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Korean boosts Q1 revenues 20pc

: BTN News; Thursday, 09 May 2024

Korean Air has reported first quarter revenue of KRW3.8225 trillion, an increase of 20 per cent year-on-year, driven by the strong recovery in passenger traffic.

Glasgow gains another easyJet A320

: BTN News; Thursday, 09 May 2024

UK-based easyJet has based a sixth A320 jet at Glasgow Airport in Scotland and is now flying for the first time to Enfidha in Tunisia.
Flights to Larnaca in Cyprus will follow.

Emirates to fly to Edinburgh

: BTN News; Thursday, 09 May 2024

Dubai-based Emirates is adding a second Scottish destination, saying it will fly the A350 to Edinburgh from November.

UK airports recover after e-gates chaos

: BTN News; Thursday, 09 May 2024

A UK-wide e-gates* outage caused chaos at airports across the country on Tuesday, with long queues of travellers waiting to have their passports checked manually.

Emirates announces 71-jet full-refurb program

: BTN News; Thursday, 09 May 2024

Dubai-based Emirates is to refurbish 71 aircraft it has in its fleet - 43 Airbus A380s and 28 Boeing 777s.
Emirates president sir Tim Clark said the airline was "topping up" its multi-billion dollar retrofit program to introduce cutting-edge cabin products on more A380s and Boeing 777s ... "with a best-in-class suite of products across every cabin".

Boeing flags concerns about some 787 inspections

: BTN News; Thursday, 09 May 2024

A fresh investigation into the Boeing 787 has been opened by US regulators, after the US plane maker said some employees may not have inspected some planes properly.

Mental health can suffer from 'business travel impacts' - study

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

A new survey reveals how business travel impacts the mental health of Australians.

The Opinium survey of 500 Australian business travellers by World Travel Protection found that despite half reporting work travel had a positive influence on their mental well-being, many felt frequent travel adds to stress and burnout (47 per cent) and gets worse for those who travel at least once every two months (56 per cent).

Unions slam delays to Melbourne Airport Rail Link project

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

In Australia, the Transport Workers’ Union and the Rail Tram and Bus Union have slammed Melbourne Airport for its high parking fees and the Victorian government for its failure to take decisive action, resulting in delays to the Melbourne Airport Rail Link project.

Three budget carriers ask EC to 'stick to its contrails guns'

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

In Europe, easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz air have sent a letter to the directors general of the European Commission, urging them to maintain the full geographical scope of Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) for non-CO2 emissions.

Vietjet shares fly

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

Vietnam's private budget airline VietJet's market capitalisation is better than state-owned Vietnam Airlines a week after it listed, Yahoo.com says.

University claims the largest 3D printer in the world

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

The University of Maine, USA, claims the largest 3D printer in the world, named the 'Factory of the Future 1.0 (FoF 1.0)'.

Airbus and Boeing get into the Spirit

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

Reuters reports Airbus wants financial compensation to take on any money-losing operations from its parts provider Spirit AeroSystems, just one obstacle to a takeover of Spirit by (its previous owner and now Spirit's main customer) Boeing.

Bonza's staff - the wait continues

: BTN News; Wednesday, 08 May 2024

Hall Chadwick, the administrator for Australian airline Bonza, says the airline will remain grounded with its staff 'stood down' until at least 14 May.