Asiana Airlines was named Airline of the Year for 2009 by Air Transport World, the magazine affiliate of this website announced yesterday.
Other winners of ATW’s 35th annual industry achievement awards include Flybe, which was named Regional Airline of the Year, and ILFC Chairman and CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy, who received the Joseph S. Murphy Industry Service [...]
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-300. The aircraft was handed over by Airbus at a delivery ceremony in Toulouse, France, yesterday. It is one of 19 new Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330-300s that the airline will be leasing to tie them over until the purchased Airbus A350s arrive in the coming years. [...]
Kuwaiti start-up carrier Wataniya Airways has unveiled Dubai as its first destination, and will begin operating the route twice-daily from 8 February next year.
The airline will also use as its base Kuwait International Airport’s luxurious Royal Terminal, a new $42 million private aviation facility, rather than the regular commercial building.
Wataniya Airways has been assigned the [...]
Dutch carrier KLM has become the latest airline to adopt a retro-style livery, painting a Boeing 737-800 in a historic scheme to mark the company’s 90th anniversary.
Several airlines argue that they are the world’s oldest, but KLM’s particular claim is to be the oldest airline still operating under its original brand.
It was founded on 7 October [...]
Air France KLM appears to be on the verge of being named a minority partner in the reorganized Alitalia, beating out Lufthansa for the right to purchase a 20%-25% stake, according to widespread press reports from Italy.
Investor group Compagnia Aerea Italia met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday and “explained . . . their [...]
The famous French “barcode” era is coming to a close after 33 years in service on the tails of the Air France fleet. Aerocontact.com, a French aviation website, reports that the Paris-based airline will unveil a new livery for its aircraft (French) in the next few days. The redesign coincides with the airline’s 75th anniversary [...]
With the inaugural Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix scheduled for 1 November Etihad celebrates by re-painting one of its A340-600 aircraft with the F1 livery.
