Alitalia to fly double daily to Beirut

Alitalia will from June fly twice a day from Lebanon to Italy with an additional four new weekly flights from Beirut to Rome. The rise in the number of flights between the two capital cities is as a result of high demand and a growth in the number of air travellers on the route. Alitalia … Read more

Ellinair to resume domestic flights and to launch new international flights

Ellinair to resume flights to Thessaloniki and Heraklion from Athens and to launch new direct flights to several German cities from Thessaloniki and Heraklion. On Tuesday 22 March the airline Ellinair, part of the holding company Mouzenidis Group, will officially resume flights Athens-Thessaloniki in its regular flight program. The flights will be carried out on … Read more

Lufthansa begins new Frankfurt-Panama City service

Lufthansa commenced its new non-stop service between Frankfurt and Panama City today. Flight LH 484 departed from Frankfurt (FRA) at 10:15 local time, and is scheduled to arrive at the Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen in Panama City (PTY) at 16:40 local time this afternoon. Eastbound flight LH 485 will leave Panama City at 18:45 local … Read more

IATA proposes agenda to strengthen aviation in Russia

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) proposed an agenda to strengthen aviation in Russia based on the further implementation of global standards and best practices. “A healthy aviation sector is vital for Russia—connecting the communities across the country’s vast land mass and proving vital trade and cultural links globally. These are difficult times for Russian … Read more

Wizz Air announces appointment of new Chief Financial Officer

Wizz Air Holdings, the largest low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced it has appointed Sonia Jerez Burdeus as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and member of the company’s Leadership Team. Her appointment will take effect 1 June 2016. A graduate in Physics and Engineering from the University of Barcelona and the … Read more

U.S. urged by EU to give Norwegian Irish unit the all clear

The European Union’s transport chief pressed the U.S. to let Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA serve American destinations from Ireland, hinting at an unprecedented arbitration request to end a two-year-old stalemate. European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said the EU-U.S. “open-skies” agreement, which took effect in 2008, requires American authorities to allow Norwegian Air Shuttle’s Irish subsidiary … Read more

ATR appoints new Chief Financial Officer

The ATR Assembly of Members has appointed Giovanni Tramparulo (56), as ATR’s new Chief Financial Officer. On the scope of his new position, he will be in charge of Controlling, Accounting & Treasury, Sales Financing, Credit & Risk Management and Internal Control. Giovanni has a detailed knowledge of ATR, as he previously worked on the … Read more

Ryanair calls on UK Government to scrap APD for all

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Ryanair today called on the UK Government to scrap Air Passenger Duty (APD) for all customers in order to stimulate job and tourism growth, ahead of the removal of the travel tax for all under-16 customers from tomorrow. Ryanair urged Chancellor George Osborne to follow the example of the … Read more