Wizz Air begins service from Cluj-Napoca to Munich (Memmingen)

Wizz Air launches today twice-weekly flights between its base at Cluj-Napoca and Munich Memmingen in Bavaria. Wizz Air announced the route last September as part of its 2016 Summer Schedule.  Wizz is now operating the flights on Mondays and Fridays between Cluj-Napoca and Munich’s western regional airport at Memmingen.  Wizz Air has continued to expand … Read more

André Wall appointed Iberia’s new Chief Technical Officer

André Wall has today assumed his duties as Iberia’s new Chief Technical Officer, responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Iberia fleet as well as those of the more than 100 airline customers of Iberia Maintenance. A graduate in Industrial Engineering from Berlin’s TFH Technical University, Wall has had a long career in the … Read more

Icelandair to offer Gate2Gate Wi-Fi

Historically passengers have had to wait until the aircraft reaches 10.000 feet before the Wi-Fi is switched on and it is switched off before landing.  This new development on board Icelandair planes will mean the Wi-Fi is never switched off and also the use of electronic devices is now will be allowed during takeoff and … Read more

Austrian starts operating its second Embraer jet on revenue flights

Austrian Airlines today inaugurated its second Embraer 195, as the aircraft took off this morning from Vienna Airport at 07:40 am, operating flight number OS 625. The initial flight was destined for Warsawa. The airplane landed at its destination at 8:35 am, which is even five minutes before the scheduled arrival time. The jet with the … Read more

DHL launches new route to connect Northern Morocco with Europe

DHL today announced the launch of a new direct daily flight between Ibn Battouta airport in Tangier, Morocco to DHL’s global hub in Leipzig, Germany, connecting northern Morocco’s high-growth economic zones to Europe. The service provides customers in Morocco with a reduction in delivery time by 4 hours and an extended pickup time limit by … Read more

Wizz Air announces new Porto route from Warsaw

Wizz Air today announced a new route from Warsaw to Porto, Portugal. The new service will commence on 15 May and operate with two weekly flights, on Wednesdays and Sundays.  With its newest Portugal service, Wizz Air now offers a total of 123 routes to 22 countries from Poland. Gabor Vasarhelyi, Communications Manager at Wizz … Read more

Ellinair adds A319 to its fleet

Greek airline Ellinair welcomed an additional Airbus A319 to its fleet at Thessaloniki International Airport, the airline’s main hub. The new Airbus A319 is configured with a seating capacity for 144 passengers.  Although it has already been registered in the Greek register, the aircraft is expected to start its flights on domestic routes and to Moscow … Read more

Nordic Aviation launches summer flights to Edinburgh and Rijeka

In addition to its previously announced summer destinations, Nordic Aviation, in cooperation with Adria Airways, will also be launching summer flights to Rijeka in Croatia and Edinburgh in Scotland. Nordic Aviation board member Erik Sakkov says the company is pleased to announce that these exciting new summer destinations will be added to the Nordic Aviation’s … Read more

Airbus starts A350-1000 final assembly

Airbus has started final assembly of the first A350-1000 on schedule at the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This A350-1000, one of three flight test aircraft to be built, will take to the skies for its maiden flight before the end of 2016. A350-1000 deliveries will start in mid-2017. To ensure … Read more

Aurigny announces new route to Barcelona

Aurigny announced that tickets will soon be on sale for a new summer route from Guernsey to Barcelona. The service will operate over four Saturdays, from 23rd July to 13th August, using Aurigny’s Embraer 195 jet. The aircraft will depart Guernsey at 18.30 and arrive in Barcelona at 21.15. The return flight will arrive back … Read more