New business logged by Airbus during May involved 77 orders for the popular single-aisle A320 Family, as well as six A350 XWBs to raise total bookings for this new Xtra Widebody jetliner above the 800 mark. The month’s 57 deliveries included aircraft from across the company’s product lines. All six A350 XWBs added to the […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Certification Registry to recognize those companies that have implemented part or all of the NDC technical standard. The Registry lists airlines, travel agents and aggregators (such as global distribution systems) that have achieved NDC certification as well as those […]
United Airlines and its flight attendants have agreed to extend mediated contract talks this month after discussions ended last week without a deal for unified work rules and benefits. US federal mediators directed the parties to resolve contract language issues next week ahead of a new final mediation session during the week of June 20, […]
Kenya expects tourist arrivals to jump by a third this year to 1.6 million as Western governments lift warnings against travel to the East African nation, the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) said. Reuters said visitor numbers and earnings dropped in the last four years as al Shabaab militants from Somalia launched attacks on Kenyan soil […]
*Wins City Peoples’ Airline of the year Award Dana Air has announced that frequent flyers on its entire route network – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Accra, will earn double Miles when they register for its frequent flyer program and book their tickets before 18th of June, for travel from 1st till 30th of June, […]
