Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company EVLFY has signed a memorandum of understanding with Al Shaheen Aviation, the aviation division of YAS Holding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The MoU was signed at the Dubai Air Show 2023 and will see...
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Frontier opens crew base in Dallas
Frontier Airlines has opened a crew base at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. “We are thrilled to celebrate this historic occasion for Frontier and DFW,” said Barry Biffle, president and chief executive of, Frontier Airlines. The site is expected to host up to...
HKIA records 24 times increase in April 2023 passenger traffic Y-o-Y
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 3.1 million passengers recording 24 times increase over the April 2022 numbers. The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) published the air traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for April 2023. Flight...
Pilots to picket FedEx’s air ops hub
FedEx pilots are to picket their employer's air operations centre in Memphis on May 24. According to the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the pilots' one-hour picket will be to "demonstrate their collective resolve and continued frustration with the lack of...
Ontario International expecting 7% summer passenger traffic rise
Ontario International Airport is expecting more than 1.8 million passengers between May 26 and September 4, in what would amount to a 7% increase on 2022. If traffic ends up as expected, the airport will end up handling 13% more passengers compared to the same period...
Supernova Airlines completes its first flight
Supernova Airlines, a subsidiary of the Nova Poshta group of companies, has completed its first flight on the Riga-Gdańsk-Riga route. The aircraft transported 7 tons of international parcels from Nova Poshta from Riga International Airport to Gdańsk, Poland. Later,...
Triumph announces GE deal for Leap engine gearboxes
Triumph's Geared Solutions business has agreed a long term deal General Electric (GE Aerospace) for the inlet gearboxes in LEAP-1A, LEAP-1B and LEAP-1C engines. This work will be done at Triumph's facility in Macomb, Michigan, and will see the two companies extend a...
United expands at Denver International
United Airlines is adding 35 flights, six routes ,12 new gates and three clubs to its Denver International Airport operations. The new routes include Dayton, Greensboro, Lexington and San Juan, Puerto Rico, four destinations that are not served out of Denver by other...
Korean and JFK’s new T1 announce tie-up
John F. Kennedy International Airport's New Terminal One (NTO) has announced a partnership with Korean Air. The deal will allow Korean Air give passengers "a transformed premium in-terminal experience to match its award-winning in-flight service", according to NTO....
Ethiopian Cargo partners with cargo.one for digital transformation and boosting global sales
Ethiopian Cargo has partnered with cargo.one to boost its digital sales, empower its digital transformation and unlock the global sales potential. Ethiopian cargo's capacities will now be offered on the air cargo booking marketplace while cargo.one can enhance access...
Sydney Airport records strong recovery in April
A total of 3,090,000 passengers passed through Sydney Airport in April 2023, representing an 83.9% recovery compared to pre-pandemic April 2019. Domestic passenger traffic increased 1.2% year-on-year with 1,963,000 travellers through the terminals in April recording...
Condor to launch direct flights to Sphinx International Airport
Condor is all set to launch direct flights connecting Frankfurt to Sphinx International Airport, twice weekly. The newly built Sphinx International Airport (SPX) is located on the western edge of cairo and makes it easier and convenient for tourists to visit the...