Monthly Archives: June 2019

KLM offers inspiration with Travel Guide on Amazon Alexa

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the world’s first airline to offer an inspirational service via the Amazon Alexa smart speaker. In conversation with the KLM bot, users are advised on suitable destinations, using a combination of images and spoken text. Users will also immediately be informed of the ticket price. From 26 June, all Alexa […]

Cargolux transports artwork to Art Basel Fair

Cargolux Airlines has transported 230 tons of artwork from the United States to Basel, Switzerland ahead of the renowned Art Basel Fair 2019. The priceless commodities, totalling an impressive 104 pallets, were spread out over 8 flights, 3 originating from Los Angeles and 5 from New York. Upon arrival in Luxembourg, the precious cargo was […]

Norwegian improves customer experience by introducing gate to gate Wi-Fi connectivity

Norwegian has launched “gate-to-gate” Wi-Fi which gives passengers access to the airline’s Wi-Fi network as soon as they step on board the aircraft. Customers travelling on any route across Norwegian’s global network will now be able to stay connected for the entire duration of the flight from pushback to arrival at the gate. Until today, […]

Wizz Air Announces Order for 20 Airbus A321XLR Aircraft

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air” or “the Company”), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced yesteday that, as part of the Indigo Partners deal, it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus S.A.S. (“Airbus”) relating to exercising a part of its existing options for the purchase of 20 Airbus A321XLR […]

Qatar Airways Cargo Announces Order for Five new Boeing 777 Freighters

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced a significant new order for five Boeing 777 freighters in a packed press conference at the Paris Air Show in the presence of the Minister of Transport and Communications for the State of Qatar, His Excellency Mr. Jassim bin Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. […]

Hi Fly A380 at the Paris Air Show

Tomorrow through Sunday, Hi Fly A380 will make an appearance at Paris Air Show 19, showing its performance capabilities in three jaw dropping flying displays. The 53rd  Show is taking place at the Le Bourget Parc des Expositions from 17 to 23 June 2019, and once again is bringing together all the players in this global […]

Frontier Airlines to Add 18 Airbus A321XLR Aircraft to its Fleet

Frontier Airlines have announced its intent to convert 18 Airbus A320neo family aircraft on order to 18 Airbus A321XLR aircraft. The A321XLR is Airbus’ newest addition to the A320 family of aircraft and is the longest-range single-aisle aircraft, with unsurpassed fuel efficiency. “Today’s announcement marks another milestone in Frontier’s tremendous growth story,” said Barry Biffle, […]

Nordic Aviation Capital orders 20 A220 Family aircraft

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the industry’s number one regional aircraft lessor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 20 A220 Family aircraft. The deal was signed at the Paris Air Show between Martin Møller, NAC Chairman and Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer. NAC serves over 76 well established airline customers in 51 countries. […]

Flynas Looks to Fly Further with Airbus

Flynas, Saudi Arabia’s first low-cost airline has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 10 A321XLR aircraft, the longest range variant of the A320 thus taking Flynas’s cumulative orders of A320neo Family to 88 aircraft. As part of the commitment, the airline will also upsize 10 of the A320neo it currently has on […]