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MIAMI – Continuing with its announcements for summer destinations, Wizz Air (W6) has published its schedule for new flights from Poland, Romania, Austria, and Lithuania to the Greek islands. New Summer Destinations in Greece According to the airline’s website, the program kicks off on June 11 with services from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Mykonos (JMK) on …
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MIAMI – Maldivian (Q2), previously known as Island Aviation, Maldive’s national carrier, has announced a new service from Maafaru International Airport (NMF), located on Noonu Atoll, to Mumbai, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaji International Airport (BOM), effective from April 13. No precise information on the flight schedules is available on the Maldivian booking system but mbr.mv website …
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Summary List Placement Etihad Airways is the latest airline that’s preparing to say goodbye to the world’s largest passenger jet. Tony Douglas, CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, said in an interview with The National that the airline’s Airbus A380s may soon become a casualty of the pandemic. “We have now taken the strategic decision to …
Summary List Placement With the ongoing vaccine rollouts, many are starting to look at taking vacations again, including families. Expectations are high when it comes to family vacations and picking a hotel to please all isn’t easy. These US hotels feature spacious rooms and family-friendly perks, such as water parks and kids’ activities. With …
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, a Qantas Airways (QF) flying boat service commenced a survey flight from Sydney to Valparaíso via Easter Island in 1951. This marks the airline’s first flight across the South Pacific. Before pioneering an air route from Sydney to Valparaiso, Chile, with the Catalina Flying Boat ‘Frigate Bird II’, Captain Patrick …
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LONDON – On Friday, Bloomberg reported that British Airways (BA) is “considering” deploying wide-body aircraft on short-haul flights. However, the article offers no details, but speculation. In this article, we detail the possible routes and equipment. We base our info on statistics, data and history. However, we cannot guarantee that BA will actually fly the …
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Summary List Placement Following is a description of the video: Narrator: The 309th AMARG stores the world’s largest collection of military aircraft here in the Arizona desert. Col. Jennifer Barnard: I like to call this the ugliest plane out here, the YC-14. It was an aircraft that never went into production. Narrator: Eight hundred …
LONDON – airBaltic (BT) has announced it will resume flights from Riga to Kyiv on March 17 only for essential travel. Starting on March 28, flight operations outside the EU will be resumed. For the latter date, the carrier also plans to resume flights from Riga to Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Minsk. …
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Premium economy is the airline industry’s greatest missed opportunity of the past 30 years and is now its most profitable product. Billions have been lost because airline chief executives feared a new cabin class between business and economy would result in the high yield business class passengers moving to premium economy. What so many didn’t …
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On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767, landed at Troll airfield at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. The flight was operated by Loftleiðir (Icelandair’s charter-flight subsidiary) to offload provisions for the research station’s staff who will remain at Troll this winter, and to pick up scientists returning to Norway …
MIAMI – Eurowings (EW), market leader in Dusseldorf (DUS), Berlin (BER), Hamburg (HAM), Stuttgart (STR), and Koln-Bonn (CGN) is preparing to take full advantage of an expected summer 2021 travel restart. As published on Eurowings NewsCloud, the company press and media center, the German carrier counts on people’s desire to travel, which increases as much …
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MIAMI – Low-cost carrier Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W) will launch new flights from their Abu Dhabi base to two Kazakhstan destinations in May 2021. According to Gulf News, The Abu Dhabi-Almaty route will be operated on Monday and Friday, while the Abu Dhabi-Nur Sultan route will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays. Both routes …
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Summary List Placement Former President Trump’s Washington DC hotel, which was once the bustling hub of the MAGA world, is now eerily empty after suffering a huge loss of income and status, according to a report by the Guardian. The Trump International Hotel, which the former president once called “one of the greatest hotels of …
MIAMI – American Airlines (AA) is closely monitoring the predicted winter storm across many cities in Colorado, with heavy snow and wind gusts. In a press release, the airline stated that its top priority is the safety of its customers and employees, and that the team will keep in touch with those affected by the …
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Summary List Placement The Transportation Security Administration on Friday screened the highest number of airplane passengers in nearly one year as air travel, depressed by the pandemic since early 2020, ticked higher. A spokesperson for the US agency said Saturday that TSA had screened 1,357,111 people at airport security checkpoints on Friday, the highest number …
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Summary List Placement Kayak has unveiled its own hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, marking the travel search engine’s first foray into the brick-and-mortar hospitality business. The new 52-room Kayak Miami Beach will open in April as a “design lab” meant to trial “software innovations in the accommodation space,” Kayak said in a press release. To …
Summary List Placement Flying business class between the East Coast and West Coast is normally among the most extravagant flying experiences in the US. The transcontinental flights attract no shortage of well-to-do flyers from businesspeople to celebrities, and airlines go all out to make the experience as luxurious as possible for those that pay extra …
Summary List Placement Following is a transcription of the video. Ashley Garris: What makes our job very challenging is it’s a game of inches. It’s fighting for every little bit of space. Narrator: Airplane interiors are a battleground among airlines. Who can make 15 hours straight in the air most comfortable, even if you’re stuck …
MIAMI – Hawaiian Airlines (HA) is increasing flights to Austin (AUS), Orlando (MCO), and Ontario (ONT) to meet increased demand this summer. Hawaiian Airlines announced three new destinations at the end of 2020 – Austin, Orlando, and Ontario. Of these three cities, flights from Honolulu (HNL) to Orlando inaugurated yesterday. The carrier’s new Honolulu to …
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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, a new aircraft type from Brazilian aerospace conglomerate Embraer made its maiden flight in 2004, the Embraer E190. The E190 was not a new aircraft for the company but an evolution of a well-known aircraft family that started its life in 1997 under the denomination of ERJ170 and ERJ190, formally …
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MIAMI – Crawley, England-based airline Virgin Atlantic (VS) is in talks for securing a further £160m in funding, according to Sky News. The British carrier has had a particularly rough time amid the COVID-19 pandemic, laying off employees and retiring the Boeing 747-400 aircraft from service. The airline eventually received £1.2bn in emergency funding while …
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MIAMI – The Boeing Company appointed veteran engineer Ed Clark as the new chief of the 737 MAX program. Clark will be the fifth executive to hold the post since 2018. First reported by Bloomberg, Clark is to handle the Renton factory where the 737 aircraft have been produced by Boeing for more than half …
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MIAMI – Singapore Airlines (SQ) is gradually bringing back its Boeing 737 MAXs from the Australian desert. The aircraft with the registration 9V-MBA flew for the first time since the groundings last year from Singapore on March 11. The flight suggests that SQ is preparing to bring the aircraft type back into service. As part …
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Summary List Placement A JetBlue Airways passenger could face fines up to $14,500 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for refusing to wear a mask, drinking his own alcoholhol, and causing other disruptive behaviour on a flight last year, AP reports. The passenger was intolerable to the point where the December 23 flight that was …
Momentum is finally building at Boeing with private investment firm 777 Partners agreeing to buy 24 737 MAX jets and taking options on an additional 60. The order follows buys from Alaska Airlines, Virgin Australia, Ryanair, and United Airlines. According to Seeking Alpha, the Miami-based 777 Partners will lease the 737-8s to its affiliated operating …
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MIAMI – Today, Hawaiian Airlines (HA) began its Orlando service, connecting the Aloha state to the airline’s third East Coast destination. The flight, operated by one of the airline’s 24 Airbus A330-200s, was greeted in Orlando with a water salute, as is customary with inaugural flights. NN383HA arrived at 7 am after a long 8 …
MIAMI – A new exit permit for international travel has been launched this week to prevent illegal trips departing from the UK. The new measure threatens to ruin the aviation industry once and for all with thousands of people canceling trips that last week were permitted. Now passengers leaving the country need to bring evidence …
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