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A new employee, of Changi Airport, Honey Aung, has saved the day for newspaper editor Alan Kirk was stranded because of flight problems. Alan tells the story….. This is a story of how a 21-year-old Changi Airport staff member gave a master class in customer support when faced with a traveller whose nine-hour trip was …

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight AS-1288 from Seattle, WA to Santa Ana, CA (USA), landed down hard on the runway causing the airlines main gear to punch through the left wing. According to the Aviation Herald the aircraft came to a stop on the runway and was disabled. The aircraft sustained substantial damage …

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Patee Sarasin, CEO of Really Cool Airlines, tells Airways how he will differentiate the proposed carrier to meet the customer of today. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Pilots at American Airlines have voted in favor of a new contract worth US$9.6 billion over a four-year term. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Air Europa is increasing capacity on transatlantic flights to South America after fully completing its fleet unification toward Boeing aircraft. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Virgin Australia has given Australians half a million reasons to holiday with the airline, dropping more than 500,000 sale fares in its unmissable Flight Frenzy, with seats up-for-grabs from as low as $49* one-way in Economy.  Travellers are encouraged to get in quickly for the five-day sale, with great value fares on offer to international destinations like Bali, Queenstown, …

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Daniel Ellingham, Chairman of the Board at Monarch Airlines, shares with Airways exclusive details about the imminent relaunch of the airline. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has officially approached the Government of Canada to discuss the return of a seized Antonov AN-124. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Today in Aviation, the prototype British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) One-Eleven took to the skies for the first time in 1963. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

We delve into the intricate process of designing aircraft liveries with Ryan Frost, the Executive Creative Director at Landor & Fitch. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Finnair’s CEO, Topi Manner, will leave the company in 2024. Check out the biggest highlights of his trajectory at the airline. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

United Airlines (UA) had played a crucial role in the development of the Boeing 767. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Flair Airlines has announced the launch of an innovative airline pilot training program with Ontario-based Genesis Flight College. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

The Airways team went to Brussels in mid-June for a plane-spotting trip during the NATO Summit 2023. here are the highlights. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

South African Airways will fly passengers to Europe again with the help of the Lufthansa Group and codeshare flights. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Aer Lingus (EI) is strengthening its transatlantic network with a new route to Denver (DEN) and a return to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP). read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Boeing has ferried an MD-90 to Palmdale in preparation for its conversion to NASA’s X-66A demonstrator. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Drones can give the aviation industry far better weather reporting It’s a ‘no brainer’ that this exciting technology needs to become the industry standard and quickly so what are the next steps? Validation, regulation, certification and lastly integration into airline and airport systems. Easy right? The work currently being conducted by Meteomatics is extremely interesting …

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American Airlines is gearing up for next year’s summer vacation season with its largest trans-Atlantic expansion since 2019. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

LATAM Peru has announced that it will be introducing a new service from London Heathrow to Lima, Peru. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

After significant cuts during the Covid-19 pandemic, the three largest airlines in the US have announced an expansion to their China services. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Royal Air Maroc (AT) is to lease five additional Boeing 737s from Air Lease Corporation as part of its 2023-2027 growth program. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

In celebration of Vietnam National Day on September 2nd, Vietjet is offering 2 million tickets from only USD0 (*) in a week-long promotion from August 16 to August 22, 2023 at www.vietjetair.com  The promotional tickets apply to the entire Vietjet network with destinations across domestic Vietnam and internationally Australia, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, etc. The promotion’s travel period …

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A female passenger on a United Airlines flight from Israel to New York claims she was yelled at by a flight attendant after she refused to accommodate an ultra-orthodox passengers’ request for her to change seats because he didn’t want to sit next to a woman. Like most incidents though, there’s two sides to every story…. …

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Airways speaks with Martin Gauss about project ‘ReShape’ and what it took to turn airBaltic from the red to the green. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Southwest Airlines (WN) has revealed that Nashville International Airport (BNA) will become its 12th US crew base next year. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”

Air Niugini (PX) has selected the Airbus A220 to replace its Fokker regional fleet. read more ⇒ Source:: “Airways Magazine”