Archive for October, 2009
Continental Airlines has established new codeshare agreements with existing Star Alliance carriers following its entry to the airline alliance. The agreements are as follows Asiana CO code on Asiana flights from Seoul to Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle Tokyo Narita Nagoya OZ code on 13 Continental domestic routes operating...
In an environment that is competitive than ever, there is no excuse why any airline should not have a website. But does every airline achieve the true potential of their website ? A website that just sits on its own does not provide any benefit to your airline. The...
Iberia ( IATA : IB ) cabin crew will be going on strike on 26th and 27th October and this will lead to cancellation of over 400 flights due on this Monday and Tuesday . Mostly affected will be the flights to short-haul destinations including domestic flights and European...
NTSB is investigating an incident where a Northwest Airlines flight went past its destination for 150 miles two days ago. The flight, NW 188 was flying from San Diego to Minneapolis. ATC lost contact with the Airbus A320 at 1756 MDT as the flight cruised at 37,000ft. At 1958...
Oman Air has shelved its plan to launch Colombo flights following consecutive denying of approval from the Sri Lankan authorities. This change was reflected in Global Distribution Systems today. Oman Air had originally planned to launch daily flights to Colombo from its Muscat base on 12 October. The airline...
An Azza Air Transport 707-300C, operating for Sudan Airways, crashed on take off today. The aircraft bearing registration ST-AKW was first delivered as a passenger aircraft to Lufthansa in February 1969 and was the 788th 707 made off the Boeing line ( cn 20123/788 ). During its tenure, it...
Sudan Airways flight 2241 crashed near Sharjah Airport soon after take off. It was a 707-300 freighter on wet lease from Azza Air. Azza owns two 707s. Accident description is available at the bottom of the page. The aircraft was a converted -330C variant with non-hushkitted JT3D engines. The...
Oman Air was seen entering an ambitious growth path in the recent weeks, will it be able to reach Mid East’s top three, and make it a top four ? Fast Facts Oman Air IATA : WY ICAO : OMA Base : Muscat ( MCT ) FFP : Sindbad...
From 1st November, Air India will be cancelling three routes to Sharjah ( SHJ ), UAE. The affected routes are as follows and are currently operated by Indian Airlines. Amritsar – Sharjah 4 weekly Hyderabad – Sharjah Daily Lucknow – Sharjah 3 weekly All flights are operated by Airbus...
BAA today sold Gatwick Airport to Global Infrastructure Partners, who also owns the City Airport, for £1.5 billion. In case you missed our tweet earlier today, here is the full report. LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.K. airports operator BAA on Wednesday reached a pact to sell London’s Gatwick Airport for...