Category - Transportation

Tropic Air Launches TTI’s Zenith Passenger System

7 years ago

Tropic Air, The Airline of Belize has launched the TTI (Travel Technology Interactive) Zenith PSS (Passenger Service System), to manage all core airline business functions, Inventory, Fares, Sales and Departure Control, the system went ‘live’ in November. Through Zenith, Tropic Air has selected to distribute via GDS’ (Global Distribution Systems), Travelport, Amadeus and Sabre. The recent ‘discovery’ of Belize as a tourist destination has boosted international traffic to the country. “We have...

Chaos at Turkish Airlines and Istanbul Airports

7 years ago

Heavy snow paralyzes Istanbul airports and national carrier Turkish Airlines canceled more than 650 flights. Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance. It appears this usually great airline is clearly not equipped to handle an emergency situation. Thousands of stranded passengers feel left alone by Turkish Airlines again. The award winning 4-star airline with a mostly great reputation seems to be failing again. This time due to bad weather and snow storms in Istanbul Hundreds of flights...

Air Tanzania to fight ticket fraud with new technology

7 years ago

Information has emerged from Dar es Salaam that the new management at Air Tanzania, under pressure from President Magufuli to part with the old ways and become a more efficient corporate entity, has taken steps to eliminate ticket fraud. It is understood that effective next month will new reservation ticketing software be installed and ready to be used, aimed to avoid past mistakes over which former top managers were sacked and are being prosecuted. When President Magufuli launched the first...

First plane takes off from Aleppo International Airport in four years

7 years ago

First airplane has taken off from the international airport in the Syrian city of Aleppo in four years, during which the airport was closed due to the civil war in the Arab country. The flight by a government airplane on Friday was a trial attempt in preparation for the total reopening of Syria’s second largest airport in the near future. Government sources said the Aleppo International Airport was likely to reopen to the public by February but cautioned that things will be contingent on the...

Qatar Airways congratulates Hamad International Airport on ‘5-Star Airport’ award

7 years ago

Qatar Airways proudly congratulates Hamad International Airport, the airline’s home hub, on achieving the coveted ‘5-Star Airport’ award by Skytrax, the London-based aviation institute and the gold standard for conveying the passenger’s voice in airport and airline rankings. Hamad International Airport is the first ever in the Middle East to receive the honour from Skytrax, which only awards the 5-Star Airport rating to airports that achieve the highest overall Quality Performance, recognising...

Jet Airways introduces A330 aircraft on Kuwait and Jeddah routes

7 years ago

Jet Airways, will introduce its wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft on certain additional domestic and international routes, thereby boosting capacity on other key sectors and extending guests, a superior onboard experience. The state-of-the-art aircraft will be deployed on the Mumbai-Kuwait-Mumbai and Mumbai-Jeddah-Mumbai routes, aside from Mumbai-Chennai-Mumbai and Mumbai-Bangalore-Mumbai legs on the airline’s domestic network. While the wide-body service between Mumbai-Chennai-Mumbai is slated to...

Lohani: Air India will add 35 new planes to its fleet in 2017

7 years ago

Air India plans to add 35 new planes this year as the airline prepares for “consolidation and expansion” by flying to more number of international as well as domestic routes, the air carrier’s head Ashwani Lohani said. Emphasising that the “battle has just begun” in terms of revival, Lohani said Air India needs to be competitive in fares with attractive schemes. “I expect almost 35 new planes to join the Air India family during 2017 and all of us need to be in full readiness to receive them...

FLL Attack: US House of Representative Oversight Committee did not act

7 years ago

Why was the U.S. House of Representative Oversights Committee ignoring an urgent letter delivered on April 28, 2016 by Washington DC attorney Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org ? The United States of America aviation system is not safe according to Flyersrights, and Hudson may have a point, and he may have had a valid warning delivered to the US House committee in April 2016. Could Mr. Hudson’s warnings, if they were followed by the oversights committee helped to avoid an attack...

SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines report combined December traffic

7 years ago

SkyWest, Inc. today reported 156,788 block hours in December 2016, compared to 166,536 block hours in December 2015, a decrease of 9,748 or 5.9%. The net decrease was consistent with SkyWest’s fleet transition plan to improve the mix of aircraft in its fleet by adding new E175 aircraft, while reducing its 50-seat jets. The year-over-year net change was primarily driven by approximately 10,700 additional block hours from its E175 aircraft and a decrease of approximately 20,400 block hours...

Delta cancels Fort Lauderdale flights, activates care team

7 years ago

Delta expects continued disruption to Fort Lauderdale flying for the rest of the day, following reports of a shooting in the baggage claim area in Terminal 2 where Delta operate. Earlier today, Delta CEO Ed Bastian extended his condolences to the people of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. As of 3:45 p.m. ET Friday, Delta has diverted six FLL-bound flights to Palm Beach International Airport, Miami International Airport, Orlando International Airport and Jacksonville International Airport and...

Terror at Fort Lauderdale Airport: One or two deadly attacks? Situation confusing and chaos

7 years ago

Hundreds of passengers are on the airport tarmac running for shelter. People are hiding or running in all different directions. It’s Friday 12.55pm at Terminal 2 at an unsecured area of the airport. “I’m at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport. Shots have been fired. Everyone is running.” This is one out of hundreds of tweets starting to develop from airline passengers and airport workers running for their life this morning at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport in Florida, USA...

GOL was Brazil’s on-time performance leader in 2016

7 years ago

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., Brazil’s largest air transportation and travel services group, with operations in passenger transportation, cargo transportation and coalition loyalty programs, announces that it was Brazil’s most punctual airline in 2016, with on-time performance of 84.63%, according to the OAG (Official Airline Guide), a specialized and independent company for monitoring on-time performance globally, that tracked more than 54 million flights worldwide. In...

Boeing achieves strong delivery numbers in 2016

7 years ago

Boeing recorded strong commercial delivery numbers in 2016 and achieved several airplane program milestones. The company delivered 748 commercial airplanes. Boeing booked 668 net orders, valued at $94.1 billion at list prices. The backlog at the end of the year stood at 5,715 unfilled commercial orders. Airplane development programs continued to make progress in 2016. Key milestones for the year included the first flight of the 737 MAX, the opening of the 777X Composite Wing Center in Everett...

Alaska Airlines kicks off new year with new in-flight amenities

7 years ago

Hot on the heels of its acquisition of California-based airline Virgin America, Alaska Airlines is debuting a complimentary new service to help fliers stay connected with friends and loved ones on the ground. Beginning today, guests on Alaska’s Gogo-equipped flights can use iMessage, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to send greetings from 35,000 feet – for free. “We’re celebrating the new year – and our new, bigger airline – with the rollout of new customer-friendly...

Cornwall Airport Newquay expands with Flybe

7 years ago

Following its third consecutive year of outstanding double-digit passenger traffic growth, Cornwall Airport Newquay (CAN) has already confirmed further enhancements to its route network for 2017, announcing Flybe’s frequency increases on five of its 12 services from the Airport for S17. Out of the dozen routes CAN’s largest airline partner (in terms of weekly seats) operated last year, all return this summer with five of its most successful links increasing from S16 levels – Manchester from...

Cornwall Airport Newquay expands with Flybe

7 years ago

New Shareholder for Fastjet

7 years ago

There is renewed hope for Fastjet, Tanzania’s and Zimbabwe’s low cost airline with continental aspirations, that 2017 will finally see a major financial turnaround. Solenta Aviation of South Africa has given notice of its intention to acquire a 28 percent stake in the airline, worth nearly 20 million US Dollars and pen should be put to paper before the end of the month according to usually reliable information received. A shareholder meeting of Fastjet has been scheduled for the day...

Kenya’s President briefed on future of Kenya Airways

7 years ago

Kenya Airways’ Chairman Michael Joseph earlier today went to State House in Nairobi to brief President Uhuru Kenyatta on progress made to restructure the national airline and return it to profitability. Mr. Joseph updated the President on the current process of recruiting a new Chief Executive of the airline as well as other initiatives aimed at strengthening the national carrier. Current CEO Mr. Mbuvi Ngunze had last year indicated that he was going to leave the airline at the end of Q1...

Hamad International Airport enters elite category

7 years ago

Hamad International Airport (HIA) today joined the top tier of global airports becoming the sixth airport in the world to receive the ‘5-Star Airport’ designation by Skytrax, the London-based aviation institute and the gold standard for conveying the passenger’s voice in airport and airline rankings. This makes HIA the first ever airport in the Middle East to earn this acclaimed title. The prestigious 5-Star Airport rating is awarded to airports achieving the highest, overall Quality...

October 2016 North American freight numbers released

7 years ago

Three transportation modes – air, vessel and truck – carried less US freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in October 2016 compared to October 2015 as total freight on all modes decreased 3.6 percent to $93.2 billion in current dollars, according to the annual TransBorder Freight Data released today by the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The total value of cross-border freight has declined from...

Southwest Airlines adds new destinations in the US and Caribbean

7 years ago

Southwest Airlines Co. is announcing plans to bring its iconic brand, low fares, and exceptional Customer Service to Cincinnati and Grand Cayman (subject to requisite governmental approvals) beginning June 4, 2017. “Bringing Southwest to Cincinnati not only answers a call from our new community and corporate partners for key nonstop service and broad network access with more affordable fares but also now gives our more than 110 million annual Customers access to a full complement of the...

Eurostar joins Eurail Group

7 years ago

Eurail is adding Eurostar, the high-speed passenger rail service linking the UK with mainland Europe, to its membership group from 2017 onwards. With the new partnership, Eurail Pass holders travelling on Eurostar will enjoy new special fares and greater availability of seat reservations, providing even more value for money than ever before. Eurail Global and applicable Select and One Country Pass holders looking to discover multiple destinations as they hop on and off Europe’s rail...

Ethiopian Airlines announces fifth gateway to China

7 years ago

Ethiopian Airlines will launch their fifth destination in China, when nonstop flights between Addis Ababa and Chengdu commence on June 3, 2017. Using a two-class Boeing 787, the initial service will include three flights per week, leaving the Ethiopian capital every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, returning to Addis Ababa on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Departure time is set from ADD at ten minutes past midnight, giving connecting passengers from across Africa ample time to connect to the...

Cologne Bonn Airport strengthens links to the UK

7 years ago

On the back of a year which saw Cologne Bonn Airport record more than double the European average in passenger growth traffic, the German airport has kick-started 2017 with the announcement of its first new airline partner of the year. Launching its inaugural route from Cologne Bonn, Stobart Air, operated by Flybe will be commencing a six times weekly service to London Southend from 1 May. Commenting on the new route development, Michael Garvens, Chairman of the Management Board, Cologne Bonn...

Hong Kong Airlines choses Kenya Airways as Africa codeshare partner

7 years ago

A new codeshare deal between Kenya Airways and Hong Kong Airlines, effective immediately, has widened connectivity between Nairobi and Hong Kong for passengers on Kenya Airways, connecting from the airline’s daily flights to Bangkok. Kenya Airways is the second African airline Hong Kong Airlines has signed code share deals with (after Air Mauritius. The agreement is very important, as the Chinese carrier does not operate their own flights to Africa, and can now rely on KQ’s...

British Airways cabin crew to stage 48-hour walkout on January 10

7 years ago

I n an ongoing pay dispute which saw British Airways narrowly avert a Christmas Day strike, Unite union, that represents airline’s cabin crew, announced a 48-hour walkout for later in January. Up to 2,700 cabin crew are due to strike from January 10 after rejecting a deal proposed by the airline in December, the union said. Last month’s offer averted a walkout originally planned for Christmas Day and December 26 (Boxing Day), but 70 percent of Unite members involved in the dispute...

China Southern Airlines New York: Searching for next inflight food sensation

7 years ago

China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in China and a member of the SkyTeam Airline Alliance, is hosting a #ChinaSouthernFoodies social media contest to find the next inflight food sensation. Whether you are a professional or home cook, foodies and flyers across the world are encouraged to enter their own original recipe via social media. A number of entries will be chosen to compete in the final taste-testing event at BREAD® restaurant in the Nolitan Hotel on January 26, 2017. BREAD®...

$8.25 billion: GECAS orders 75 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes

7 years ago

Boeing and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, announced today an order for 75 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The order, booked in December, is valued at $8.25 billion at current list prices. The follow-on order increases the GECAS firm order book for the 737 MAX to 170 airplanes, the largest of any aircraft leasing company. “These new orders will enable GECAS to serve our clients’ needs — assisting in managing their...

One happy island of Aruba welcomes inaugural flight from Fort Lauderdale

7 years ago

Today the One happy island of Aruba launched its first JetBlue nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA). To celebrate this anticipated inaugural flight, Aruba and JetBlue treated passengers aboard flight 1411 to a festive day of gifts and appreciative gestures, starting with authentic Aruban decorations and ambiance at the Fort Lauderdale departure gate and concluding with a spirited reception at Reina...

Delta Air Lines reports December 2016 financial and operating performance

7 years ago

Delta Air Lines today reported financial and operating performance for December 2016. Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of December was flat year over year, driven by strong demand trends and improving close-in domestic yields as Delta’s capacity actions and revenue management strategies continue to benefit results. In an Investor Update issued this morning, Delta announced that it now expects unit revenue to decline 2.5-3.0% for the December quarter given the...