Bei Bei flies on the FedEx Panda Express

Bei Bei the panda has arrived in Chengdu, China on the specially chartered “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 Freighter. The four-year-old male was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, and is the son of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who reside at the National Zoo in Washington DC. Accompanied by a panda keeper and a […]

Swiss WorldCargo to upgrade USA and Japan flights

Swiss WorldCargo will increase capacity to the USA and Japan with new flights to Osaka and Washington DC, and upgrades to Tokyo and Miami services. The freight division of Swiss International Air Lines will launch the Osaka and Washington flights in March 2020, using an Airbus A340-300 on the former and an Airbus A330-300 on […]

Airlines for America applauds US tax reforms

The industry trade organisation for leading US airlines, Airlines for America (A4A), has welcomed the comprehensive tax reform that will “spur” a new era of US job growth and economic development. “These historic reforms to our nation’s tax code come as welcome news to the industry, the 700,000 workers we employ and the communities we […]

Emirates expands routes around the world

Emirates Airline is to continue expanding around the world in 2016 with extra flights and upgrading aircraft throughout the year. Since the start of January, it has announced new routes to the Philippines, increased and upgraded services to the US, more flights to Switzerland and Greece, and different aircraft for Africa and Australia. From 30 […]

LATAM increases Americas services and plans flights to Africa

LATAM Airlines Group will introduce four new routes in the Americas, to be introduced between December 2015 and January 2016, and is seeking approval for Sao Paulo (Brazil) to Johannesburg (South Africa) services. The group is planning to start three times a week services from Lima to Antofagasta (Chile), operated by LAN Peru from December 2015. […]