Air NZ adding US, Asia seats
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
Air New Zealand is going to fly more to North America from Auckland, adding more than 34,000 seats to and from North America from October 2025 to March 2026.
Airlines extend Israel cancellations
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
Airlines globally continue to cancel commercial flights to Israel and now also are avoiding large parts of the Middle East as Iran promises more retaliation over Israel’s missile strikes on Iran in the past couple of days.
Eve publishes eVTOL outlook
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
Eve Air Mobility, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company, has published its first Global Market Outlook covering the next 20 years and using data for 1,800 cities, 1,000 airports and more than 27,000 civil helicopters currently in operation.
Airbus talks A350s ahead of Paris Air Show
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
European plane maker Airbus says it is ramping up for two new models: The A350F freighter and the A350-1000ULR (ultra long range), with its current A350 passenger jet production lines 'sold out' until at least 2031.
Air India crash prompts B787 inspections
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
India has ordered its airlines to inspect their Boeing 787s following the fatal crash of a 787-8 operated by Tata-run Air India.
Incredible Impacts lives on
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
BestCities Global Alliance and the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) have renewed their partnership for three years to continue the annual 'Incredible Impacts' program.
More than 260 killed in Air India crash
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
Air India B787 flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad in western India to London Gatwick with 242 on board including 12 crew, crashed soon after takeoff on Thursday June 12, with multiple fatalities on the ground at the site taking the death total to more than 260.
Aircraft leasing firms win 'billions' from insurers
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
Aircraft leasing companies have won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against insurers in relation to 147 planes and 16 engines 'stranded' in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Eurostar plans Germany and Switzerland runs
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
The Eurostar train company plans to link London with Frankfurt and Geneva after it receives new rolling stock "after 2030", it says.
Major changes as Play exits US
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
Iceland-based budget carrier Play Airlines is scrapping all US flights from October 2025 and plans a shareholder-led takeover ahead of launching short haul southern European leisure destinations and aircraft leasing from a new Malta base.
Latam going daily to Australia
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
South America's Latam Airlines is increasing non-stop B787 services between Australia and Santiago, Chile, to daily from November/December until March next year.
Air India inks Icelandair code share
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
India's Air India has inked a code-share agreement with Icelandair covering travel options across 15 routes in India and Europe.
Air India customers will gain seamless connections on Icelandair-operated flights to Reykjavik via Air India’s European gateways such as London Heathrow, Gatwick, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Milan and Zurich.
Japan 'likely to crack down' on uninsured visitors
- BTN News
- Sunday, 15 June 2025
After a Japan Tourism Agency survey found about 30 per cent of travellers arrive in the country uninsured, Japan is increasingly likely to require proof of medical insurance before issuing visas, in order to crack down on those who skip paying their medical bills.
