AirlinesAirberlin boosts UK regional links with Flybe codeshareGermany-based airberlin has signed a codeshare agreement with UK-based regional airline Flybe that will increase connectivity between their two countries and beyond. Under the agreement, 316 weekly flights, 15 new routes and five additional destinations across the UK are included.
LinkAllegiant Air breaks ground on US east coast training facilityLas Vegas-based Allegiant Air, the low-cost subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Co., broke ground Aug. 4 on a US east coast training center in Sanford, Fla., adjacent to Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB). The facility is expected to be completed and open for training flight crew members and mechanics by the first quarter of 2017, Allegiant said.
LinkAmerican Airlines and ground workers union agree to interim wage hikeAmerican Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association (an alliance of the Transportation Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), announced Aug. 5 that they have reached an interim agreement to raise wages for approximately 30,000 of the airline’s ground workers represented by the TWU-IAM Association. The pay increases will go into place immediately as a lump sum while both sides continue joint contract negotiations.
LinkASL Boeing 737 freighter overshoots runway at BergamoAn ASL Airlines Boeing 737-400F overshot the runway at Bergamo al Serio airport near Milan in Italy early Friday morning, Aug.5. The aircraft was seriously damaged, but no one was injured. According to the website of Italian investigation authority ANSV, the aircraft was operating flight 7332 from Paris Charles de Gaulle and touched down at 04.07 local time. It was in DHL Aviation livery. DHL Express owns, co-owns or charters a number of European cargo carriers,
LinkBritish Airways completes 747 cabin makeoverBritish Airways (BA) has completed a major makeover of 18 of the airline’s iconic Boeing 747s to give them the look and feel of their newest aircraft, with 16 additional Club World lie-flat seats and new inflight entertainment systems.
LinkUK probes stabiliser jam on EasyJet A320Investigators are looking into an incident involving a jammed horizontal stabiliser which occurred during an EasyJet Airbus A320 service to London Gatwick. The incident, which took place on 27 July, is being probed by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch. But details have been disclosed by French counterpart BEA, which says the aircraft affected had serial number 6192.
LinkMH370 pilot had Indian Ocean route on simulator, Malaysia officials confirm A Malaysian government official said this week the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 had entered a course to the southern Indian Ocean on his home flight simulator, the New York Times, AP and other news organizations are reporting. The 777, which was operating as flight MH370 on March 8, 2014, vanished during a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It was later established that shortly after takeoff the aircraft deviated far from its route, doing a U-turn to cross over to the Indian Ocean and then heading south. No emergency call was made. A huge, multinational search effort has failed to locate the aircraft, although some aircraft parts have washed up and the aircraft is believed to be on the Indian Ocean floor.
LinkSouthwest Airlines adds routes connecting US to Mexico, BelizeSouthwest Airlines is now offering nonstop flights from Oakland, Calif., to Mexico and will launch service connecting Denver and Belize next year.
LinkSouthwest Nose Gear Fails At BWIA Southwest Airlines plane about to depart from Baltimore–Washington BWI Airport experienced a nose gear failure as it was being pushed back from the gate.
LinkSWISS temporarily suspends Istanbul flights Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will cut its double daily Zurich-Istanbul Ataturk flights from Oct. 29, the beginning of IATA’s winter schedule, in the aftermath of the July failed political coup and terror attacks in Turkey, which has resulted in a drop in demand. Spokesperson Meike Fuhlrott told ATW that Istanbul flights will be “temporarily postponed from Oct. 29” because of the “uncertain security situation in Turkey which has created less demand—as well as strong competition by Turkish Airlines and a drop in fares.”
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