Five of the top ten airports by growth are in Asia Pacific
CHICAGO, Ill. -The growth in scheduled flights worldwide continues again in February with airlines providing 5% more flights.
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Emirates drops promotion in Qatar for good
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - When Emirates launched their global sales campaign on Boxing Day, travelers from around the world flocked to their travel agents or booked online with up to 25 percent knocked off the cost ...
Carbon footprint less than aviation and car travel
The carbon footprint of high-speed rail can be up to 14 times less carbon intensive than car travel and up to 15 times less than aviation, even when measured over the full life-cycle of planning, ...
Nepalese Tourism Industry
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Lokendra Bista Magar promised to address the bottlenecks of tourism sector on the celebration of thirteen years of Nepal Tourism ...
The aviation industry after 9/11
By Hector Dsouza, eTN India
INDIA (eTN) - Within a few weeks of the devastating effects of attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States of America, four international airlines, including SwissAir, Sabena, and CAN 3000, ...
Establishing Mauritius as a key aviation hub
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - Airports of Mauritius have confirmed that the ongoing work on upgrading the country’s main international airport in Pt.
Team Effort
By eTN Staff Writer
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged cooperation and innovation across the aviation value chain and with governments to take advantage of aviation’s ability to drive ...
IATA urgescooperation and innovation across viation value chain
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged cooperation and innovation across the aviation value chain and with governments to take advantage of aviation’s ability to drive economic ...
Boeing brings services, support closer to Chinese customers
BEIJING, China - Boeing opened a new service center in Beijing today to provide enhanced product support to China's growing commercial aviation industry.
9/11 effect on global airline industry
On September 11, 2001 anyone associated with aviation knew that the industry would never be the same.
Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Aviation and air transport executives from various parts of the world, mostly from the African continent, will be meeting in Tanzania for the seventeenth edition of ...
Statement by AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey
ARLINGTON, Va. - The ongoing FAA shutdown is having a broad and deep negative impact on aviation and our economy.
FAA Furloughs
WASHINGTON - Today, approximately 4,000 employees at the FAA represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), National Air Traffic Controllers Association ...
India and China take top positions
Indonesia’s aviation industry has grown significantly and is even considered one of the world’s top three today after India and China in the Asia Pacific region said the President of the Civil ...
Checkpoint of the Future
Singapore – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) unveiled the first mock-up of a Checkpoint of the Future, designed to enhance security while reducing queues and intrusive searches ...
Airport Ground Handling
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - Recent public utterances by Swissport representatives about the competition over ground-handling contracts met with stiff resistance by other stakeholders.
American Airlines CEO: Another fuel crisis
DALLAS - Just as major airlines have started getting their balance sheets back in order, they're bracing for the impact of skyrocketing oil prices.
Unrest in North Africa and Middle East affects global aviation
GENEVA, Switzerland - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced scheduled international traffic for February 2011 showing increases of 6.0% and 2.3% respectively for ...
East Africa
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - The aviation industry, just recovering from the sharp recession during and after the global financial and economic crisis, is facing another serious threat to the industry’s ability to ...
L. Welch Pogue Award
WASHINGTON - Aviation Week, in partnership with the International Aviation Club of Washington, announced today that Giovanni Bisignani, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport ...
Carsten Spohr Will Step Into Franz Vacated Position
In its meeting today, the supervisory board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed Deutsche Lufthansa AG deputy chairman Christoph Franz as the successor to Wolfgang Mayrhuber as chairman and CEO of ...
Dreamliner Delays
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - As previously reported here, the ongoing delays of the delivery of the B787 to Kenya Airways (KQ) has raised the blood pressure in KQ’s corporate headquarters.
Mitigating Green House Gas Emissions
Tourism is estimated to be responsible for about 5 percent of global carbon emissions.
More Expected Following The Event
VANCOUVER, Canada - The 16th World Routes, hosted by Vancouver International Airport and held in Vancouver, Canada, has drawn to a close.
More than 700 airplanes needed in Africa over 20 years
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Africa will experience steady growth over the next 20 years as air travel in Africa continues to grow with the economy.
Madagascar News
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has sharply criticized the Madagascar authorities over their failure to heed a final deadline given to them to improve aviation ...
Uganda News
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
UGANDA (eTN) - It was learned last week that following the low-key delivery of another CRJ200 aircraft, Air Uganda - in local aviation circles also known as U7 - has added a third daily flight ...
Uganda News
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
UGANDA (eTN) - Alarming news has reached supporters of East Africa’s single publicly-owned aviation academy in Soroti, designated by the East African Community as an educational center of ...
Kenya Catering Employees Face Court
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - As a strike is looming at NAS Airport Services, Kenya’s leading aviation catering firm, several of their employees were produced in court and charged with intent to bring harm to airline ...
