Lufthansa Thursday said operating profits will rise this year due to higher demand and prices for passenger and freight traffic as well as continued cost cutting and synergies from airlines it has acquired.”Overall, the momentum behind the performance of our business in recent months has further...

Virgin Atlantic has released a new brand identity across its 38 aircraft fleet, working with London-based design consultancy Johnson Banks on the new positioning.Johnson Banks partnered with the Virgin Atlantic in-house brand design team, led by Joe Ferry and Nina Jenkins.The Virgin Atlantic name, previously...

Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading commercial airline has introduced its new Airbus A330-200 aircraft onto its daily flights to Lagos-Johannesburg route commencing on 23rd July, replacing the Boeing B737-800 aircraft hitherto flying between the two cities. The A330-200 is a two-engine aircraft and an environmentally-friendly...

Air Berlin is already in talks to add code-share agreements with more Oneworld carriers following the German airline’s decision to join the alliance and code share with American Airlines and Finnair.Air Berlin CEO Joachim Hunold says discussions were held today with British Airways and Iberia. The...

American Airlines said Tuesday it asked U.S. officials for permission to add flights to Brazil in place of slots that Delta Air Lines is giving up.AMR Corp.’s American Airlines said it could use the openings to fly nonstop between Miami and Brasilia beginning Nov. 18, and between Dallas-Fort Worth...

In honour of the Shanghai World Expo, Finnair will serve traditional crayfish on its flights to Shanghai-Helsinki-. The crayfish service in Business Class starts on 6 August and continues until 27 August 2010.Passengers in Business Class are offered four freshwater crayfish, caught in the Finnish lake...

Malaysia Airlines plans to double the number of flights to India to 60 per day from 30 at present by 2012 and is eyeing over 20 per cent growth in the Indian aviation market, a senior official of the airline said. “We have ordered several aircrafts, including A-380 of Airbus and will keep on adding...

Qatar Airways started its flights to Sao Paulo and the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires joined the airline’s growing list of destinations last month, reports K S Sreekumar.The global network of Qatar Airways has thus grown up to 92 points, served worldwide and covering six continents.The two new...

Emirates airline is upping the tempo as it prepares to launch flights to Dakar, a West African city famous for its vibrant music scene. The airline has taken its message to the Senegalese capital that its direct service to Dubai is now just five weeks away. The new service, starting on 1st September,...

Both the Federal Government and the United States (U.S.) have issued new guidelines to cargo flights to Nigeria from the U.S. The idea is to forestall the importation of dangerous weapons, goods and other contrabands that are likely to be shipped into the country.A top official of Nigerian Customs Service...

Air Nigeria has introduced a special promotion to reward its eagleflier members who book and pay as well as check in for their flights using the online portal.With the introduction of the promotional offer, eagleflier members who quote their frequent flyer number at the point of online reservation will...

SOUTH African Airways country manager Vincent Mupwaya has said Zambia has recorded an increase in the number of tourists who took flights to Zambia during the World Cup.And Mupwaya said South African Airways was organising 15 top tour operators from Nigeria to come and sample tourism in Zambia.During...

Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo’s capital city will be connected on the Air Nigeria’s regional route network from 8th of August thereby bringing the airline’s present regional operational coverage in the West coast and Central African region to 9 countries. The additional regional route expansion...