On time for United Airlines

United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) closed out a record-breaking November with the best on-time performance since reporting to the Department of Transportation began in October 1987. United also…

Jet and United codeshare

Indian airline Jet Airways has entered a codeshare agreement with United Airlines. Under the deal, Jet will place its 9W code on United's flights operating between London and five US…

United orders 50 new planes

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today announced a significant investment in the company's future with a widebody aircraft order that will enable the carrier to…

How September 11 changed air travel

Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist event that forever changed air travel, and I thought what better way to commemorate this day than by remembering what air travel was…

Dave Hilfman interim head of GBTA

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has named travel industry leader Dave Hilfman as its interim executive director. Hilfman, who retired from United Airlines as senior vice…

A journey ‘Into America’s Wild’

‘Into America’s Wild’, the new 3D documentary for exhibition in IMAX and giant-screen theatres, will take viewers on an incredible journey through the nation’s most iconic wilderness…

IndiGo appoints Ronojoy Dutta as CEO

Ronojoy Dutta has been re-designated as a whole-time director and chief executive officer of InterGlobe Aviation with immediate effect. The decision was taken unanimously by the board of…

美联航计划开通纽约-东京羽田航班

近日,美联航(United Airlines)已经递交申请,欲开通纽约-东京新航线。 总部位于美国德美联航周四表示,计划开通纽瓦克国际机场-东京羽田机场航线,但并未公布具体航班时间和开通日期。 美联航目前执飞纽瓦克至东京成田机场的航班。 “美联航希望能加强作为全球商贸文化中心的两座城市的连接,并为旅客往返中美提供更多的选择,”美联航管制政策副总裁Steve…

美联航生物燃料首航成功

3月11日,美国联合航空公司(United Airlines)首次使用可再生能源用作飞机燃料,正式首飞成功。 11日一架从洛杉矶飞往旧金山并使用生物燃料的美联航航班,LAX和美联航成为美国首个在商务航班中使用生物燃料的机场和航空公司。在全世界范围内,LAX是继挪威的奥斯陆加勒穆恩机场之后第二个使用生物燃料的机场。…

新西兰航空、美航签订收入共享契约

新西兰航空(Air New Zealand)和美联航(United Airlines)签订了一份收入共享契约,将在新西兰与美国之间的航线上生效。 在这份合作协议下,两家公司将共同宣传并售卖对方的新西兰-美国航班,并将扩张国内的支线业务。 这项协议将在今年7月1日旧金山-奥克兰航线开通后正式生效。…

美联航全梦想客机飞往澳洲、新西兰

今年,美国联合航空(United Airlines)将开始在所有前往澳大利亚、新西兰的航线上使用波音787梦想客机。 2016年是美联航飞往澳大利亚首航30周年,值此之机美联航将替换掉目前执飞洛杉矶-悉尼、旧金山、悉尼的B777-200,取而代之使用波音787-9梦想客机。飞机的更换将分别在3月27日和3月28日。 波音787-9飞机已经在执飞美联航的墨尔本-洛杉矶航线。…

美联航开通新加坡航线

美联航(United Airlines)近日表示,将开通旧金山-新加坡直航航线。 7月1日开始,新航班将使用美联航252座的波音787-9梦想客机执飞,客机提供商务舱48座、高端经济舱88座以及经济舱116座。所有乘客都可以使用机上WiFi和座位上的充电器。…

中国联合航空受处分 飞行时间被缩减

中国联合航空(China United Airlines),中国东方航空旗下的低成本航空公司,因接连发生多起不安全事件遭民航华北局处罚。9月1日起,其飞行时间将被勒令缩减10%,并暂停一切新增航线、航班和加班包机的申请。 民航局对中联航的制裁源于中联行不安全事件的频发,特别是6、7月份连续发生3起严重违规违章事件——“6.14机组在航班运行期间发生肢体冲突”…

东航开通上海-芝加哥航线

中国东方航空近日申请了开通往返上海-芝加哥的直航航班。 在中国民航局网站上的一份申明显示,中国东方航空申请于10月开通日航往返于上海浦东国际机场和芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场的航班。 东航将使用全新的波音777-300ER飞机执飞此条航线,该飞机以三舱布局总共提供316个座位,包括6个头等舱座位、52个商务舱座位以及258座经济舱。…

Urumqi Airport T1 to reopen

Authorities at Urumqi's Diwopu International Airport, in northwest China's Xinjiang region, have decided to reopen the old Terminal 1 in an effort to ease congestion. T1 was first…

New appointments

MARK MEEHAN has been appointed managing director for Asia Pacific at Travelport. He brings with him over 15 years with the business. In his role as managing director for Africa, Meehan…

Appointments

Melisa Raffaelli has been promoted to director of sales at the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh. Raffaelli has worked at the hotel since 2002 where she started as a…

Asian aviation briefs

THAI Smile launches Mandalay flights Thai Airways' regional carrier, THAI Smile, has launched a new route to Myanmar. The carrier took off from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport on…