Malaysia Airlines announced a codeshare flight agreement with British Airways to open new UK and European destinations. According to the new arrangement, Malaysia Airlines will extend its services to Manchester, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast starting from Oct. 9. Subject to regulatory approval, the flag carrier will also codeshare with British Airways on European routes including Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Toulouse, Lyon, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Zurich, Geneva, Vienna and Brussels. The European connections will be enabled progressively in 2019/2020. In the…
The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will on Monday conclude the largest peacetime repatriation of more than 140,000 U.K. citizens after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook. The final flight, from Orlando to Manchester, is the last of 746 flights undertaken in the two weeks since holidaymakers were left…
For the past two weeks the representatives of all the 193 States that are members of ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organization, have been reunited at the ICAO Headquarter in Montreal, Canada for the 40th General Assembly. The gathering, which takes place every three years, provides the opportunity to have…
It was reported last Thursday that the reincarnation of WOW air by USAerospace Associates, led by Michelle Ballarin, will launch its first flights sometime in mid-October, with the first route being Reykjavik to Washington. Despite the rumors, however, the Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority has confirmed to AirlineGeeks that no such…
Taiwanese start-up carrier, StarLux Airlines (JX), first unveiled its cabin service uniforms and Airbus A321neo cabin products on October 2 at a media event in downtown Taipei. The new luxury-oriented airline is planning to operate ten Airbus A321neo jets when it commences operations next year serving secondary cities in Asia…
On Friday, Los Angeles International Airport announced a major change for passengers arriving at the airport. Starting at the end of October, travellers will no longer be able to hail a rideshare or get a taxi from the terminal curbside. Instead, all pickups will migrate to a centralized location located…
Peruvian Airlines has suspended operations after the airline's bank accounts were frozen by Peru’s tribunal fiscal, preventing it from paying fuel suppliers. The move took effect following discrepancies in tax values the airline should have paid for two Boeing 737 aircraft. The issue arose as Peruvian Airlines was claimed to…
Earlier this week, Brussels Airlines announced that it would be starting a new route from its main hub in Brussels to the Slovenian capital Ljubljana to expand its European network. The airline said in a press release that the destination will be served six times per week to respond to…
Major U.S. carriers are continuing to increase recruitment in hopes of replacing an aging group of pilots over the course of the coming years. According to CNBC, Chicago-based United Airlines announced on Thursday it would look to hire over 10,000 new pilots over the next decade. This comes as the…
Virgin Atlantic announced it will enhance its services from Manchester Airport, one of its secondary hubs in Northern England. The airline will increase frequencies on the Manchester-New York route by 65 percent and launch a three times weekly service to Barbados this winter. Nearly 30,000 additional seats will be offered…
