Airliner Focus


Copenhagen Introduces Self-Service Bag Drop

Copenhagen T3

Copenhagen Airport is introducing self-service bag drop facilities for SAS and Norwegian passengers with the aim to make check-in easier and to lower airline costs, … More ››

Brisbane to Gain A380 Service

Emirates A380

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has welcomed airline Emirates’ announcement that it will commence Airbus A380 services on the Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland route from October 2, 2013. The … More ››

Boeing Announces Southwest Airlines as 737 MAX 7 Launch Customer

Etihad 777 flight

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced the launch of the 737 MAX 7, the third member of the 737 MAX family.  Dallas, USA-based carrier Southwest Airlines … More ››

bmi regional Launches Birmingham Routes

bmi Embraer 2

On May 13 Birmingham Airport welcomed the launch of bmi regional, a new full service scheduled airline offering services to Lyon, Toulouse, Gothenburg and Billund … More ››

IATA’s Tony Tyler: Aviation and the Environment

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The remarks of Tony Tyler at the ATAG Environment Workshop in Montreal on May 13, 2013. ATAG is a great reminder of the incredible teamwork … More ››

Norwegian and Virgin Atlantic Cooperate With Dreamliner

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Norwegian Long Haul has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Virgin Atlantic. The agreement enables Norwegian to tap into Virgin Atlantic’s expertise on long-haul … More ››

Birmingham Airport Maintains Track-Keeping Performance

Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport has maintained its “excellent” track-keeping performance, with 99% of all departing aircraft staying ‘on track’ in 2012, beating its annual target of 95%. … More ››

Innovative solution to cut fuel costs for aircraft taxiing

H.H.Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum speaking at the inaugural GALF.  (Airport Show)

  An aircraft spends an average of 21 minutes taxiing the runway TaxiBOTs to cut taxiing time by three-fourth Field tests carried out on B747s … More ››

Qatar Airways Resumes 787 Services

Pic 1 The first Qatar Airways 787 Dreamliner to resume service

Qatar Airways has resumed its Boeing 787 services after a worldwide grounding of the aircraft in January. The airline’s first Boeing 787 to be redeployed … More ››

Vivienne Westwood Designs Virgin’s new Uniform

Viv Westwood & Sir Richard Branson

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is partnering with leading British designer Vivienne Westwood to redesign its iconic red uniform.  The collaboration between the two … More ››