensive training programme with Etihad Airways. Antoine Francois, Cliffton Leon, Damien Azemia, Erol Agricole, Hervé Toulon, Mario DeSylva and Marlon Nourrice embarked on the specialist four-year course in September 2012,…

  • Cathay Pacific to boost UK connectivity with additional flights to Gatwick and Manchester

    More choice and flexibility with up to six services a day between Hong Kong and London in 2017; Manchester to receive the Airbus A350 from June. On the back of strengthening demand for flights connecting Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Cathay Pacific today announced that its current four-times-weekly service to Gatwick will become a…

  • Delta in Africa: 10 years of convenience, connections

    By Aimee Greaves(Article source) Delta has been leading the way in travel between the United States and Africa for the past 10 years. The airline launched flights to Ghana, Senegal and South Africa in December 2006 and a year later, added Nigeria to its route map. Fast-forward to now, and almost 5 million passengers later,…

  • Alitalia serves five new Chinese destinations beyond Beijing with China Southern

    Alitalia has improved its presence in China thanks to the expansion of a codeshare agreement with Chinese airline China Southern. The enhanced codeshare deal now allows travellers flying on Alitalia’s Rome–Beijing route to reach five new major Chinese cities beyond Beijing – Guangzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing and Shenyang – on a range of flights operated…