LONDON – Delta and joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic were jointly awarded Airline Business Magazine’s Aviation Strategy Award for Finance at a ceremony Sunday night. The award was made in recognition of the financial strategy behind Delta’s 49 percent stake in Virgin, as well as the success of the airlines’ joint venture partnership. Delta by Bill […]
CargoLogicAir, the new British cargo airline, has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be the exclusive air cargo partner for The BLOODHOUND Project’s attempt to set a new World Land Speed Record in South Africa in 2017, and to break through the 1,000mph barrier in 2018. The agreement will see CargoLogicAir fly BLOODHOUND […]
SITA-operated center is key to managing airline’s reservations across 13 destinations With the help of global aviation IT provider SITA, Iraqi Airways has opened its new reservation contact center in Amman, allowing the airline to better manage its reservations across 13 countries. The center will be operated by SITA. As the airline continues to rebuild […]
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its first flight from Manchester to Gibraltar. easyJet now flies to 45 destinations from Manchester and bases 11 aircraft there. The airline carried over 2.6 million passengers on flights to and from the airport last year. easyJet is expected to fly 30,000 passengers between the destinations annually, operating […]
Thousands of customers voiced their preference for Delta Airlines in Central America, South America and Mexico For the second consecutive year, thousands of Latin American customers voiced their preference for Delta. The airline was honored for this recognition on Friday at the 2016 World Travel Awards Gala Ceremony in Lima, Peru, where Delta was presented […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its Southeast Asia coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to its network with effect from 5 July, 2016, increasing its number of destinations in the region to 11. The new freighter service to Cambodia’s capital will operate on a weekly basis en route from Moscow (SVO)-Singapore-Phnom Penh and […]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is increasing its investment in temperature-controlled services after more than doubling its share of the pharmaceutical market from the UK to North America since the launch of its Cool Chain product two years ago. Heading this focus is Darren Sherlock in the newly-created role of Manager, Products & Partnerships. Having joined the […]
Following the United Kingdom’s recent vote to leave the European Union, easyJet (U2, London Luton) has now officially confirmed it has indeed put in motion plans to secure an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from one of the bloc’s twenty-seven remaining members. “As part of easyJet’s contingency planning before the referendum we had informal discussions with […]
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported two power generators to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with the help of a new ‘wing lift’ system that reduces the loading time for large containers to less than 30 minutes. The shipment of a 19-tonne gas-powered standby generator and a 17.6-tonne diesel generator on behalf of GEODIS Industrial Projects UK was moved […]
