Airlines
PlaneMapper news section contains aircraft industry, accidents and travel related news articles.
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British Airways to Close Open Skies
British Airways announced it is shutting down its 10-year-old subsidiary, OpenSkies, currently flying between Paris and New York. IAG, BA parent...
December 5, 2017 -
Lufthansa Certified as 5-Star Airline
Lufthansa was certified by the international air transport rating organisation SKYTRAX with the highest 5-Star Airline rating. SKYTRAX bestowed the...
December 5, 2017 -
American Airlines Finds Pilots to Staff December Flights
American Airlines Group announced it had found aviators to staff all but "a few hundred" of its flights during the holiday season, easing concerns of...
December 3, 2017 -
Generous American Airlines Software Gives Pilots Too Much Time Off Over Christmas
The largest airline in the world could be forced to ground thousands of its flights over the festive period after allowing too many of its pilots...
November 30, 2017 -
Merger Unveiled Between SA Airlink and Safair
Independent airline companies Safair and SA Airlink revealed plans for a merger in which Airlink to acquire Safair. In a joint statement the...
November 28, 2017 -
Sky Airline Signs $600M Agreement with GE Aviation
GE Aviation, which is a division of General Electric Co., has landed part of a US$600 million contract with Sky Airline, Chile. GE Aviation will...
November 24, 2017 -
United Airlines Adds Flights Between Fresno and Chicago
Starting June 2018, United Airlines adds daily summertime nonstop flights between Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and Fresno...
November 21, 2017 -
British Airways Passengers Who Pay Least Board Last
Passengers will soon be boarding the planes of British Airways according to how much they paid for the flights. From December, those who pay the...
November 20, 2017 -
American Airlines Adds Direct Service to Iceland
American Airlines unveiled plans to add direct service to Iceland in 2018 summer. The service to Iceland will start on June 7 from airline's Dallas...
November 19, 2017 -
Emirates Buys 40 Boeing Dreamliners
Dubai Air Show opened on Sunday, November 12, with hometown long-haul carrier Emirates Airlines making a US$15.1 billion buy of American-made Boeing...
November 13, 2017 -
United Says Goodbye to Boeing 747
United Airlines flew passengers on Boeing 747 for the last time yesterday, November 7. The carrier operated the last, specially scheduled...
November 8, 2017 -
Emirates Airlines Removes First Class Seats
In a not surprising move, a popular airline decided to do away with first class seats and replace them with tight rows of economy class. Emirates...
November 4, 2017