Leisure airline Jet2.com is continuing their expansion in the UK with the launch today of flights from Birmingham Airport, their eighth UK airport base. The airline announced fifteen destinations for summer 2017: Alicante, Crete (Heraklion), Faro, Fuerteventura, Girona (Costa Brava), Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Menorca, Paphos, Reus, Rhodes and Tenerife. A total of 57 weekly flights will operate to these … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Ryanair today announced its return to Aberdeen with 2 new routes to Alicante and Malaga starting in February 2017, which will deliver 50,000 customers p.a. at Aberdeen International, Ryanair’s 4th Scottish airport. In Aberdeen, Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Robin Kiely said: “We are pleased to announce our return to Aberdeen as we launch … Read more
In light of current financial turmoil, leading regional airline says Government can no longer ignore damaging impact of Air Passenger Duty. Saad Hammad, CEO of Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today sent the following to UK Chancellor George Osborne in an urgent call to reform Air Passenger Duty: Dear Chancellor, Call for Air Passenger … Read more
On 5 July in Berlin, Lufthansa and the independent flight attendants’ organisation UFO have announced that they are accepting the mediator’s recommendation by former Brandenburg Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck. Both parties accept recommendation of mediator Matthias Platzeck: · new system for pensions and transitional payments / agreement active until end of 2023 · 1% wage … Read more
AirBridgeCargo expanded its South East Asian coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which brings total number of destinations in this part of the world to eleven. The new freighter service to Cambodian’s capital will be operated on a weekly basis en-route – Moscow (SVO) – Singapore – Phnom Penh, – with further return to … Read more
ATR today inaugurated its new aeronautical maintenance site in the presence of local officials. ATR’s application was approved by OSAC, the French body for civil aviation safety, which awarded it with a certificate of accreditation as a maintenance organisation. This certification gives ATR the go-ahead to conduct maintenance activities at this site. ATR decided to … Read more
easyJet has launched its first flight from Manchester to Gibraltar. easyJet now flies to 45 destinations from Manchester and bases 11 aircraft there. The airline carried over 2.6 million passengers on flights to and from the airport last year. easyJet is expected to fly 30,000 passengers between the destinations annually, operating twice a week throughout … Read more
Starting 4th July, 2016, the connection under flight number LH 602 will begin three times a week at 22.10 pm, arriving at the Iranian capital at 5.20 am.
TAP Portugal started daily operations from Lisbon to New York – John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport, one of the U.S.’ busiest airports, with the most international traffic, which is also the home airport for JetBlue Airways. As recently announced, TAP and the North America-based JetBlue have recently established commercial ties, which include a code-share allowing … Read more
The once-weekly service complements Cargolux’s existing flights to Turkmenbashi that were started exactly one year ago.