Platov International Airport One of the newest Russian airports, Platov International Airport in the city of Rostov-on-Don, has received the highest m...

In bizarre tit-for-tat, Ukraine detains, denies entry to Israeli tourists
Dozens of Israeli visitors detained in Kiev Airport Thirty-five Israeli tourists were detained at Ukraine’s Kiev Airport and barred from enterin...

St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana Airport vying for “Most Scenic Airport Landings” crown
Princess Juliana International Airport shortlisted for 2019 “Most Scenic Airport Landings” poll Princess Juliana International Airport (SX...

FAA restricts drone operations over DOJ and DOD facilities
FAA restricts drone operations over DOJ and DOD facilities At the request of its federal security partners, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...

FAA: Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Authority meets international safety standards
US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink presents the FAA’s certificate to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam The U.S. Department of Tra...

La Compagnie: New Airbus A321neo elevates New York to Paris flying experience
La Compagnie, takes delivery of its first Airbus A321neo La Compagnie, the exclusively business-class boutique airline offering travel between New Yor...

Presidents’ Day weekend travel – what to expect?
Air travel on Presidents’ Day weekend hit a record high in 2018, with more than 14 million people traveling by plane. When looking at travel pat...

Rolls-Royce welcomes Emirates order
Rolls-Royce secures order for Trent 7000 engines to power 40 Airbus A330neo aircraft from Emirates Rolls-Royce has secured an order for Trent 7000 eng...

Delta Air Lines flight nose-dives twice before emergency landing
Delta Air Lines’ flight was rattled into a nose-dive by severe turbulence two times Delta Air Lines’ flight from Orange County to Seattle ...

Austrian Airlines announces expansion of its Vienna-Tel Aviv route
Austrian Airlines expands its Vienna-Tel Aviv route Lufthansa Group’s Austrian Airlines has announced the expansion of its Vienna-Tel Aviv fligh...

Farewell A380: Airbus announces the end of superjumbo production
Airbus announces the end of superjumbo production European aerospace giant Airbus has announced Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 20...

LOT Polish Airlines commits to Budapest Airport
LOT Polish Airlines commits to Budapest Airport Budapest Airport and LOT Polish Airlines have today announced a significant commitment to the future o...

Thailand visa on arrival makes travel to the country smoother
Thailand visa on arrival makes travel to the country smoother The Thailand visa on arrival online or Thai eVOA was launched in November 2018 to make i...

American tourists killed in Kenyan plane crash
Kenyan pilot and four foreigners, including three Americans, died in the crash According to Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, a light aircraft crashed i...

Flights canceled, trains stopped, bus services halted – strike chaos paralyzes Belgium
Strike chaos paralyzes Belgium Unions’ general strike over wages and working conditions has brought Belgium to a screeching halt, causing comple...

Emirates links Phnom Penh and Bangkok with daily service from Dubai
Emirates Boeing 777 Emirates will link Phnom Penh (PNH) and Bangkok (BKK) with its new daily service set to launch on June 1, 2019. The service from D...

IATA urges US government, industry, to work together to grow aviation’s benefits
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the United States government and i...

Star Alliance partners with Skyscanner
Star Alliance Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance, has partnered with Skyscanner, the world’s travel search engine, to all...

Air Astana reports $5.3 million net profit in 2018
Peter Foster, Air Astana President and CEO Air Astana has declared unaudited net profit for 2018 of US$5.3m, driven by higher revenues and higher jet ...

“Doha Declaration” calls for review of existing aviation regulatory framework
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, has welcomed the publication of the “Doha Declaration”, a manifest...

Lufthansa Group airlines welcome 9.1 million passengers in January 2019
Lufthansa Group airlines welcome 9.1 million passengers in January 2019 In January 2019, the Lufthansa Group airlines welcomed around 9.1 million pass...

FAA makes major drone ID marking change
FAA-issued registration number now must be on an outside surface of a drone The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted a rule in the Federal...

Hahn Air Lines resumes Dusseldorf-Palma de Mallorca summer route
Hahn Air Lines Cessna Citation The German scheduled and executive charter airline Hahn Air Lines published its timetable for the 2019 summer schedule ...

Etihad to fly A380 Superjumbo between Abu Dhabi and Seoul
Etihad Airbus A380 Etihad Airways is set to operate Airbus A380 on its daily service linking Abu Dhabi and Seoul, effective July 1, 2019. The South Ko...

End of skiplagging? Lufthansa suing passenger for ditching last leg of flight
Lufthansa suing passenger for skipping flight One of Europe’s major airlines and the largest one in Germany wants to recoup lost profits by taki...

Five airline passengers injured in Russian airport airstair collapse
Airline passengers injured in Russian airport airstair collapse Five people were injured as the airstair collapsed while passengers were boarding a fl...

WTTC and IBMATA promote biometric technology for safe, secure and seamless travel
WTTC and IBMATA promote biometric technology for safe and seamless travel The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the International Border M...

Four killed in Istanbul helicopter crash
Helicopter crashes in Istanbul’s Cekmekoy residential district At least four Turkish soldiers have been injured in a military helicopter crash i...

Etihad Airways and Royal Jordanian Airlines announce codeshare agreement
Etihad Airways and Royal Jordanian Etihad Airways and Royal Jordanian Airline have announced a new codeshare partnership to provide customers with gre...

Iran puts its oldest charter airline on the block
Karun Airlines Iran announced that it will auction its the oldest charter airline company. Ahvaz-based Karun Airlines will be offered for public biddi...

Massive nation-wide transportation strike will paralyze Belgium next week
Belgian trade unions called for a nation-wide general strike on Wednesday next Belgium’s Christian, socialist and liberal trade unions have call...

Bill to shield FAA from future government shutdowns welcomed by airlines
Federal Aviation Administration employees hold signs in protest of the government shutdown Airlines for America (A4A) today issued the following state...

Heathrow Airport unveils new locations for Business Summit series
John Holland-Kaye, Heathrow’s Chief Executive More businesses than ever before will work with Heathrow to explore new global markets and supply ...

Czech Airlines Technics welcomes new Board of Directors member
Petr Doberský appointed on Czech Airlines Technics’ Board of Directors Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT), a daughter company of Prague Airpo...

Top international destinations for Chinese travelers during Chinese New Year
A trend for Chinese travelers visiting a wider range of countries continues Travel experts today revealed the top international destinations for Chine...

Airbus opens 2019 with 39 aircraft deliveries for 27 customers
Airbus opened its 2019 activity with 39 aircraft deliveries for 27 customers during January, raising the overall total of jetliners provided by the ma...

PATA: Asia Pacific will welcome 900 million international visitors in 2023
The overall annual growth rate for international visitors into 40 Asia Pacific destinations is estimated to have been around 7.8 percent in 2018, gene...

Delta Air Lines’ A220s takes to the skies for first commercial flight
First A220 customer flight departing LGA Delta’s A220 has made its official debut — a moment years in the making for customers and employe...

IATA: Healthy airline passenger demand continued in 2018
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic resul...

US Transportation Secretary to award FAA Astronaut Wings to Virgin Galactic pilots
FAA Astronaut Wings On Thursday, February 7, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao will pin FAA Astronaut Wings on Virgin Galactic’s Spac...

United Airlines picks GoJet to fly its new Bombardier CRJ550 planes
United Airlines picks GoJet to fly its new Bombardier CRJ550 planes GoJet announced that United Airlines has selected it to fly Bombardier’s new...

ExpressJet Airlines announces new CFO and Senior VP
John Greenlee named ExpressJet’s new Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President ExpressJet Airlines, a United Express carrier, today anno...

EU airline passenger law: “Lazy” stereotype holds true for American travelers
EC 261 protects passengers who have experienced lengthy delays, cancellations or denied boarding on all flights departing from the EU, or those flying...

Airbus and Dassault Systèmes partner to create European aerospace industry of tomorrow
Airbus partners with Dassault Systèmes Airbus and Dassault Systèmes have signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to cooperate o...

IATA: Air freight demand ends year up 3.5%
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year 2018 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freigh...

The hidden costs of ‘kiss & fly’ drop-off lanes at UK airports
Kiss & Fly With many consumers intent on becoming more eco-conscious in 2019, UK travelers may not appreciate the environmental damage and negativ...

United Airlines adds over 1,600 new premium seats to 250 aircraft
United Airlines United Airlines today announced the next step in its commitment to making more customers more comfortable by adding more than 1,600 Un...

‘Not terror-related’: Man with ‘knife’ arrested at Heathrow Airport
Heathrow’s Terminal 3 Armed police were called in after initial reports of man seen in possession of a knife at London’s major air hub, He...

Russia’s CosmoCourse could launch private space tourism in five years
CosmoCourse will develop space tourism According to Russian National AeroNet Technology Initiative co-leader, Russia could see the start of private sp...

Brisbane International Airport evacuated over bomb scare
Stranded passengers on the ramp at Brisbane Airport’s international terminal “Emergency situation” triggered evacuation of Brisbane ...