The new Beluga programme, christened Beluga XL, has successfully passed the latest maturity gate milestone, marking the end of the ‘concept phase’ or design freeze ‘at aircraft level’ which is a key step in any development programme. The maturity gate review demonstrated that the Beluga XL programme is robust and mature enough to move to … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SAS is boosting its offer to Scandinavian frequent flyers with more than 60,000 seats between Copenhagen and New York in 2016. From the start of the SAS winter program in late October, SAS will fly twice daily to New York from Copenhagen to further reinforce its position as the … Read more
Ryanair today announced it will open a base in Santiago (Spain) for next summer and a new base in Milan Malpensa from 1st December 2015, initially with one aircraft at each new base. Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said: “Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Santiago base for summer 2016, our 12th base in Spain, with one based … Read more
Wizz Air has implemented its further expansion plans in Lithuania: 4th Airbus A320 aircraft is added to its base in Vilnius airport and started five new routes to Billund, Munich-Memmingen, Stockholm, Glasgow and Kyiv. The new aircraft will support operations of a total of 24 Vilnius routes to 15 different countries. The New services to Billund … Read more
Today in Mobile, Alabama, Airbus inaugurated operations at its first ever U.S. Manufacturing Facility. The plant – which assembles the industry-leading family of A319s, A320s and A321s – is officially open for business, with a skilled team of more than 250 Airbus manufacturing employees now at work on the first U.S.-made Airbus aircraft. “Our commercial … Read more
With flight SN2596/2597 Brussels Airlines adds Bremen to her growing network. Starting today, the Belgian airline connects Bremen and Brussels five times a week. Until now, travelling between Bremen and Brussels took minimum 3,5 hours and passengers were obliged to transfer via a foreign airport. Thanks to a new direct connection introduced today by Brussels … Read more
Cargolux Airlines International has appointed Christian Thiele as its new Country Manager Germany; he succeeds Tony McNichol in this role. Mr. Thiele will take over his new position in October. Christian Thiele is a proven cargo specialist and executive in the cargo industry. In over 30 years, he gained a comprehensive understanding of the business … Read more
Turkish Airlines and Royal Jordanian have signed a Codeshare Agreement on routes between Jordan and Turkey on September 14, which is set to further expand travel opportunities for the customers of the two airlines. The agreement will be effective as of September 21, 2015. The signing ceremony took place at RJ’s headquarters in Amman. Royal … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments As of October 23, the frequency of flights: Prague – Dubai will be increased to seven flights a week. This autumn SmartWings will again start to operate a regular flight line: Prague – Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. As of September 23, the line will be operated 4 times … Read more
Today the first Austrian Airlines flight to Manchester took off from Vienna. Effective immediately, Austrian Airlines is operating a Fokker 100 aircraft on this route. The flight departs daily from Vienna at 9:50 a.m. and arrives in Manchester at 11:20 a.m. In this way the airline is expanding its network in Western Europe. The new … Read more