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UAE’s top aviation authority urges preservation of European air deals ahead of airline access talks

The UAE’s top aviation authority on Tuesday stressed the need to preserve bilateral air deals in Europe while discussions over a broader aviation package are under way. The European Commission is set to ask member states for a mandate to initiate airline access talks with Arabian Gulf count...

Study: Norwegian Is Most Fuel Efficient Transatlantic Carrier

Boeing 787 operator Norwegian Air Shuttle was the most fuel efficient airline of the top 20 carriers flying routes between Europe and North America in 2014, according to a new study. British Airways was the least fuel efficient, followed closely by Lufthansa and SAS. The International Council on...

Monaco's Monacair orders H130s for Nice scheduled flights

Monacair (Monte Carlo) has signed a firm order agreement with Airbus Helicopters (Marseilles) for six H130s the first of which is due or delivery next month with the remainder to be phased in through to May 2016. The H130 comes from the Ecureuil family of light helicopters and accommodates one pilot and up to six passengers. The helicopters will be the Monégasque operator's first...

Two Airport Staff Detained Over Russian Air Crash

Egyptian authorities have detained two employees of Sharm el-Sheikh airport for questioning in connection with the downing of the Russian jet on October 31 that killed all 224 people on board. "Seventeen people are being held, two of them are suspected of helping whoever planted the bomb on the plane at Sharm el-Sheikh airport," said a security official who declined to be named. An...

Easyjet places $3.6b Airbus order as profits surge

British no-frills airline Easyjet on Tuesday ordered 36 Airbus A320 jets worth $3.8 billion (Dh13.95 billion) at catalogue prices, after posting record annual profits on keen demand. Easyjet said in a results statement it will purchase 30 next-generation fuel-efficient A320neo aircraft, converting options that had been announced back in 2013, and has added another six firm orders for current-ge...

Russia confirms terrorism downed Sinai aircraft

FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov has confirmed to Russian president Vladimir Putin that an “act of terror” brought down a Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month. The Russian security chief said “traces of foreign explosives” were found amid debris from the Airbus plane. A branch of so-called Islamic State said it downed the plane. Nearly all of the 224 people kille...

SAS returns to Tallinn market

SAS, following the cessation of operations of Estonian Air, has returned to the Tallinn (TLL) market on 16 November – which it last served in June 2008 (according to OAG Schedules data) from Stockholm ‒ with the start-up of flights from Copenhagen (CPH) and Stockholm Arlanda (ARN). Operations from Oslo will commence next month. Services from the Danish capital will be flown 16 times weekl...

Emirates unveils new generation in-flight entertainment system

Emirates introduced its new in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on its Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A380 aircraft. The latest features include larger screens in First Class and Economy Class and three times the media storage — offering passengers an even greater choice of content on board. Passengers travelling in First Class will have a more immersive viewing experience to look forwar...

Delta to stop accepting pets as checked baggage

Allowable pets can still be transported in most cabins or via Delta Cargo. Delta will no longer accept pets as checked baggage, but will continue to transport allowable pets in all cabins of service except Delta One, effective March 1, 2016. Customers may also ship pets for travel within the United States as freight through Delta Cargo. One notable exception to this new policy: Members of th...

Air Force seeks community ideas on centenary celebrations

While the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force will not take place until March 31 2021, planning has already begun for the best way to mark the milestone. And the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies, wants the public to be involved. To that end, AIRMSHL Davies launched Air Force 2021 in Canberra on Tuesday. “The first stage of planning for Air Force 2021 is our consult...

Qantas returns to investment grade credit rating

Qantas has received a welcome 95th birthday gift in the form of a return to an investment grade credit rating that chief executive Alan Joyce describes as a “welcome endorsement” of the hard work from everyone at the airline in recent times. Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday upgraded its long-term corporate credit and issue ratings on Qantas to ‘BBB-‘...

Study of materials on case of A321 jet crash in Egypt is in final stage — Putin

The Russian leader made this comment during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Turkey’s Antalya The study of materials on the case of the crash of the Russian plane in Egypt is at its final stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on the sidelines of the Group of Tw...

Russian government cuts civilian aviation development program

Total financing for the 2006-2015 program was lowered from $5.9 billion to $5.8 billion Russia has amended the federal target program on civil aviation development in 2002-2010 and until 2015, slashing a whole number of targeted figures for this year, according to the government’s resolution posted on the legal information web portal on Monday. The sale of ready-made aircraft and...

OPINION: Oil respite should push airlines for greater efficiencies now

Procrastination, we are oft-warned, is a Bad Thing. Putting off to tomorrow what could be done today sounds dangerously like sloth – a gift to the early birds and a sure way to store up trouble. Unless you prefer another aphorism: haste makes waste? Eschewing knee-jerk reactions to sit on one’s hands looks wise when dawn breaks on new realities. Airlines must be wondering where l...

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