Spanish airline, Iberia has been fined €25,000 for making new female cabin crew take pregnancy tests. The airline argued it was looking after the wel…
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News Roundup – 05th July 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
It looks like flying from the Middle East to the United States is going to get much easier. Since the U.S. Laptop Ban was introduced in March, custom…
News Roundup – 28th June 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
British Airways is facing, even more, disruption as the biggest staff walkout since 2010 is set to get underway beginning Saturday 01st July. The air…
News Roundup – 20th June 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
American Airlines has reacted to a furious customer backlash and abandoned plans to reduce seat pitch to just 29 inches in Economy Class on its new Bo…
News Roundup – 14th June 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
This week there was speculation that Emirates would bolster its own fleet and aircraft manufacturer Airbus’ fortunes by ordering a further 20 A3…
News Roundup – 07th June 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Emirates has made a major U-turn on the wearing of flag pins by its Cabin Crew. Last week, the airline ordered its Taiwanese crew to wear a China fla…
News Roundup – 31st May 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Emirates has finally announced what many industry commentators have speculated upon for ages – A new First Class suite for the airline’s B…
News Roundup – 25th May 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
The parent company of British Airways has expressed its displeasure with what it sees as an unnecessary plan to extend Heathrow Airport, the airline&#…
News Roundup – 16th May 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Singapore Airlines could be about to restart services to Los Angeles and Newark with an aircraft that doesn’t include an Economy Class cabin. T…
News Roundup – 09th May 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
It’s been an expensive week for Etihad Airways. Hidden on page 154 of Air Berlin’s annual report, came the revelation that Etihad had pum…
News Roundup – 02nd May 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
It’s been an eventful week for British Airways. First the good news – the airline plans to spend $65 million USD upgrading its space at T…
News Roundup – 25th April 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
The terrible financials facing Emirates at the moment hasn’t stopped it from scooping up awards. Yesterday, the mega carrier won four more acco…
News Roundup – 18th April 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Qatar Airways is pushing ahead with plans to introduce an entirely new Indian airline. The carrier will be 100% foreign-owned, taking advantage of ne…
News Roundup – 12th April 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
It seems like you can’t escape the news about the passenger forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago this week – and just…
News Roundup – 05th April 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
This week, British Airways has been accused of some rather dreadful treatment of an elderly passenger flying with the carrier from Los Angeles to Lond…
News Roundup – 29th March 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Aeroplanes don’t make money when they’re not flying – so imagine the anger at United Airlines, who have been forced to put two brand…
News Roundup – 22nd March 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
A new U.S. ban on electrical devices on certain direct flights to the United States made headlines this week but that wasn’t the only airline ne…
News Roundup – 15th March 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Turkish Airlines has had a torrid 12-months but its Chairman has delivered an upbeat assessment of the carriers future. He hopes that Turkish will be…
News Roundup – 08th March 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Virgin Australia has announced that it won’t be starting a service between Perth and Abu Dhabi as was originally planned. Instead, the carrier …
News Roundup – 01st March 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
It was a busy week for Qantas as the airline admitted that profits had dropped 7.5% in the six months to the end of December 2016. But as a cost savi…
News Roundup – 22nd February 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Is the American Airlines new uniform crisis about to take a new turn? The President of AA has hinted that they have a new remedy in the works. Elsew…
News Roundup – 15th February 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Does Emirates get an unfair advantage in state subsidies? That’s the issue that has been raging again this week. As three major U.S. airlines …
News Roundup – 07th February 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
What more proof could you need that global air connectivity is getting better. Qatar Airways has just launched the world’s longest flight from …
News Roundup – 31st January 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Things are looking up for Etihad Airways. Despite recent problems besetting the airline, its home airport reported an increase of 5.1% in passenger t…
News Roundup – 24th January 2016. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Emirates have launched environmentally friendly new blankets in economy, as they give all customers the opportunity to enjoy their luxury lounges in D…
News Roundup – 17th January 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
From 19th January 2017, cabin crew at British Airways are set to strike for the second time over allegations it pays it new crew ‘poverty pay…
News Roundup – 10th January 2017. A Summary of Airline News from the Past Week
Dubai International Airport continues to grow with news that passenger traffic was up 9% in November 2016 – Helped along by new routes and an in…
