Air France adds seven A350s, including four freighters
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 January 2023
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order with Airbus for three A350 passenger aircraft and four A350 freighters.
MAX relatives want DoJ-Boeing 'deferred prosecution agreement' on the MAX overturned
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 January 2023
USA-based planemaker Boeing says it did not conceal information about the MCAS flight control system on its 737 MAX aircraft that led to two crashes that killed 346 people.
Auckland flooding hit arriving planes
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 January 2023
Air New Zealand, Emirates and American Airlines all were affected by flooding in Auckland, New Zealand late last week, with the national carrier forced to divert some long-haul flights to Christchurch.
Chinese rush to celebrate Lunar New Year
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 30 January 2023
Tourist hotspots were 'very busy', movie theatres were packed and fireworks displays were everywhere as China celebrated the Lunar New Year weeks after the country dropped its Covid travel restrictions.
Australia's Bonza set for takeoff
- Health & Leisure
- Saturday, 28 January 2023
Flights are now on sale for Australia’s newest airline, Bonza.
As part of the carrier’s phased flight rollout, travellers are now able to book flights to 12 domestic destinations on 15 routes.
Bonza set to fly - from A$49 one way
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 27 January 2023
New Australian budget airline Bonza is selling tickets for its first flights out of the Sunshine Coast, with the first flight to Proserpine in the Whitsundays on Tuesday 31 January.
Netherlands study puts focus on greenwashing claims
- BTN News
- Friday, 27 January 2023
An investigation by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has warned airlines to be careful about unjustified greenwashing* statements and says flying remains 'highly polluting'.
Norse Atlantic plans Rome-New York service
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 27 January 2023
European low-cost carrier Norse Atlantic has announced daily B787 flights between Rome and New York starting June 19, 2023.
American turned a corner in Q4
- BTN News
- Friday, 27 January 2023
For the three months ended December 31, American Airlines reported net income of US$803 million, an improvement on its US$931 million loss for the same period a year earlier.
Quarterly revenue of US$13.19 billion was 16.6 per cent more than the same period in 2019, before Covid.
Southwest sees 'green shoots' from March
- BTN News
- Friday, 27 January 2023
The USA's Southwest Airlines says losses attributed to the Xmas period meltdown that saw about 16,700 flights cancelled mainly due to staffing issues and weather were in line with its earlier estimates of between US$725 million and US$825 million.
IATA welcomes Somalia reclassification to 'Class A'
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the reclassification of airspace over Somalia and the surrounding region to Class A (effective from one minute past midnight on 26 January 2023), when air traffic control services will be operationally restored after a 30-year disruption.
300 aviation leaders expected to attend AP-SAS in Singapore in March
- MICE News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Three hundred government and industry leaders from countries across the Asia-Pacific will gather in Singapore for an inaugural region-wide summit to discuss how to ensure aviation safety as the aviation sector recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
International travel travel on the edge of recovery - UNWTO
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) says international travel volumes could reach between 80 per cent and 95 per cent of pre-pandemic levels this year - if there's a recovery in Asia and the war in Ukraine ends.
Air France adds seven A350s, including four freighters
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 January 2023
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order with Airbus for three A350 passenger aircraft and four A350 freighters.
MAX relatives want DoJ-Boeing 'deferred prosecution agreement' on the MAX overturned
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 January 2023
USA-based planemaker Boeing says it did not conceal information about the MCAS flight control system on its 737 MAX aircraft that led to two crashes that killed 346 people.
Auckland flooding hit arriving planes
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 January 2023
Air New Zealand, Emirates and American Airlines all were affected by flooding in Auckland, New Zealand late last week, with the national carrier forced to divert some long-haul flights to Christchurch.
Chinese rush to celebrate Lunar New Year
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 30 January 2023
Tourist hotspots were 'very busy', movie theatres were packed and fireworks displays were everywhere as China celebrated the Lunar New Year weeks after the country dropped its Covid travel restrictions.
Australia's Bonza set for takeoff
- Health & Leisure
- Saturday, 28 January 2023
Flights are now on sale for Australia’s newest airline, Bonza.
As part of the carrier’s phased flight rollout, travellers are now able to book flights to 12 domestic destinations on 15 routes.
Bonza set to fly - from A$49 one way
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 27 January 2023
New Australian budget airline Bonza is selling tickets for its first flights out of the Sunshine Coast, with the first flight to Proserpine in the Whitsundays on Tuesday 31 January.
Netherlands study puts focus on greenwashing claims
- BTN News
- Friday, 27 January 2023
An investigation by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has warned airlines to be careful about unjustified greenwashing* statements and says flying remains 'highly polluting'.
Norse Atlantic plans Rome-New York service
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 27 January 2023
European low-cost carrier Norse Atlantic has announced daily B787 flights between Rome and New York starting June 19, 2023.
American turned a corner in Q4
- BTN News
- Friday, 27 January 2023
For the three months ended December 31, American Airlines reported net income of US$803 million, an improvement on its US$931 million loss for the same period a year earlier.
Quarterly revenue of US$13.19 billion was 16.6 per cent more than the same period in 2019, before Covid.
Southwest sees 'green shoots' from March
- BTN News
- Friday, 27 January 2023
The USA's Southwest Airlines says losses attributed to the Xmas period meltdown that saw about 16,700 flights cancelled mainly due to staffing issues and weather were in line with its earlier estimates of between US$725 million and US$825 million.
IATA welcomes Somalia reclassification to 'Class A'
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the reclassification of airspace over Somalia and the surrounding region to Class A (effective from one minute past midnight on 26 January 2023), when air traffic control services will be operationally restored after a 30-year disruption.
300 aviation leaders expected to attend AP-SAS in Singapore in March
- MICE News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
Three hundred government and industry leaders from countries across the Asia-Pacific will gather in Singapore for an inaugural region-wide summit to discuss how to ensure aviation safety as the aviation sector recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
International travel travel on the edge of recovery - UNWTO
- BTN News
- Thursday, 26 January 2023
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) says international travel volumes could reach between 80 per cent and 95 per cent of pre-pandemic levels this year - if there's a recovery in Asia and the war in Ukraine ends.
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