Passenger Aviation

'Travel with a smaller footprint' - Trip.com and Etihad offer travellers free flight carbon offsetting

* Trip.com users to get free carbon offsetting on selected Etihad flights in month-long campaign * Emissions to be offset through Etihad's certified Corporate Conscious Choices offsetting program * Sustainable campaign to build on evolving consumer climate awareness and corporate action SIN...

2022-04-22 18:00 5384

Confusing health requirements are stopping passengers from flying

An international survey of people in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the Gulf reveals widespread confusion around health requirements for air travel, and fears that the aviation sector is not prepared for another global health crisis * Many people in every country surveyed sa...

2022-04-22 02:45 6417

WorldTicket and Deutsche Bahn Partner to Provide Seamless Multimodal Itineraries including Air and Rail Across Europe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldTicket (W2), a leading global provider of passenger service systems and distribution technology to airlines, has partnered with Deutsche Bahn,Europe's largest railway operator, to make it easier for travellers to seamlessly book rail and ai...

2022-04-20 13:01 3011

GENERAL AUTHORITY OF CIVIL AVIATION: SAUDI ARABIA TO TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF AVIATION

Global leaders will attend the Inaugural 'Future Aviation Forum' 9th May 2022 in Riyadh RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global aviation leaders will unite inRiyadh for Saudi Arabia's first-ever Future Aviation Forum. The two-day event, happeningMay 9th, will unite leaders fro...

2022-03-29 17:00 3910

Saudi Arabia reopens visa on arrival for US, UK and Schengen visa holders

* Returns Saudi to pre-pandemic levels of openness * Visa-on-arrival available for citizens of countries eligible for e-visa * No proof of vaccination or PCR test required for entry * Quarantine requirement eliminated RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Saudi Arabian go...

2022-03-25 21:58 10121

Rossell Techsys and Knight Aerospace Team Up to Deliver New Solutions

- Offering Next Generation Air Transportable Galley/Lavatory (NG-ATGL), Aeromedical and VIP Modular Solutions and Palletised Seating Systems for the Indian Aerospace Market. BANGALORE, India, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Knight Aerospace and Rossell Techsys have teamed up to provide quick-chan...

2022-03-24 10:30 9877

KLM resumes flights to Bali

SINGAPORE, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has resumed flights toBali for the first time since April 2020. The first flight from Amsterdam, with a stop in Singapore arrived at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport on 9th March 2022. KLM will operate two flights a wee...

2022-03-17 13:27 3335

utu Partners KrisFlyer to Empower Travellers to Receive More Tax Refunds in Miles

SINGAPORE, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- utu , a Singapore -headquartered start-up on a mission to transform tax-free shopping worldwide by returning control and ownership to the consumer, has partnered with KrisFlyer to offer travellers upsized VAT refunds in 50 countries wo...

2022-03-10 09:30 4803

Volocopter Raises USD 170 million in First Signing of Series E Financing Round

BRUCHSAL, Germany, March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has raised USD 170 million in the initial signing of its Series E funding round led by South Korean investor WP Investment, at a pre-money valuation ofUSD 1.7 billion. Composed of funds by new and exis...

2022-03-04 15:30 3476

Priority Pass Adds 183 New Lounges and Experiences In 2021

* Leading airport lounge and experiences programme adds 134 new premium lounges and 49 new experiences to network in 2021 * Reveals it has at least one experience covering 95% of all international flights, from the 100 busiest airports globally * Priority Pass drives premium travel experienc...

2022-01-27 12:12 4491

Boom Supersonic Selects Greensboro, North Carolina for First Supersonic Airliner Manufacturing Facility

DENVER, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest and most sustainable supersonic airliner, today announced it has selected the Piedmont Triad International Airport inGreensboro, North Carolina as the site of its first full-scale manufacturing faci...

2022-01-27 03:30 3098

Flying Car Certified to Fly! - Civil Aviation Authority issues AirCar the Certificate of Airworthiness

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AirCar  the dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle has been issued the officialCertificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority, following the successful completion of 70 hours of rigorous flight testing com...

2022-01-24 17:13 2854

Travel Apartheid: The World's Most and Least Powerful Passports for 2022

LONDON, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest results from the Henley Passport Index  show record-breaking levels of travel freedom for top-ranking nationsJapan and Singapore, but also the widest recorded global mobility gap since the index's incep...

2022-01-11 16:00 3594

First commercial airline flight using 100% drop-in SAF enabled by technology from Virent and Johnson Matthey

LONDON, Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In an historic first for the aviation industry, a passenger carrying commercial aircraft has flown using 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in one of its two engines. The BioForming® process, invented by Virent, a renewable fuels and chemicals techn...

2021-12-10 03:43 4603

NEOM and Volocopter establish joint venture to create the world's first bespoke public eVTOL mobility system

NEOM, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NEOM, the smart and sustainable regional development in northwestSaudi Arabia and Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, have established a joint venture (JV) company to design, implement, and operate the world's first bespoke public vertic...

2021-12-01 19:54 3455

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is celebrating 70 years of continuous flights between Amsterdam and the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On 5th December 2021, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is celebrating 70 years of continuous flights between Amsterdam and the Philippines. KLM launched flights to Manila in 1951 w...

2021-12-01 14:02 4901

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Germany: Transaction process started

HAHN, Germany, Nov. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The provisional insolvency administrator of the companies of the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group, Dr Jan Markus Plathner, has commissioned the renowned Düsseldorf-based M&A consultancy Falkensteg to look for one or more investors for the German Frankfurt-...

2021-11-24 18:29 5825

Singapore's JetQuay CIP Terminal is Digitally Transforming its suite of Airport services by partnering with HokuApps to deliver a Next-gen Travel Experience

SINGAPORE, Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- JetQuay CIP Terminal , an elite, dedicated terminal at Singapore Changi Airport that provides world-class personalized meet and greet services, is excited to announce that it has selectedHokuApps , a ...

2021-11-23 21:07 3635

Improvements in Flight Operations Expediting Global Commercial Avionics Market Growth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis of the global commercial avionics industry finds that airlines' increasing focus on improving flight operations is expediting market growth. Digital glass displays, connected flight management systems, and HUD (h...

2021-11-17 21:38 2648

Volocopter Conducts South Korea's First Crewed Public Air Taxi Test Flight

BRUCHSAL, Germany, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- German urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer,Volocopter , has completed the first test flight with its 2X aircraft inSeoul, South Korea. It was the first ever crewed public test flight of a fully electric vertical take-off a...

2021-11-11 15:41 3814
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