Juneyao to join Star Alliance
- BTN News
- Monday, 10 October 2016
China's Juneyao Airlines plans joining Star Alliance as a connecting partner (and not a full member) ahead of opening routes to Australia, North America and Europe by 2020.
Turkish defers jet deliveries
- BTN News
- Monday, 10 October 2016
Turkish Airlines plans to postpone deliveries of 39 Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets following a downturn in business related to terror attacks in Istanbul and Europe.
India moves to step up airport security
- BTN News
- Monday, 10 October 2016
There are no reports of known threats, but India's government has placed airports in four states bordering Pakistan - plus the country's national capital - on high alert as tensions with Pakistan escalate.
Tui delays Air Berlin plan
- BTN News
- Monday, 10 October 2016
Plans by Germany’s Tui Group and Air Berlin to form a new leisure airline have seen industrial action by flight crews force Tui to postpone a decision on the proposals.
Greek traffic controllers strike
- BTN News
- Monday, 10 October 2016
All flights to and from airports in Greece through October 13 have been cancelled due to strike by air traffic controllers protesting a draft bill for a restructuring of civil aviation bodies.
Less-dangerous Matthew hits USA
- BTN News
- Monday, 10 October 2016
Hurricane Matthew dumped more than a foot of rain on the USA's North Carolina on Saturday, with at least 10 dead, a tiny fraction of the 900 or so deaths in Haiti earlier in the week.
ICAO approves CORSIA
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has congratulated states which, under the leadership of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), have achieved an historic agreement to implement a market-based measure that will support airlines’ efforts to achieve carbon neutral growth.
MH370 - wing debris is from the jet
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
A piece of aircraft wing found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius belongs to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Malaysian and Australian officials say.
DoT steps in after men weighed ahead of flight
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
After two American Samoan businessmen filed complaints with the US Department of Transportation because they were weighed ahead of boarding a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to American Samoa, the DoT is investigating the possibility of discrimination by the carrier.
Crossrail biggest engineering project in Europe?
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
In London, UK, the Crossrail project is said to be the biggest engineering project in Europe, with more than 10,000 workers employed at more than 40 construction sites across London and the south east of England.
Qantas keeps food donations going
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
Australia's Qantas has signed to be an ongoing food donor for Australia’s food rescue organisation OzHarvest after a successful one-year trial that resulted in 35 tonnes of food being distributed to people in need.
A team of volunteers at Qantas catering centres in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne has developed a process to collect unused food items from domestic flights for OzHarvest, which on-delivers to a range of charitable organisations.
Air NZ sets dates for wifi
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
Air New Zealand will begin rolling out in-flight wifi on its jet services in 2017.
August passenger growth slows compared to July
- BTN News
- Friday, 07 October 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says August's global passenger traffic demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) climbed 4.6 per cent compared to the year-ago period.
