Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Larger Airbus 321 aircraft, additional Airbus 320 aircraft and removal of Boeing 737-300 aircraft, these are the changes to be made by Small Planet Airlines for the holiday season this summer. In summer, the company’s fleet will total 21 Airbus aircraft. “As a result of development, we have noticed … Read more
The first ten aircraft of the type Airbus A350-900 will be based in Munich from January 2017. This will equip Lufthansa’s second-largest hub with the world’s most modern long-haul passenger aircraft. The A350-900 is also one of the most environmentally friendly aircraft. “We are delighted that we are able to offer the most modern aircraft … Read more
Cargolux Airlines International S.A. returns to Rio de Janeiro with a full freighter service starting 4 March 2016. Flight CV7645 leaves Luxembourg on Fridays at 12.00h and arrives in Rio de Janeiro at 23.30h (all times GMT). The flight continues to Viracopos before returning to Europe as CV7656. Arrival in Luxembourg is scheduled for Saturdays … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Ryanair today announced it will open a new base at Bucharest Airport, its number 81, from 30th October. Bucharest base will be operated with 3 aircraft (an investment of $300m), 2 new routes to Athens and Timisoara, and more flights to Brussels, Dublin and Milan, which will deliver 1.4m … Read more
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that the C Series aircraft program is making excellent progress as the CS100 aircraft readies for delivery and entry-into-service (EIS) with launch operator Swiss International Air Lines (“Swiss”)in Q2 2016. Additionally, the CS300 aircraft has completed over 70 per cent of its certification activities to date and is on target … Read more
Alexander Arafa, currently Head of Cabin Crew at Swiss, has been appointed Head of Global Area Management at Swiss WorldCargo. He will assume his new duties on 1 June. He succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who became Head of Cargo last October. In his new capacity Alexander Arafa will be in overall charge of the worldwide sales … Read more
Finnair is accelerating its growth and is therefore planning an organisational renewal as of 1 March 2016 in line with its growth strategy. After multi-year savings programmes, the company is now preparing for growth on the back of its new A350 aircraft. The new era requires an organisation which enables growth in the optimal manner. … Read more
Edinburgh is to become WOW air’s third UK departure point, and the first in Scotland, for flights to Iceland and North America, beginning July 13, 2016. Flights will depart Edinburgh International Airport for the airline’s hub in Reykjavik twice a week between July and October. Onward travelling passengers will have a short stopover before continuing … Read more
As of February, 14 AirBridgeCargo Airlines start new services to Africa using twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services. The flights will be operated every Thursday and Sunday by ABC’s partner airline CargoLogicAir (CLA). The routing will start ex Stansted (STN) via Frankfurt (FRA) to Libreville (LBV) and to Johannesburg (JNB) with further routing to Nairobi (NBO), … Read more
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