Alitalia and Air Seychelles expand codeshare

Alitalia and Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, have enhanced their codeshare agreement to provide Italian air travellers with unprecedented access to Seychelles. Beginning December 19, Alitalia will place its “AZ” flight code on three weekly flights operated by Air Seychelles between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Seychelles. Alitalia had already … Read more

Wizz Air opens its Debrecen base

Wizz Air today celebrated the opening of its newest Hungarian base in Debrecen. The airline is initially deploying one Airbus A320 aircraft to be based at Debrecen International Airport operating three new routes from Debrecen to Paris Beauvais, Brussels Charleroi and Malmo starting from 16 December. Already served by Wizz Air flights, Debrecen becomes Wizz … Read more

Finnair opens new route to Enontekiö in Finland

Finnair will operate a new weekly route to Enontekiö in Finland during winter 2016. Enontekiö has around 300km of skiing trails and guarantees the longest skiing season in Finland. It also boasts the chance of seeing the Northern Lights on every 3 out of four nights during winter. Due to its proximity to the borders … Read more

Ukraine International Airlines increases Tehran flights

Effective July 15, 2016, Ukraine International Airlines will increase the Kiev – Tehran flight frequency offering passengers to take advantage of up to 7 weekly fights. The flights connecting Kiev with Tehran will be operated on Boeing 737 aircraft with two cabin classes: Business Class and Economy Class. “UIA aspires to provide its passengers with … Read more

Star Alliance launches connecting partner model to expand network reach

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Star Alliance is set to expand its network reach with the launch of its Connecting Partner Model. Under this new concept, routes operated by “low-cost” and “hybrid” airlines will be able to connect to the Alliance network. This will allow customers of Star Alliance member carriers to select from … Read more

Turkish Airlines expands it’s network in Africa

Turkish Airlines’ Africa network now encompasses 48 destinations in 31 countries with the additions of these destinations.  Already having the most comprehensive airline network, Turkish Airlines brings yet another destinations in Africa online. Port Louis and Antananarivo, the capitals and the largest cities of Mauritius and Madagascar are joining the network on December 15th. Beginning … Read more

bmi regional appoints Maurizio Lavio as Sales Manager for Switzerland

bmi regional has appointed Maurizio Lavio as Sales Manager, Switzerland, based in Bern. Lavio brings over 30 years experience in the travel industry, most recently spending 15 years with HRG in Switzerland. Lavio began has held several sales roles in Switzerland including spending eight years as Head of Marketing for Voyages Wasteels before his most … Read more

airberlin to consolidate its presence at Berlin and Dusseldorf hubs

Next summer airberlin will introduce new destinations as well as additional flights on existing European routes. airberlin will consolidate its presence at both the Berlin and Dusseldorf hubs as it continues to extend its market leadership at these airports. There will be additional flights to Bologna and Sofia, as well as a new service between … Read more

Jacky Simmonds to join easyJet as Group People Director

easyJet has announced that it has appointed Jacky Simmonds as Group People Director and that she will join the airline on 4 January 2016. Prior to this appointment Jacky was TUI Group’s Global Human Resources Director, having worked for TUI for fifteen years. She is also a non-Executive Director of Wolseley PLC where she is … Read more

Iberia to resume flights to Johannesburg

Starting on 1st August 2016, there will be three return flights per week operated with Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Iberia is to resume flights to Johannesburg, starting next August. With this route, the airline has resumed all flights it left to restructure its business in 2013. “When we presented our transformation plan, we said that we intended to resume all flights … Read more