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Jet Airways starts Hyderabad-Abu Dhabi service on March 1
Jet Airways (Mumbai) launched a new daily nonstop service from Hyderabad to Abu Dhabi staring on March 1, 2014. Jet Airways flight 9W 550 departed Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at...
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How long will Tigerair continue to invest in Mandala Airlines?
Mandala Airlines (Tiger Airways Indonesia) (Jakarta) continues to lose money. As we previously reported, the airline was resurrected on April 5, 2012 as a joint venture between Tigerair (Singapore)...
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SriLankan Airlines to join the Oneworld alliance on May 1
SriLankan Airlines (Colombo) will become a full member of oneworld®, offering the alliance’s complete range ofservices and benefits with effect from Thursday May 1, 2014 – as the first carrier from...
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Japan Airlines to start charter flights to Rome and Milan from Haneda Airport...
Japan Airlines-JAL (Tokyo) has announced it will operate charter flights departing from Tokyo (Haneda) to Rome and Milan (Malpensa) starting on July 2, 2014. The charter flights will be operated with...
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SEAir (Tigerair Philippines) to change its name to Go Air, Inc.
SEAir-South East Asian Airlines (Tigerair Philippines) (Manila) has been approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to change its corporate name to Go Air, Inc. The SEAir name is being returned to...
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Mandala Airlines to be shut down on July 1, Tigerair pulls the funding
Tigerair Group (Singapore), which controls 35.8 percent of the Mandala Airlines (Tigerair Mandala) stock, has decided to stop funding the loss-making Indonesian carrier. The company issued this...
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Bangkok Air orders three ATR 72-600s
Bangkok Airways (Bangkok Air) (Bangkok) and the European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR are pleased to announce the signature of a contract for the purchase of three ATR 72-600s, valued at...
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Ukraine International is forced to reroute flights around Russia
Ukraine International Airlines-UIA (Kiev) and other other Ukrainian airline have been banned by Russia from using Russian airspace in retaliation to sanctions by the European Union due to the on-going...
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Cebu Pacific to launch service to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 1 with...
Cebu Pacific Air (Manila) will launch thrice weekly nonstop flights to Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, starting October 1, 2014. It will be the only low-cost carrier flying between the...
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Hong Kong Airlines to launch a new route to Sapporo, Japan
Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong) has announced that commencing on December 19, 2014, the company will launch a five-time weekly service between Hong Kong and Sapporo, Japan. Airbus A330 aircraft will be...
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Tigerair’s quarterly loss widens to $143.3 million, Singapore Airlines jumps...
Tiger Airways Holdings Limited (Tigerair) (Singapore) has reported an operating loss of S$25.3 million ($19.8 million US) for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 (Fiscal Second Quarter), compared to...
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BBC Video: A pilot’s view video of the descent and landing into Paro Airport...
Druk Air-Royal Bhutan Airlines (Paro) operates regularly scheduled flights into its mountainous home country of Bhutan. The unique report by the BBC shows the approach into Paro Airport while the...
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Cebu Pacific Air to launch the Cebu-Tokyo Narita route on March 26, 2015
Cebu Pacific Air (Manila) plans to strengthen its Cebu hub with direct Cebu-Tokyo (Narita) flights starting March 26, 2015. The airline will launch four weekly flights (every Tuesday, Thursday,...
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Thai Airbus A330-321 HS-TEG operating as flight TG 47 overruns the runway at...
Thai Airways International (Bangkok) flight TG 47 scheduled to operate from Khon Kaen to Bangkok with Airbus A330-321 HS-TEG (msn 112) aborted the takeoff and skidded off the runway as it attempted to...
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KLM introduces a new cabin interior and entertainment system for its Boeing...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) has made this announcement concerning the upgrading of its Boeing 777-200 fleet: Previously, the World Business Class cabins aboard KLM’s Boeing 747-400 fleet were...
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Mahan Air today launches a new route to London Gatwick
Mahan Air Tehran) today (December 15) today launches a new route to London (Gatwick) operating three days a week reportedly with Airbus A310-300s per Airline Route. Virtual tour on Airbus A300: CLICK...
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Business Air is grounded, passengers are stranded
Business Air (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi) was grounded by the DCA of Thailand. The DCA ordered Business Air to suspend all operations on January 16, 2015, leaving more than 1,000 passengers stranded. The...
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What will the new Malaysia Airlines look like? “NewCo” to start on July 1...
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur) is reorganizing and reinventing itself (code named NewCo) under the former CEO of Aer Lingus and now the new CEO Christoph Mueller who will take control of the...
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Garuda Indonesia to acquire 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and up to 30 737 MAX...
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle and Charleston) and Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta) announced today (June 15) the airline’s intent to purchase 30 787-9 Dreamliners, as well as up to 30 737 MAX 8 airplanes. Above...
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Hong Kong Airlines to fly to Auckland, New Zealand
Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-223 B-LNI (msn 1034) BKK (Michael B. Ing). Image: 922159. World Airline News report issued on May 13, 2016: Hong Kong Airlines will launch its first daily nonstop...
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