Airline news
Etihad Buys Stake In Virgin Australia
Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi’s flag carrier which is on an expansion spree, said it has acquired a 4 percent stake in Virgin Australia through the stock market, deepening its alliance with the Australian airline. The stake h...
Lufthansa Conducts Inaugural Flight of World’s First Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Passenger Aircraft from Frankfurt to Washington, D.C.
Lufthansa, launch customer for the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental, initiated commercial service of the new Jumbo jet along the inaugural route of Frankfurt (FRA) to Washington, D.C.’s Dulles International Airpo...
WestJet Launches Flights Between Toronto Pearson and LaGuardia Airport
WestJet today announced the launch of new non-stop service seven times daily on weekdays between Toronto and New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. The airline will add an eighth daily weekday flight beginning July 12. Throug...
Dana Air – Plane Crash In Nigeria killing all passengers dead
A passenger plane crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, on Sunday, killing all 147 people on board, the airline said. President Goodluck Jonathan declared three days of national mournin...
Lufthansa introduction New Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
On Thursday the 31 th of May Bt Magazine.nl was invited to visit Lufthansa’s 380 hangar 7 at Frankfurt Main Airport, to have a look at there brand new Queen of the Skies, the First Commercial Boeing 747-8. Lufthansa is th...
Turkish Airlines Abandons Talks With LOT
Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines said on Friday it had withdrawn from talks for a possible partnership with Poland’s LOT. Last month, Turkish Airlines’ chief executive Temel Kotil had confirme...
