Beluga XL, the new whale of the sky
A smiling whale-shaped fuselage, the Beluga XL, the new cargo plane of the Airbus family, took to the air Thursday morning in Blagnac (France) for its first test flight. The take-off of the aircraft triggered a thunderous applause in an audience of more than 10,000 people, mainly employees and subcontractors...
READING TIME: 3 minLevel takes off from Vienna (Austria)
The first LEVEL flight from Vienna leaves today at 16.20 for London Gatwick. The inaugural flight of IAG's long-haul low-cost brand, LEVEL, will land in London Gatwick at 17:50 (local time), with all seats sold on board an Airbus A321. The Vienna-London route will be served 14 times/week. Subsequently,...
READING TIME: 2 minSpace tourism : the first scheduled flights ?
Two private space tourism companies say they are only a few months away from their first space flights with customers on board. Virgin Galactic, founded by the British billionaire Richard Branson, and Blue Origin, by the more discreet billionaire Jeff Bezos, boss of Amazon, are racing to be the first...
READING TIME: 3 minKorean Air launches cargo flights to Delhi
Korean Air will launch cargo flights between Incheon and Delhi, the business and commercial hub of northern India, from 17 July 2018. Korean Air currently operates direct passenger flights between Incheon and Mumbai three times a week and between Incheon and Delhi five times a week. The decision to introduce...
READING TIME: 1 minEthiopia targets summits
Ethiopian Airlines announced yesterday that it will operate the first passenger flight in 20 years between Addis Ababa and...
Airline profitability: a question of size?
The strategy that most air carriers have adopted is to grow, so much and more, either by internal growth,...
Cathay brings Hong Kong even closer to Paris
Hung Kong airline Cathay Pacific yesterday announced the launch of an additional seasonal frequency between Paris and Hong Kong...
Guess which is the first airline in Africa?
An African airline that announces new routes and the purchase of new planes is rather rare. Yet we have...
The Kurds have been flying since last Monday
A Kurdish Iraqi airline flew its inaugural flight on Monday, bringing with it the hope of an economic renaissance...
Longhaul flights : beauty advice from a flight attendant
Rakel GriÍmsdÓttir works for Icelandair as a flight attendant and is studying to become a pilot for the company....
