ISSN 1718-7966 DecemBER 10, 2018/ VOL. 670 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS Pegasus launches flights to Sharjah Low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is adding Sharjah to its flight network. Sharjah will be Pegasus’ third low- cost to the UAE, as the airline also serves Dubai and Abu Dhabi from London Stansted. Sharjah is often considered as the UAE’s ‘cultural capital’. With the addition of Shar- jah to its network, Pegasus now flies to a total of 105 destinations in 40 countries. Kenya Airports first to adopt RAM will join TIACA cargo service quality tool the allinace Kenya is set to become the first coun- from 2020. try in the world to adopt TIACA’s new Photo: Boeing Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool na- tionwide, in a bid to improve stand- Royal Air Maroc to join Oneworld ards at all airports across the country. Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is aim- Airline becomes first full member from Africa ing to implement the online tool at all Royal Air Maroc is to become the which flies as a franchisee of Brit- nent’s leader in terms of both size Kenyan cargo hubs by mid-next year, latest member of the Oneworld al- ish Airways, has been a Oneworld and quality. allowing forwarders to rate and re- liance. Its election as a Oneworld affiliate member since the alliance view the service quality they receive member designate was announced launched in February 1999, Royal It carried 7.3 million passengers last at airports, which can then in turn use as the Chief Executives of the alli- Air Maroc will be Oneworld’s first year on a fleet of 55 aircraft, with the data to drive up performance. ance’s 13 current member airlines full member from Africa – the only a network that currently connects L3 launches new female pilot gathered in New York its Casablanca base scholarship opportunity for their year-end Gov- with 94 destinations L3 Commercial Aviation announced erning Board meeting, “Africa is the last major region in 49 countries across the launch of the L3 Pilot Pathways just weeks before the where Oneworld does not have a Africa, Europe, the Female Scholarship programme, alliance celebrates the Middle East and North th which will provide 10 scholarships 20 anniversary of its full member airline.” and South America, in- launch. cluding Oneworld hubs to female candidates applying for its Alan Joyce, Oneworld Governing Board Chairman Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Li- Doha, London Heath- cense (ATPL) training programme. Royal Air Maroc is ex- row, Madrid, Moscow Within 2019, the programme will pected to be implemented into continent, apart from Antarctica, Domodedovo, New York JFK and award 10 successful female candi- Oneworld in mid-2020, when it where the alliance has, until now, Sao Paulo. dates a £25,000/€29,000 sponsorship will start flying alongside the other had no full member. towards the cost of their training. “We global members. Its regional sub- Its schedule today will add 34 new are passionate about encouraging sidiary Royal Air Maroc Express will Royal Air Maroc is the largest una- destinations and 21 countries to more diversity onto the flight deck. join as a Oneworld affiliate member ligned carrier in Africa – with a the Oneworld map, taking the alli- It’s a significant issue for the industry,” at the same time. transformational strategy well un- ance’s network to 1,069 airports in said Robin Glover-Faure, President of derway to develop it quickly into 178 countries and territories. 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The carrier currently offers approximately 20 different Headspace, a popular meditation app and Moodica, which takes the movies and TV shows that are audio descriptive and more than 50 that brain on a much-needed vacation using videos. 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