Tourism: Nepal targets 2.5 million visitors within five years
The government of Nepal wants to reach the threshold of 2.5 million international tourists within five years compared to just under one million visitors in 2017. In a five-year action plan (2018-2023) presented by the Ministry, the government planned to multiply arrivals by 2.6 compared to 2017 with the ambitious...
READING TIME: 2 minBoeing announces the launch of the B797 which will fly in 2025
The Boeing 797, a mid-range aircraft that is expected to change domestic and international business travel to Australia, is expected to be launched next year although it will not take off until 2025. And that launch is now expected in the next...
READING TIME: 2 minWomen are still rare in cockpits
The stereotype of the airline pilot, necessarily a man, sometimes a hero, has a hard life: in the cockpits the women remain rare, a situation all the more crying as the shortage of pilots threatens. Only 3% of commercial pilots worldwide are...
READING TIME: 4 minWelcome to the Air & Water show
Since 1959, the Chicago Air and Water Show, the largest free show in the United States, has become an annual summer tradition on the shores of Lake Michigan. Every year, more than 2.2 million people gather to admire aircraft pirouettes (Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Force Thunderbirds), controlled parachute jumps,...
READING TIME: 1 minSouth Africa : opening of the sky and take-off of tourism
Since Israel’opened up’ its skies to airline competition, the volume of flights has been steadily increasing and prices have...
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...
Level 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...
Space tourism : the first scheduled flights ?
Two private space tourism companies say they are only a few months away from their first space flights with...
Korean 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...
Ethiopia targets summits
Ethiopian Airlines announced yesterday that it will operate the first passenger flight in 20 years between Addis Ababa and...
