Monthly Archives: January 2023

Norwegian wins three awards at the Grand Travel Award

The Grand Travel Award was established in 1995 and holds an annual prize giving ceremony for the Norwegian travel trade. Votes are cast by employees throughout the travel and tourism industry. The award ceremony took place in Oslo on Thursday evening. CEO Geir Karlsen awarded Leader of the Year. After receiving his award for Leader […]

Qantas Takes Frequent Flyers on Tour with Premium Holiday Packages

Qantas is launching private and small-group tour packages for travellers looking for premium, ready-made holidays around the world.  A new addition to the Qantas Holidays product range, Qantas Tours will allow travellers to book travel experiences designed to showcase the best of each destination with planning and logistics managed by expert tour operators. Qantas Tour […]

Wizz Air Grows in Italy with Three Additional Aircraft Operating out of Rome and Milan

A total of 11 aircraft to be based in Rome Fiumicino Three new routes from Rome and two new routes from Milan, starting from summer 2023 Wizz Air further grows its network from Italy to the total of 279 routes, operating the largest ever schedule in summer 2023 and reinforcing its position as the third […]

easyJet opens first continental European maintenance hangar at BER airport

easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has opened a new purpose built 4 bay hangar facility at Berlin-Brandenburg airport today The airline’s European, Austrian-registered, fleet comprised of 135 aircraft will all be maintained at the first continental maintenance facility The hangar opening represents a 20 million Euro investment in the Berlin-Brandenburg region and is a clear commitment […]

Airbus tests new technologies to enhance pilot assistance

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.  Known as DragonFly, the technologies being demonstrated include automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance and are aimed at evaluating the feasibility and pertinence of further exploring autonomous […]

airBaltic to equip entire fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink

Latvian airline airBaltic has announced that it will equip its entire Airbus A220-300 fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink internet connectivity system. Every passenger will benefit from complimentary, in-flight high-speed internet access during all airBaltic flights without hassles or login pages. From the moment passengers walk onto the plane, they’ll have access to the internet. Developed by […]