Emirates will introduce a new nonstop service between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Dubai from June 1, 2018, adding to its existing daily flight which operates with a stop in Athens, Greece. The new nonstop service will be operated with an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER, offering 8 suites in First...
The Lufthansa Group is driving forward the standardization of its Airbus A320 fleet: Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa and Swiss International are developing a standard specification for the Airbus A320 fleet. At the same time, the airline brands will be preserved by a different brand look. The standardization process...
Brussels Airlines, a unit of Lufthansa, has introduced a new promo dubbed “Super Fares” in its bid to increase passengers for the Ghana Europe route. The Super Fares which is an Europe promo is ongoing from now until 17 February 2018. Brussels has seen air fares cut down by between 10...
Servair, a leading airline catering and logistics provider in France and Africa, and a member of the Gategroup, has inaugurated its ultramodern catering facility within the precincts of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Covering a surface area of 2,600 metre-square, the unit welcomes 115 employees and has the capacity...
Aviation Minister, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has sent strong words of caution to British Airways (BA) as passenger complaints over treatments they receive from the airline continue to be on the increase. She said the airliner risks facing some sanction if those complaints were not addressed with utmost urgency. “If I...
South African Airways (SAA) and TAAG Angola Airlines have reached a code-share agreement on their direct flights between Johannesburg and Luanda and Cape Town and Luanda, despite a long-overdue debt of more than R1bn for airline tickets between SAA and a number of southern African countries, including Angola. Under a...
Amandi Holding Limited, contractors working on the Ho Airport project, will officially hand over the facility to government in March, this year. This follows the completion of work on the $25 million project funded by the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) to boost economic activities and tourism in the Volta...
The increase in ‘no-shows’ recorded by airlines operating in Ghana has led to an increase in overbookings by airlines as they strategise to avoid flying empty planes to various destinations around the world. A "no-show" refers to when a passenger - someone who has purchased a ticket - has not...
TAP Air Portugal carried 21.7 percent more people in 2017 than in the previous year, reaching an aggregate of 14.274 million passengers by the end of December, 2.55 million more than the previous year’s figure. The growth in load factor, regarding the seats offered in 2017, also increased significantly, by...
  Ethiopian Airlines is set to launch direct thrice weekly service to Geneva, Switzerland on June 3, 2018. Hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world including the headquarters of many of the agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross, Geneva is a global city and center...