Category - Transportation

Kenya Airways celebrates 40 years in the skies

7 years ago

Kenya Airways, the national airline of Kenya, was formed on January 22, 1977, after the collapse of East African Airways, which left the country and the Eastern African region struggling at the time for air services. The initial fleet, inherited from East African Airways, included a McDonnell Douglas DC9-52 and three Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft, before Boeing 707 had joined the fleet to restart long haul flights later that year. A Boeing 720 was subsequently acquired too to serve medium haul...

Air Canada launches its new website

7 years ago

Air Canada has launched its new, completely re-designed website which now offers a simple, intuitive user experience that is fully accessible across all devices and screen sizes, enhanced functionality and an easier-than-ever booking process. “Thank you to the thousands of customers and Air Canada employees whose feedback drove our redesign efforts,” said Lucie Guillemette, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. “The site’s new features include an easier...

Amadeus names new Executive Vice President of Global Business Travel

7 years ago

Amadeus today announces that Rajiv Rajian is appointed Executive Vice President of Global Business Travel, effective immediately. With global business travel spend set to reach $1.6 trillion in 2020*, Rajian will be tasked with driving continued growth worldwide across three key pillars of Amadeus’ business travel division: Global Travel Management Companies (TMCs), the Specialty and Networks customers, and corporations. This will consist of leading global TMCs and clients operating in...

Lufthansa is offering women the opportunity of a Career Day at the company

7 years ago

In the context of a campaign by employment website Monster.de and film distributor Twentieth Century Fox, Lufthansa is offering women the opportunity to apply for a career day with the company. For the release of HIDDEN FIGURES on Thursday, 2 February 2017, Monster will create a campaign calendar for women and, beginning on 23 January 2017, will draw winners who will have the chance to gain insight into supposedly typically male professions in German companies. Lufthansa is on the agenda for 27...

Qatar Executive launches new website

7 years ago

The ultimate travel experience begins with a visit to Qatar Executive’s newly designed website, where clients can explore the world’s most luxurious private jets via 360 degree interactive panoramic photography, discover flight availability, and access VIP online enquiry and charter management services from any mobile device anywhere in the world. Qatar Executive is renowned for offering bespoke charters that focus on the needs of VIP travelers and providing an unrivalled experience on board...

China Aircraft Leasing Group receives “Best Investment Value Award”

7 years ago

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, the largest independent operating aircraft lessor in China, is pleased to announce that CALC received the ‘Best Investment Value Award’ at the 2016 Golden Stock Awards and is the only aircraft lessor amongst all winners. The Awards were co-organized by Zhitongcaijing.com, the leading stocks information provider in China, and 10jqka.com.cn, a listed company that provides online financial information. The award process followed a strict set of...

Iran’s irresistible rise as a travel and tourism destination

7 years ago

Iran is proving to be an increasingly popular destination with airline travelers, experiencing growing passenger numbers from around the world – a trend that looks like continuing during 2017, according to a study by ForwardKeys, the leading travel intelligence analyst. Total international arrivals were up 18.3% last year, sustaining an upward path since 2013 (up 2.7%), 2014 (24.8%) and 2015 (12.7%). The pattern is reflected by a consistent year-on-year increase in total scheduled seats: 2014...

United Airlines Ground stop lifted

7 years ago

A Sunday evening flight on United Airlines turned to be a frustration for ten-thousands of passengers in the United States. United Airlines says domestic flights are on the move again after being grounded Sunday because of a computer problem. United Continental Holdings Inc. had a computer issue Sunday evening that caused it to ask the Federal Aviation Administration to put into effect a “ground stop” for its arriving and departing flights. The airline said at around 9 p.m. ET Sunday that the...

Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa endorses UNWTO Secretary General Candidate

7 years ago

On behalf of Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA), Ms. Nozipho Mdawe, the PMAESA Secretary-General sent a letter of endorsement to UNWTO. The letter reads: This is to formally endorse Mr. Alain St. Ange as a candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Mr. St Ange is the former Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine Seychelles. He has made enormous contributions to the promotion and development of...

Coastal Aviation and Air Kenya seal code share deal

7 years ago

Coastal Aviation (TZ), Tanzania’s largest privately owned safari aviation company and Air Kenya have signed an interline agreement for transfer of passengers between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara via Tarime and Migori effective 01st February 2017. Agents can book their Serengeti passengers into Coastal Network through AIRKENYA and vice versa. AIRKENYA passengers flying from the Masai Mara into the Serengeti will effective 01st February therefore fly on Coastal Aviation from the Tarime...

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Sixteen people killed, two dozen injured in Italian bus crash

7 years ago

Sixteen people have been killed when a bus transporting Hungarian students crashed in northern Italy. The bus was traveling from France to Hungary on Saturday when it crashed. More than two dozen people were also injured. The bus was carrying the students home from a school ski trip to France. The vehicle burst into flames when it hit a highway barrier. Officials said an overpass support column entered into the bus while some people were burnt beyond recognition in the severe incident. The bus...

WTTC chairman: 2020 is a game-changer for Dubai and UAE tourism

7 years ago

Expo 2020 will prove to be a new foundation for growing tourism in Dubai, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) chairman Gerald Lawless. Lawless, also Head of Tourism and Hospitality at Dubai Holding, said, “We’re already talking about 20 million visitors by 2020. I have never seen Dubai set a target that’s achievable when it’s set — and then they go about achieving it.” He added, “I don’t think we should be complacent in any way. One thing’s for sure — yes, 2020 is a game...

New terminal at Dar es Salaam airport faces more delays

7 years ago

Tanzania’s Minister for Transport, Prof. Makame Mbarawa, who was recently in the news, after lashing out at Tanzania’s foremost airport handling company Swissport in a series of unsubstantiated allegations, made it in the bad news again earlier in the week, when he had to concede that the opening of the new airport passenger terminal would face even longer delays. Under his political oversight the projected opening has once again been pushed further down the line, the second time...

Uzbekistan Airways resumes flight operations from Pakistan to Uzbekistan from April 5, 2017

7 years ago

Uzbekistan Airways will launch two flights a week from Lahore to Tashkent from April 5, 2017. This was confirmed by General Manager of Uzbekistan Airways Hamid Mahmood here on Friday by reaching Islamabad after his successful meetings with top administration of Uzbekistan Airways in Tashkent. While talking to Dispatch News Desk (DND) news agency, Hamid Mahmood said that flights would operate on every Wednesday and Friday from April 5, 2017. It may be mentioned that Uzbekistan Airways in in 2013...

Kenya’s new passenger trains to boost tourism, local travel

7 years ago

Kenya will become the first country in Africa to receive brand new long-distance passenger trains in February of this year. The five passenger locomotives are part of the 56 locomotives expected in the country prior to the launch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in June 2017, the other engines intended to pull freight trains. The modern diesel-powered locomotives can run at a top speed of nearly 160 kilometres per hour shortening the travel time from the present nearly 14 hours to just 4 1/2...

Carnival Corporation to build two new cruise ships with Fincantieri S.p.A.

7 years ago

Carnival Corporation & plc today announced that it has signed a memorandum of agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. to build two new cruise ships with final contracts expected to be executed in early 2017. The two new ships are designated for the company’s Holland America Line and Princess Cruises brands. With the new agreement, Carnival Corporation now has 19 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2017 and 2022. Holland America Line’s new ship will be...

Air Seychelles and Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) meet with trade and travel representatives in Durban

7 years ago

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, jointly with the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) office in South Africa today hosted a total of 114 travel trade representatives and key members of the media at the Oyster Box hotel in Durban for the “Seychelles and Beyond” presentation. Participants at the event had the opportunity to learn more about the Air Seychelles product and its growing network as well as destination Seychelles through an interactive presentation...

Boeing: “Union is not in the best interest of Boeing South Carolina teammates”

7 years ago

Boeing was notified today that the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board a second time for a union election at the company’s North Charleston, S.C. facilities. The first petition was filed by the IAM on March 16, 2015, and withdrawn just days before the April 22 scheduled vote. If the NLRB permits it, a vote will be scheduled for eligible teammates to decide whether they will turn over their rights to the IAM or keep a direct...

Vietjet opens new route from Hanoi to Singapore

7 years ago

Vietjet has announced its latest international route connecting Hanoi and Singapore with tickets priced from only RM99. The new route will commence operation on 27 April 2017 and is expected to meet the increasing travel demand of individuals, tourists, and businessmen between the two well-known cities. The Hanoi-Singapore flight will be operated daily with a flight duration of 2 hours 55 minutes per leg. The flight from Hanoi takes off at 10:00 (local time) and arrives in Singapore at 13:55...

Dream Cruises to homeport Genting Dream year-round in Singapore

7 years ago

Dream Cruises, announces its inaugural vessel, Genting Dream, to be home ported year-round in Singapore starting from 3 December 2017. This marks a first for Singapore to host a brand-new and large-scale 151,300-tonne cruise ship year-round. Genting Dream is a floating, luxurious integrated resort, designed in a bespoke fashion for the Asian market. Built in Germany last year, she will soon be a Singapore and ASEAN icon, calling at more than 10 ports in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand...

Beyond the China Ivory Ban

7 years ago

The recent announcement by the central government of China to ban all domestic ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017 offers a glimmer of real optimism in the fight against elephant poaching. The decision is set to disrupt the global’s major marketplace for the product, as it will compel legal ivory processing industries to close down—thereby eliminating the cover under which the illicit ivory trade had flourished. Similarly, the ban will put in place strict mechanisms of ivory...

BTS: US scheduled passenger airlines’ employment up 3.7 percent

7 years ago

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.7 percent more workers in November 2016 than in November 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. November was the highest monthly FTE total (416,046) since January 2005 (417,789) and was the 37th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent (FTE) employment exceeded the same month of the previous year. Month-to-month, the number of FTEs was virtually...

North American freight numbers up 3.3 percent

7 years ago

US-NAFTA freight totaled $91.1 billion in current dollars as all five major transportation modes carried more freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in November 2016 compared to November 2015, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The 3.3 percent rise from November 2015 was only the second time since December 2014 in which the year-over...

Airberlin expands its flight offers to US from its hub Berlin-Tegel

7 years ago

Airberlin is continuing to expand its market leadership in Berlin-Tegel and is offering more flights to Miami and New York (JFK) in the coming summer schedule. As early as 13 April 2017, the ten flights a week originally planned to New York will be supplemented by four flights, so that two daily flights will be available on each weekday. There will be five flights a week to Miami instead of the previously planned three. An Airbus A330-200 will depart from Berlin-Tegel at 13:35 each day, with...

China Aircraft Leasing Group announces operational data for the Year of 2016

7 years ago

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, the largest independent operating aircraft lessor in China, is pleased to announce the operational data for the year ended 31 December 2016. As at 31 December 2016, CALC owns a portfolio of 81 aircraft. CALC’s clientele included 16 airlines in 5 countries and regions throughout the world. For the Year, the Group delivered a total of 18 aircraft. During the Year, CALC completed rental realisation transaction for 14 aircraft. Based on the order...

Fraport recognized as one of 100 most sustainable companies worldwide

7 years ago

Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), has been recognized as one of the world’s 100 most sustainable companies. The recognition was announced by the Canadian magazine and research firm Corporate Knights during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, which is currently being held in Davos (Switzerland). The recognition goes along with Fraport’s inclusion into the renowned annual “Global 100” index. To compile the index, Corporate Knights this year evaluated 4,973...

UNWTO Awards: Tourism sector’s commitment to sustainable approaches recognized

7 years ago

Guanajuato’s State Ministry of Tourism (Mexico), Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group (Belgium), Govardhan Ecovillage (India) and Dutch Travel Trade Association (Netherlands) were the winners of 13th Edition of the UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism. Nearly 150 initiatives from 55 countries applied for this edition. The UNWTO Awards paid tribute to the commitment of the tourism sector towards sustainability and innovation. The winning projects were announced last night during the...

Emirates to Launch Third Daily Flight to Nairobi

7 years ago

Emirates, the largest international airline in the world, today announced that it will introduce a third daily flight between Dubai and Kenya’s capital Nairobi from 1st June 2017. The additional flight will increase the number of scheduled Emirates flights between the two cities to 21 a week and give customers greater flexibility and choice when planning their travel. It also underscores Emirates’ commitment to Kenya and confidence in the route, which has grown to become one of the airline’s...

XOJET launches partnership with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

7 years ago

XOJET, the leader in on-demand private jet charter services, today announced its first global hotel partnership with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world’s most luxurious hotels, resorts and residences. “We are devoted to caring for and providing our clients with unparalleled service, whether it’s for business or leisure,” said James Henderson, XOJET’s Chief Business Officer.”This new partnership with an...

Vancouver International Airport’s Flight Plan 2037 takes off

7 years ago

Today, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) unveiled Flight Plan 2037, the road map detailing the airport’s strategy to becoming a world class, sustainable hub connecting Asia and the Americas. Flight Plan 2037 provides YVR’s overarching blueprint for the future, which includes a Capital Plan, Terminal Plan, Financial Plan and the YVR 2037 Master Plan. Details of the $5.6 billion plan include expanded terminals, new taxiways, a geoexchange system and upgraded roads and bridges to...