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Lion Air Planning China Flights

Lion Air aims to start flights to China next year, targeting a fast-growing market where business could make up 5-7 percent of the airline's revenue, senior executives said. The airline didn't disclose a time-frame for its China revenue projection, but Lion Air, part of Jakarta-based Lion...

Fog Hits UK Travel: British Airways Cancels 100 Flights and Other Airlines Grounded at Heathrow

As fog blankets south-east England, airline travellers face a frustrating start to the working week. More than 100 of today's flights have been cancelled by British Airways - mostly to and from its main base, London Heathrow, and the Docklands airport, London City. BA is warning passengers...

SIA brings premium economy to Auckland

Auckland has become the latest destination to receive Singapore Airline’s (SIA) new premium economy cabin. SIA has upgauged its daily service between Singapore and Auckland to the Airbus A380, from the Boeing 777-300ER, for the peak summer holiday season. The aircraft change, which also occurred in the prior year, means the Star Alliance member is offering four classes to Auckland...

Adelaide Airport well positioned for strong future growth

Adelaide Airport Ltd (AAL) has maintained its status as the nation’s fastest growing capital city airport, enabling the company to almost triple its annual profit. The annual report, just released, showed AAL pre-tax profit soared from $19.7 million to $52.3 million in 2014/15, helped by a significant lift in property values and lower financing costs. The net profit result rose from $1...

First Direct Flight to Link Beijing, Havana

Air China will launch a direct flight from Beijing to Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 27, linking China with the Caribbean for the first time. A Boeing 777-300ER airplane will leave Beijing three times a week, with a stop in Montreal. Previously, flights would go via Spain, Germany, France or Mexico. Chinese do not need visas to enter Jamaica, the Bahamas, Grenada, and the Turks and Caicos Isl...

Cold Comfort: Hong Kong Airport's Dated Radar System Needs Air Cons at Low Temperatures to Run Smoothly

The city's out-of-date air traffic control system is being propped up by air conditioners blasting cold air directly at machines that overheat easily as the aviation regulator attempts to avert breakdowns. Air traffic controllers warn that they are sometimes navigating blind as the overheating system -- used to direct planes and keep them at safe distances and altitudes -- causes the consol...

Air Canada to Launch Toronto-Seoul Service

Air Canada will launch direct flights between Toronto and Seoul next year, using its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The trans-Pacific route will commence on June 17, 2016, operating daily. Flights will depart Toronto's Pearson International Airport at 1:35 p.m. and arrive at Seoul's Incheon International Airport at 4:20 p.m. the following day. The return service will then leave the...

Shanghai Pudong Airport Punished Again for Flight Delays

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) has been banned from adding new flights and routes for the second time, for nearly 40 percent of flights leaving the airport were delayed in September. Only 64.56 percent of departures from the Shanghai Pudong airport left on time in September, ranking second from the bottom among 48 Chinese major airports, according to figures from the Civil Avi...

Abu Dhabi Airport Handles 2 Million Passengers Monthly In Q3

Abu Dhabi International Airport has handled over two million passengers in each of the three months of July, August and September, as the capital city becomes important travel hub in the region. "September was another very busy month for the Abu Dhabi International Airport and the third consecutive month in which ADIA welcomed over two million passengers," said Engr. Ahmad Al Haddabi,...

London Oxford Airport offers free shuttle services to new rail station

London Oxford Airport has begun offering business jet passengers and crew complimentary shuttle services to and from Oxford Parkway Station. The station, located five minutes’ away from the airport, offers high speed services to Marylebone Station in just under an hour, with trains running every 30 minutes. “The thoroughly modern transport hub at Oxford Parkway with its new hig...

HK Express Intends to add Guam and Saipan into its Network

Earlier this year, HK Express asked Guests to vote for their dream destinations. Hong Kong’s most on-time airline is now about to make those dreams a reality! As promised, HK Express is planning to launch a new flight to the winning destination in Summer 2016. So where will the low-fare airline be flying next year? Guam! But that’s not all. As an added bonus, HK Express is introduci...

Plane catches fire on runway at Fort Lauderdale airport

The engine of a Boeing 767 carrying 101 people caught fire as the plane taxied for departure Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, officials said. It was bound for Caracas, Venezuela. Seventeen people were taken to Broward Health Medical Center, according to a spokeswoman there. Among those transported were a child and a trauma patient. Two of the 17 had b...

Investment in IT at airports around the world is rising, said SITA report

The rate of investment in IT at airports around the world is rising – the latest figures from SITA estimate it will hit US$8.7 billion in 2015. This forecast is a climb from 5.82% of revenues in 2014 to 6.25% this year. Airport Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are also predicting even higher budgets for 2016 with 64% expecting an increase over this year. The annual Airport IT Tr...

Delta to discontinue services to Dubai International

US airline Delta Air Lines is to pull out its service to Dubai. The airline will end its flights between Atlanta and Dubai on February 11 2016. A Delta spokeswoman said: “The B777 aircraft used to operate ATL-DXB will be redeployed to other transatlantic markets where it can compete on a level playing field that’s not distorted by subsidised state-owned airlines.”&nbs...

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