Starting today, Austrian Airlines will offer flight service to another new long-haul destination in Asia. On Tuesday of each week non-stop flights on a Boeing 767 will be offered from Vienna to Sri Lanka. In addition to the Maldives and Mauritius, Colombo represents the third route to the Indian Ocean served by Austria’s national carrier, … Read more
With existing services to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Toronto, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Boston, Montreal, and San Francisco, Turkish Airlines adds Miami to its network as the 12th destination in the Americas. “We’re thrilled to name Miami as the newest gateway in the U.S. and proud to serve to one of the … Read more
Transaero has stopped operations at midnight (25/26 October), following the decision by the Russian aviation regulator to revoke its operator’s licence effective 26 October. Transaero passengers will be carried on flights operated by Aeroflot Group and where necessary other airlines. Aeroflot Group has the necessary operational capabilities to ensure uninterrupted carriage for Transaero passengers. Of the 1.93 mln Transaero tickets sold for flights before 15 December 2015, … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments In line with the letter of intent signed in June 2015, SAS and Widerøe have agreed to transfer the operations at all of SAS Ground Handling’s line stations in Norway to Widerøe Ground Handling (Widerøe). SAS Ground Handling’s operations at 14 line stations in Norway will be transferred to … Read more
KLM transferred the first of seven Fokker 70 aircraft to Air Niugini, the national airline of Papua New Guinea. KLM will begin phasing out the Fokker 70 in December this year, at which time it will also welcome two new Embraer 190s. Air Niugini previously purchased a Fokker 100 and a Fokker 70 from KLM, in … Read more
Vietnam is to become a permanent fixture of the Lufthansa Cargo route network as part of the new winter schedule. Following a successful test phase over the summer months, the cargo airline will be flying a Boeing 777F weekly to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN). The freighter will be departing every Thursday from Frankfurt (FRA), … Read more
Wizz Air announced it will delay the planned restart of operations from Craiova International Airport (CRA) until 10 November so that major airport upgrades can be completed. Wizz Air will operate the flights scheduled for Craiova during that period from Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP). “Until the Romanian civil aviation authority issues approval for normal flight … Read more
Boeing and Norwegian have finalized an order for 19 787-9 Dreamliners valued at more than $5 billion at current list prices. The order also includes options for 10 more 787-9s, as the carrier looks to significantly grow its existing long-haul fleet into the next decade. It is the largest single order for 787-9s from a European airline. … Read more
Austrian Airlines is expanding its flight service to Iran, offering one additional daily flight to Teheran starting on March 11, 2016. As a result, Austria’s national carrier will be departing from Vienna up to twice a day to head for the Iranian capital. Austrian Airlines will also offer a day flight in addition to the … Read more
Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates, today welcomed the ruling by the Administrative Court of Braunschweig allowing it to continue operating all its codeshare flights with airberlin to destinations in Europe, the US and the UAE. The injunction, which is valid until 8 November, provides an opportunity for the parties to resolve … Read more