AA increases US checked bag fees
- BTN News
- Thursday, 22 February 2024
Qantas partner American Airlines (AA) has increased the price of a checked bag on flights from and in the USA.
Scoot opens E2 simulator
- BTN News
- Thursday, 22 February 2024
Singapore Airlines' Scoot will put its new Embraer regional jets into commercial service from May, with the planes deployed primarily within South-east Asia.
Layover Solutions launches AI option
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 22 February 2024
Frankfurt, Germany-based technology company Layover Solutions, a new business partner of the airline association BARIG (Board of Airline Representatives in Germany), has developed an AI-supported measure for layover management.
2024 ABPCO Festival of Learning program set to go
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) has finalised the 2024 ABPCO Festival of Learning program, to take place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow 29-30 April under the theme, 'Fit for the Future'.
Tibet Air orders Comac jets
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
China's C919 jet, manufactured by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), currently is flown by China Eastern Airlines, but state-owned Tibet Airlines has just ordered 40 of the planes, plus 10 of Comac's smaller ARJ21 regional jets.
Lufthansa warns on strike impact
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Germany's Lufthansa says as many as 25,000 members of the Ver.di union working for Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo in Germany are on strike until Wednesday, February 21, with staff from different areas of the business on strike at different times.
Duo buy Cessna SkyCourier for Australian services
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Textron Aviation and Hinterland Aviation are buying the first Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine 19-passenger variant in Australia to operate from Hinterland's Cairns Airport in Queensland.
Virgin Australia ceo quits
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Ahead of its proposed public listing, Virgin Australia ceo Jayne Hrdlicka is standing down to ensure her successor can 'see the company through a future IPO and beyond'.
Eve and Yugo ink eVTOL pact
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Eve Air Mobility and Singapore's Yugo Global Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study the potential for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and eVTOL flights in Southeast Asia.
O'Kane new BESydney chair
- MICE News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Professor Mary O’Kane (pictured) has been appointed independent director and chair of the Board of strategic event bidding organisation Business Events Sydney (BESydney) in Australia. It is the second time O’Kane has sat on the BESydney Board, previously serving a nine-year term as an independent director 2008-2018.
Her current three-year term on the Board started 01 February 2024.
Demand for Olympics is on the rise
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Six months ahead of the Olympics taking place in Paris in 2024, some flight searches to France for dates before and after the games - from July 23 to August 15, 2024 - are up 25 per cent compared to the same period last year, IT firm Amadeus says.
TransNusa hits the magic million
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airline, a subsidiary of Linkasia Airlines Group and PT Panca Global International Indonesia, has rebranded as a premium service carrier and says passenger figures are solid.
Singapore welcomes first A-P E-jets simulator
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region's first E-Jets E2 full flight simulator (FFS) is now operational in Singapore.
AA increases US checked bag fees
- BTN News
- Thursday, 22 February 2024
Qantas partner American Airlines (AA) has increased the price of a checked bag on flights from and in the USA.
Scoot opens E2 simulator
- BTN News
- Thursday, 22 February 2024
Singapore Airlines' Scoot will put its new Embraer regional jets into commercial service from May, with the planes deployed primarily within South-east Asia.
Layover Solutions launches AI option
- Health & Leisure
- Thursday, 22 February 2024
Frankfurt, Germany-based technology company Layover Solutions, a new business partner of the airline association BARIG (Board of Airline Representatives in Germany), has developed an AI-supported measure for layover management.
2024 ABPCO Festival of Learning program set to go
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) has finalised the 2024 ABPCO Festival of Learning program, to take place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow 29-30 April under the theme, 'Fit for the Future'.
Tibet Air orders Comac jets
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
China's C919 jet, manufactured by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), currently is flown by China Eastern Airlines, but state-owned Tibet Airlines has just ordered 40 of the planes, plus 10 of Comac's smaller ARJ21 regional jets.
Lufthansa warns on strike impact
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Germany's Lufthansa says as many as 25,000 members of the Ver.di union working for Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo in Germany are on strike until Wednesday, February 21, with staff from different areas of the business on strike at different times.
Duo buy Cessna SkyCourier for Australian services
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Textron Aviation and Hinterland Aviation are buying the first Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine 19-passenger variant in Australia to operate from Hinterland's Cairns Airport in Queensland.
Virgin Australia ceo quits
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Ahead of its proposed public listing, Virgin Australia ceo Jayne Hrdlicka is standing down to ensure her successor can 'see the company through a future IPO and beyond'.
Eve and Yugo ink eVTOL pact
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Eve Air Mobility and Singapore's Yugo Global Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study the potential for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and eVTOL flights in Southeast Asia.
O'Kane new BESydney chair
- MICE News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Professor Mary O’Kane (pictured) has been appointed independent director and chair of the Board of strategic event bidding organisation Business Events Sydney (BESydney) in Australia. It is the second time O’Kane has sat on the BESydney Board, previously serving a nine-year term as an independent director 2008-2018.
Her current three-year term on the Board started 01 February 2024.
Demand for Olympics is on the rise
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Six months ahead of the Olympics taking place in Paris in 2024, some flight searches to France for dates before and after the games - from July 23 to August 15, 2024 - are up 25 per cent compared to the same period last year, IT firm Amadeus says.
TransNusa hits the magic million
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airline, a subsidiary of Linkasia Airlines Group and PT Panca Global International Indonesia, has rebranded as a premium service carrier and says passenger figures are solid.
Singapore welcomes first A-P E-jets simulator
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 20 February 2024
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region's first E-Jets E2 full flight simulator (FFS) is now operational in Singapore.
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