Etihad deploys new aircraft to Washington
ETIHAD Airways has deployed a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its daily
Washington, D.C. service. The aircraft is configured with eight first
suites, 28 business studios and 199 economy smart seats. James
Hogan, president and ceo of Etihad, says: “We have customised
the aircraft with the world’s most innovative and sophisticated first-,
business- and economy-class cabins, providing our guests with
superior levels of comfort and attention to detail not previously
enjoyed by the modern air traveller.
US Airways and American to operate as one
AMERICAN Airlines and US Airways will both operate under
‘American’, after the Federal Aviation Administration awarded the
airlines a single operating certificate, a major milestone since
they announced their intention to merge 18 months ago. Effective
immediately, most flight operations, maintenance and dispatch
procedures will be identical for all flights. Customers will continue to
check in for their flights on aa.com, usairways.com, or at American or
US Airways ticket counters until later this year when American moves
to a single reservations system.
Delta expands South American network
DELTA will launch services from Atlanta to Medellin and Cartagena
in Colombia on December 19, subject to government approval. The
airline already offers services from Atlanta and New York to the
Colombian capital, Bogota. Meanwhile, in its bid to further increase
its Latin American network, Delta and fellow SkyTeam member,
Grupo Aeromexico, have filed an application with the US Department
of Transportation seeking antitrust immunity for a new US$1,5bn
(R18bn) joint venture on flights between the US and Mexico.
New terminal coming to Frankfurt
A NEW Terminal 3 will be constructed at Frankfurt Airport this year.
Construction of the terminal is scheduled to take place over a period
of seven years with it expected to become operational in 2022.
Singapore to upgrade airport facilities
CHANGI Airport in Singapore will revamp its Terminal 1 check-in hall,
baggage-handling system and arrival immigration hall. Renovations
began last month and are expected to be completed by 2019. The
check-in counters in the departure hall will see two new check-in
rows installed to increase passenger handling capacity. The baggagehandling
system will be upgraded from a semi-automated to fully
automated system, as in the other terminals, to better support the
implementation of self-check-in and self-bag-drop functions at T1
and early check-in facilities.
