ICAO Museum Opens To The Public
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ICAO Museum Opens To The Public

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced the official public opening of its international civil aviation museum on 03 Nov 15. The new facility is located in the main lobby of ICAO Headquarters at 999 Boulevard Robert Bourassa in Montréal. Walking through different time periods related to milestones of ICAO’s work, visitors to the new…

ICAO Launches New Aircraft Tracking Website

ICAO Launches New Aircraft Tracking Website

Montréal,  22 September 2015 – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced the launch today of its new centralized online information area for aircraft tracking developments. The new aircraft tracking information area, available on the ICAO Public Website, provides a detailed timeline and all supporting reports and documentation relating to the call for and realization…

ICAO Confirms New E-Cigarette Restrictions On Aircrafts

ICAO Confirms New E-Cigarette Restrictions On Aircrafts

MONTRÉAL, 15 June 2015 – The International Civil Aviation Organization has amended the 2015-2016 edition of its Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Doc 9284), prohibiting passengers and crew from carrying e-cigarettes and other battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices in checked baggage. The amendment also prohibits recharging the devices…

Lufthansa’s Flying Intensive Care Unit On All Long-Haul Routes

Lufthansa’s Flying Intensive Care Unit On All Long-Haul Routes

The further developed Patient Transport Compartment (PTC) is now available on Boeing 747-8 and Airbus A380 flights from the Lufthansa Hubs in Frankfurt and Munich From June 2015, the globally unique “flying intensive care unit” will be available on all planes in the entire Lufthansa long-haul fleet. The Patient Transport Compartment (PTC) was developed by…

Wedding Above the Clouds on Turkish Airlines Flight
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Wedding Above the Clouds on Turkish Airlines Flight

ISTANBUL, May 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – On 6th May 2015, a delightfully different wedding took place. Two people who’d fallen in love after meeting on a Turkish Airlines flight returned, exactly one year later, to take their romance to another level. When a beautiful Serbian actress, Vjera Mujovi? and Stefan Preis, an esteemed doctor from…

Marking 80 Years of International Travel for the Flying Kangaroo

Marking 80 Years of International Travel for the Flying Kangaroo

In a press release issued today, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce looks back on the eight decades since Qantas began flying internationally. “On 17 April 1935, Qantas’ first international passenger flight took off from Brisbane for Singapore. Fast forward to 2015 and Qantas is a global airline with 30,000 employees and 300 aircraft, flying 50 million…

Emirates now offers Wi-Fi at no or nominal cost on nearly half of its fleet
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Emirates now offers Wi-Fi at no or nominal cost on nearly half of its fleet

Wi-Fi connectivity at no or nominal cost on nearly half of Emirates’ fleet and on all of its A380s; personal mobile phone service on 75% of its fleet, in addition to in-seat email, telephone and SMS services on every aircraft. DUBAI, U.A.E, 2015-3-30 — /Travel PR News/ — Emirates now offers free* Wi-Fi on 106 of…

SIA And CAG Extend Successful Changi Transit Programme Partnership

SIA And CAG Extend Successful Changi Transit Programme Partnership

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir customers transiting in Singapore can continue to look forward to a rewarding transit experience with the extension of the Changi Transit Programme in partnership with Changi Airport Group (CAG). Under the extension of the Changi Transit Programme to 31 March 2016, Singapore Airlines or SilkAir customers who transit through Changi Airport…

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Qantas & Samsung Unveil Industry-First Virtual Reality Experience For Travellers

Qantas together with Samsung Electronics Australia has launched a new trial entertainment service that uses Samsung virtual reality (VR) technology to give customers a spectacular three dimensional experience in a 360 degree style interactive format. Qantas’ VR headsets will transport customers to an immersive virtual world at the click of a button and showcase the…

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Qantas Signs Over Jumbo Jet To Aviation Museum – Aircraft Set To Become A Movie Star

Qantas today did a ceremonial sign-over of its historic 747 aircraft VH-OJA to the Historic Aviation Restoration Society, seven days after it touched down in spectacular fashion at Illawarra Regional Airport. Gareth Evans, CEO of Qantas International, together with the Qantas pilots that delivered the aircraft, joined thousands of locals at the HARS Open Day…

Madame Tussauds Singapore Launches Wax Figure of Iconic Singapore Girl
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Madame Tussauds Singapore Launches Wax Figure of Iconic Singapore Girl

Madame Tussauds Singapore and Singapore Airlines recently announced the launch of a wax figure of the iconic Singapore Girl, one of Singapore’s best known icons. The figure is modelled after Ms Nur Surya Binte Mohamed Ambiah, a flight stewardess with Singapore Airlines (SIA) who joined in 2007 but left to start a family in 2011…