BA adds Ivalo run
- BTN News
- Saturday, 08 June 2024
British Airways will add twice-weekly Lapland flights from London Gatwick to Ivalo, Finland’s most northerly airport, from 03 December 2024.
American Airlines' cabin crew reject 17pc wage hike
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 June 2024
US labour union the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) that represents American Airlines crew has rejected a 17 per cent wage hike.
Big week for Hanoi and Vietjet
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 June 2024
Vietjet has operated its inaugural A330 flight between Hanoi in Vietnam and Melbourne, Victoria in Australia ahead of the launch of services to Sydney, New South Wales later this month.
Virgin Australia launches Uluru sale
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 June 2024
Virgin Australia has launched B737 flights between Melbourne, Victoria and Uluru in the country's red centre in partnership with the Northern Territory government and Voyages Indigenous Tourism (which operates Ayers Rock Resort, Uluru).
W4B launches AI tool
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Website 4 Bookings) (W4B) has launched a new AI automation tool for its web site.
Younger passengers changing views on air travel
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Travellers are eager to fly and plan trips, but they remain cost conscious and, depending on the generation, less swayed by traditional airline loyalty programs, according to OAG’s latest survey, 'Beyond the Ticket: Winning Traveller Loyalty with Rewards and Ancillary Services'.
US DoT to fine international trio
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
A month after the US Department of Transportation (DoT) told airlines they would have to pay refunds to passengers on significantly delayed flights, it says Lufthansa, South African Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airways will pay US$900 million due to refunding failures during the Covid pandemic.
Qantas backing Boeing
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Major airline customers including Australia's Qantas say Boeing will bounce back from the quality problems that have hit its management as well as production of some of the best-selling planes in history.
Walsh calls for end to unviable 'green' policies
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
Green aviation policies should be subject to economic realities and abandoned if their costs outweigh the benefits, according to Willie Walsh, the former airline ceo who now is director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
IATA launches FuelIS
- BTN News
- Thursday, 06 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched IATA FuelIS, an advanced analytics solution to optimise airline fuel consumption.
Borghetti to chair Crown Resorts
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Former Qantas and Virgin Australia senior executive John Borghetti will Chair Crown Resorts as of 01 July 2024.
40 airlines already on board IATA's Schedule Data Exchange Program
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says some 40 airlines have signed a formal agreement to contribute their schedules data to the IATA Schedule Data Exchange Program.
India wins IATA's 2025 AGM
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 04 June 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says India's IndiGo will host the 81st IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Delhi, India, on 8-10 June 2025.
