Jaan Albrecht, who has been the CEO of Austrian Airlines since November 2011, has accepted a position at SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, and will serve as its CEO starting June 1, 2015. This was decided at the Supervisory Board meeting of SunExpress. Albrecht (60) will remain CEO of Austrian Airlines … Read more
The latest variant of the A330, the new 242 metric tonne A330-300, has achieved certification from the European airworthiness authorities (EASA).
bmi regional yesterday opened a new base at Munich Airport to support three new flight routes to the city from Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Liege, Belgium; and Bern, Switzerland. bmi regional is operating the services in partnership with Lufthansa as codeshare flights with joint BM and LH flight numbers, and the airline has tailored the schedule … Read more
Wizz Air today announced further growth to its low fare route network from Hungary with two new Budapest services to Bologna and Glasgow. Recent media polls showed that Hungarian consumers listed Scotland on top of their wish list for future Wizz Air routes. Wizz Air flies from seven UK airports to over 50 destinations and has … Read more
KLM Cityhopper is renewing its fleet by purchasing fifteen Embraer 175 aircraft (E175+) and two Embraer 190 aircraft (E190). KLM Cityhopper will already be welcoming the first two E190 aircraft in December 2015. The fifteen E175+ aircraft will be taken up in the KLM Cityhopper fleet between March 2016 and June 2018. Mr. Pieter Elbers, … Read more
Iberia, Iberia Express and franchise partner Iberia Regional Air Nostrum launch 39 new routes and add 19 destinations. At the start of the summer season the Iberia Group is adding routes, destinations and capacity. Iberia, along with its low-cost carrier Iberia Express and its franchise partner Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, are opening up to 39 new routes and adding … Read more
easyJet today celebrated the opening of its new base at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam and announced plans to add a fourth aircraft to its fleet at the airport from October 2015 onwards. The base delivers local jobs, a greater selection of destinations, and easyJet’s winning combination of low fares and friendly service. The extra aircraft means … Read more
Wizz Air Holdings announced that it will be further restructuring the Group’s operations in Ukraine. From 20 April 2015, Wizz Air Hungary will operate 8 routes into and out of Ukraine, to be followed by opening a Kiev base with one Airbus A320 aircraft on 4 June 2015. Also from 20 April 2015, Wizz Air Ukraine – currently flying two aircraft on … Read more
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is intensifying its partnership with Chinese airlines China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.
easyJet celebrated the opening of its new base at Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport Porto. Three new UK routes from Manchester, Bristol and London Luton Airports to the new Porto base will launch this summer. Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of easyJet, cut the inaugural ribbon during today’s official ceremony at the new Porto base in … Read more