Flights
Air Astana invest in Kazakhstan regional airports
“Air Astana” JSC has started realization of the huge investment project aimed at aircraft anti-icing services improvements at the RK airports. The total cost of the project is almost 2 million USD.
Lowest-price airBaltic tickets made available for resale
The tickets of the Latvian national airline airBaltic at the lowest price classes (the so-called E-dessert tickets) are now available at reseller ticket offices, including travel agencies and travel portals. Until now, they had only been available on the company’s webpage at Airbaltic.com.
Skyteam unveils plans for Heathrow co-location
As part of its previously announced plan to increase its presence at London Heathrow International Airport (LHR), SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has unveiled plans for its new co-located facility in Terminal 4.
bmi to expand mid haul network at London Heathrow
bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, is to lease two Boeing 757-200 aircraft to further expand its mid haul strategy from Heathrow. The aircraft will be used to increase capacity and to significantly improve schedules to the existing destinations of Almaty and Freetown.
Delta brings back popular destinations for summer
With its summer 2008 schedule, Delta Air Lines will continue to offer Boston customers nonstop service to New Orleans on Saturdays through the fall, as well as flights to popular summer destinations in Canada and the U.S. southeast.
Delta employees share $158 million this Valentine’s Day
Delta Air Lines employees worldwide have collectively received $158 million in profit sharing last week, honouring the company’s commitment to recognize employees for their crucial role in achieving financial and operational goals. Employees’ individual payouts equal 5.5 percent of their eligible 2007 earnings.
Cars on the fast track thanks to Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo were watching last weekend’s GP2 and Speedcars Asia Series race with a great sense of pride. Earlier last week the cargo arm of Emirates Airline transported the last of the 26 GP2 cars, 20 Speedcars and all of their spare parts from Dubai to Indonesia.
Emirates invests in latest baggage handling technology
Emirates Airline today announced it is partnering with London Heathrow, Dubai International and Hong Kong International airports, to trial the latest RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology in baggage handling.
Record breaker teams up with Flybe to make history
On February 15, Flybe helped to keep 81 year old aviation enthusiast Edwin Shackleton in the Guinness Book of World Records as the passenger who has flown in more different types of aircraft than anyone else.
KD Avia goes daily from Gatwick
Expanding Russian airline, KD avia, has announced an increase in the frequency of its flights between London Gatwick and Kaliningrad from Summer 2008.
Football fansite for Euro 2008 goes live
Austrian Airlines has launched an English language version of its Euro 2008 fan website, fanline08.at to support the biggest sporting event to be held in Austria for many years.
Ryanair signs agreement with Energylinx
Ryanair, has announced an agreement with UK energy price comparison site, Energylinx, the No.1 guide to gas and electricity prices in the UK. Visitors to the Ryanair website will be able compare the prices that they pay for energy at home and transfer to a cheaper energy supplier through the simple to use, free of charge service.
Love is in the air with Aer Arann
Aer Arann, one of Europe’s fastest growing regional airlines, encourages all women; brave enough to propose on 29 February this leap year, to think Ireland as the place to pop the question for 2008.
Austrian resumes service to Erbil
Austrian was the first European carrier to be granted landing rights in Iraq. The highly successful service operated from December 2006 until August 2007. Having conducted a detailed examination of conditions in Iraq, and based on the security situation as it stands at present, Austrian Airlines will resume flights to Erbil from 2 April 2008 onwards.
Korean Air sponsors multimedia at the Louvre
Korean Air is partnering with Musee du Louvre to enhance art and cultural understanding for people all over the world. This powerful initiative, unveiled today in Paris, involves an investment of over one million Euros. The exceptional collaboration is the first of its kind between a global airline and international museum of this stature.