Monthly Archives: April 2017

Emirates’ New A380 Onboard Lounge to make its ATM debut

Emirates will debut its new A380 Onboard Lounge at the Infinite Possibilities stand in its home-base of Dubai at the 2017 edition of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM).  The region’s leading travel exhibition will run from 24-27 April. Along with the newly enhanced A380 Onboard Lounge, Emirates will also showcase its Boeing 777 Business Class seat, […]

Iberia unveils new Premium Economy cabin

Iberia has presented its first Airbus A340/600 fitted with its new Premium Economy seating section to travel agencies, major companies, and the media. Iberia Maintenance will install the new seats on the aircraft already in Iberia’s fleet at its Madrid hangars, while the A350s the airline has on order will come factory-equipped with the new […]

Emirates to cut flights on some US routes

Emirates announced plans to reduce flights on five US routes starting in May due to weakened demand after the restrictions imposed by the Trump administration, BBC reported. The airline will reduce the number of flights to five of the twelve cities it serves in the United States. According to the airline’s spokeswoman, the recent actions […]

Boeing to lay off more engineers

Boeing has warned its employees on April 17, 2017 about another round of involuntary layoffs affecting hundreds of engineers at the commercial aircraft unit, Reuters reported. Increasing competition and slowing aircraft sales are quoted to have triggered the decision. According to a memo from John Hamilton, VP of Engineering at Boeing Commercial Aircraft, the layoffs […]

Aeroflot recognised as most powerful global airline brand

Aeroflot has been recognised as the world’s most powerful airline brand by Brand Finance, with an AAA brand rating. The news may come as a surprise to those in Europe and North America more familiar with western or Gulf flag carriers. However, Aeroflot’s brand strength stems in part from dominance of its domestic market. Its […]

Boeing 737 MAX 9 takes first flight

The Boeing 737 MAX 9 completed its first flight on April 13, 2017 in the skies above Puget Sound, Washington, USA. The airplane completed a successful 2 hour, 42-minute flight, taking off from Renton Field in Renton, Washington, at 10:52 a.m. local time and landing at 1:34 p.m. at Seattle’s Boeing Field. The 737 MAX […]

Boeing might deliver 737 MAX 10X in 2020

After being rumored to offer an even more stretched variant of the 737 MAX family, Boeing has finally confirmed that it might be able to deliver the MAX 10X in 2020 if there is an order placed for the longest MAX plane this year, Michael Teal, Boeing 737 MAX Chief Project Engineer and Deputy Program […]

Lufthansa Group welcomes almost 10 million passengers on board in March 2017

Increase of around 14% more passengers than the previous year Seat load factor of 77.2% is a 0.8-percentage-point improvement from March 2016 Pricing environment (excluding currency) developed slightly positive in March The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some 9.6 million passengers in March, 14% more than the same period last year, although the popular […]

Sheikh Ahmed: Security and safety are a top priority for aviation

“No economy can progress without providing security and safety to all stakeholders, whether it’s life, investments, industrial activities or services. It’s more pronounced in the case of aviation. We take pride in the fact that the UAE has been recognised as the top country worldwide by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), for compliance with […]