Importance of Mobile in Social Marketing

Mobile internet usage is becoming something important and is a factor no airline should neglect when it comes to online marketing. To describe its importance, I thought it would be worth sharing an infographic on mobile internet, originally posted by Mashable.

PHOTOS: First A330 for Virgin Blue now in Australia

The first Airbus A33O aircraft for Virgin Blue is now in Australia. Photo by Paul Finnigan, view larger version here. Photo by Biondi. The aircrafr, Airbus A330-200, MSN 365, is an ex- Emirates aircraft and was built in 2001. The aircraft spent the last ten years as A6-EAB. In...

SriLankan Airlines Winter European Expansinon

SriLankan Airlines has revealed details of its 2011/2012 Winter expansion into Europe. The airline will add an extra weekly flight to Frankfurt and Paris each. Please note that further changes are expected. Schedules below. Frankfurt UL553 CMB 0025 – 0650 FRA 1(NEW), 35 EQV UL553 CMB 0150 – 0815...

SriLankan to launch Moscow flights in September 2011

UPDATE: SriLankan Airlines has brought forward its Moscow flights launch to 15th September 2011. The flights will now operate twice weekly via Dubai on board Airbus A320 aircraft. More info could be found here.   SriLankan Airlines today announced that they will be launching flights to Moscow, Russia for...

Airport Status Following Japanese Tsunami

O=Open C=Closed. Last update 1330UTC 11MAR. Please double check with official sources. Most closed runways are being reconstructed around the clock.       Airport Open Closed Remarks Tokyo Narita, NRT C Fully closed. Next review unknown. Tokyo Haneda, HND O Rwy 16L/34R closed Honolulu, HNL O Airport in...

WordPress Introduces Jetpack

Excuse us from our main broadcast  for a bit.. We’re into some blogging news now. WordPress, the world’s most popular blogging platform today launched Jetpack for its self-hosted version. Jetpack is a plugin that adds most of WordPress.com’s custom functionality to self-hosted WordPress blogs. Features include WordPress.com Stats, the...

Etihad Reportedly Cancels 4 787 Orders

Etihad Airways is believed to have cancelled four of the 35 Boeing 787 orders that it holds, according to multiple sources. The news may indeed be true as Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website presently shows four 787 cancellations in 2011. The airline seems to have instead placed orders for...

Hong Kong Airlines signs MoU for 38 Boeing aircraft

Hong Kong Airlines, part of the Hainan Airlines Group, has signed an MoU with Boeing for 38 aircraft, including six 777-2OOLRFs, two 787-8s in VIP configuration and thirty 787-9s. It is not clear whether Hainan or Hong Kong Airlines will operate the two 787-8s. Hong Kong Airlines’ long-haul fleet...

Air China Places Orders for five 747-8i aircraft

    Boeing and Air China today announced at the Asian Aerospace Expo that the carrier has signed an agreement for purchase of five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft.   “Air China has been operating 747s since the 1980s,” said He Li, vice president of Air China. “The new, high...

JAL New Livery

JAL Tsurumaru livery JAL refreshes its livery, bringing back the crane.