Airline News

airBaltic has announced it is launching direct flights between Riga and Alicante. Overall, for the winter season of 2023/2024, airBaltic is offering 13 routes from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, and Tampere, including direct flights from the seasonal base of Gran Canaria to 10 airports in Northern Europe. Alicante (airBaltic) Alicante, situated on Spain’s Costa Blanca, is a vibrant […]

Air Transat’s 2,100 flight attendants have a new collective agreement that makes them the highest paid in the industry in Canada. Following information meetings held from February 19 to 22, they voted by 62,7% to accept the recommendation of federal mediators. This new contract provides for total compound salary increases of 30% over five years, i.e. from November

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has announced long-term lease agreements for three new Boeing 787-9 aircraft with Thai Airways International. These three Dreamliner aircraft are confirmed to deliver to the Thai carrier in 2025 from ALC’s order book with Boeing. Thai aircraft photo gallery:

Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline group in Africa, is pleased to announce the expansion of its domestic services to South-Western Ethiopia with a thrice weekly passenger services to be reinstated to Dembi Dollo starting from February 26, 2024.  The new thrice weekly service commences operation as per the below schedule. Flight Number  Frequency  Departure

Good news for astronomy lovers — after selling out its first special flight in under 24 hours, Delta is giving customers a second shot at a sky view of the eclipse in the path of totality, this time out of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) on April 8.   Delta flight 1010 will depart from DFW at 12:30 p.m. CT

From CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/26/business/ryanair-boeing-delays-increase-air-fares/index.html?ref=biztoc.com Ryanair aircraft photo gallery:

United Airlines has opened a new, 150,000-square-foot building at its Flight Training Center in Denver. Already the largest facility of its kind in the world, the additional building gives the airline the capability to add 12 more advanced full-motion flight simulators to the facility, six of which have already been delivered. So far in 2024, the

AeroMexico will launch the daily Mexico City – Tampa route on July 1, 2024. AeroMexico aircraft photo gallery:

JetBlue Airways pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), announced their renewed focus on negotiating a standalone collective bargaining agreement with the Company. In light of uncertainties surrounding the acquisition and merger with Spirit Airlines, JetBlue pilot leaders are shifting their focus from negotiating a joint collective bargaining agreement for a combined

Air India, India’s leading global airline, today unveiled ‘Safety Mudras’, the airline’s new inflight safety video that seamlessly blends safety instructions with the kaleidoscope of India’s vibrant culture. Developed in collaboration with the visionary trio of Prasoon Joshi of McCann Worldgroup, Shankar Mahadevan and Bharatbala, the video is meticulously crafted to engage passengers and showcase the diversity and