Taking a cue from Olympic swimwear manufacturers, engineers at plane maker Airbus and Germany's Lufthansa saya coating for aircraft wings that reduces airflow resistance has been developed at Hamburg's ZAL Centre of Applied Aeronautical Research. It means airlines will burn less fuel when flying and reduce emissions.
The advance of budget carriers across the Atlantic continues. Until November this year at least, Lufthansa offshoot Eurowings is to offer a Cologne/Bonn-Las Vegas service operating twice a week. In-flight services will include wifi and the Wings entertain media system.
Low-cost Thailand carriers Thai Vietjet Air and Thai Lion Air are to start flights to Taiwan, according to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).
German carrier Lufthansa is to roll out Amadeus Airport Pay at 170 airports, a system that can be used by airlines, ground handlers and banks world wide via EMV chip card payments.
Auckland has been named the top meetings and conference destination in Australasia at the 2017 World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia, announced in Shanghai.
Air NZ www.airnewzealand.co.nz is boosting its Auckland/Samoa services, adding at least 14,500 extra seats annually.
The US government is considering widening its ban on larger personal electronic devices (PEDs) in the cabins of aircraft to an additional 71 airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Jetstar Pacific Airlines plans direct flights from Hanoi and Da Nang in Vietnam to Osaka in Japan from early September 2017 with four return flights from each city using Airbus A320 jets.
Quito, Ecuador is to host the 2017 edition of Connections Meetings, bringing together about 80 leaders from the meetings travel industry plus MICE buyers from all over the world July 2-5.
Some 47 per cent of US on-line shopping today is from international retailers, a UPS study has found.
In recent years, terror attacks in Europe (and elsewhere) have prompted a temporary dip in airline bookings for flights to the affected cities and countries, but the latest round of attacks in the UK have not had the same impact.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has indicated jobs cuts are coming, with some roles becoming “irrelevant” as it embarks on a “radical review” of its business, according to chief executive Goh Choon Phong.
US airlines will continue to comply with emissions limitation plans including the one brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that seeks to curb greenhouse gases from international flights.
Taking a cue from Olympic swimwear manufacturers, engineers at plane maker Airbus and Germany's Lufthansa saya coating for aircraft wings that reduces airflow resistance has been developed at Hamburg's ZAL Centre of Applied Aeronautical Research. It means airlines will burn less fuel when flying and reduce emissions.
The advance of budget carriers across the Atlantic continues. Until November this year at least, Lufthansa offshoot Eurowings is to offer a Cologne/Bonn-Las Vegas service operating twice a week. In-flight services will include wifi and the Wings entertain media system.
Low-cost Thailand carriers Thai Vietjet Air and Thai Lion Air are to start flights to Taiwan, according to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).
German carrier Lufthansa is to roll out Amadeus Airport Pay at 170 airports, a system that can be used by airlines, ground handlers and banks world wide via EMV chip card payments.
Auckland has been named the top meetings and conference destination in Australasia at the 2017 World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia, announced in Shanghai.
Air NZ www.airnewzealand.co.nz is boosting its Auckland/Samoa services, adding at least 14,500 extra seats annually.
The US government is considering widening its ban on larger personal electronic devices (PEDs) in the cabins of aircraft to an additional 71 airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Jetstar Pacific Airlines plans direct flights from Hanoi and Da Nang in Vietnam to Osaka in Japan from early September 2017 with four return flights from each city using Airbus A320 jets.
Quito, Ecuador is to host the 2017 edition of Connections Meetings, bringing together about 80 leaders from the meetings travel industry plus MICE buyers from all over the world July 2-5.
Some 47 per cent of US on-line shopping today is from international retailers, a UPS study has found.
In recent years, terror attacks in Europe (and elsewhere) have prompted a temporary dip in airline bookings for flights to the affected cities and countries, but the latest round of attacks in the UK have not had the same impact.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has indicated jobs cuts are coming, with some roles becoming “irrelevant” as it embarks on a “radical review” of its business, according to chief executive Goh Choon Phong.
US airlines will continue to comply with emissions limitation plans including the one brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that seeks to curb greenhouse gases from international flights.
