Finnair to build new cargo terminal
Finnair Board of Directors has approved an approximately 80 million euro investment in a brand new cargo terminal to be built at Helsinki Airport.
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Wizz Air announces 9th airport in Romania
New route from Constanta to London Luton from June 2015. From 15 June, 2015, Wizz Air will offer a new twice weekly service to London Luton from Constanta, on the shores of the Black Sea. Wizz Air will serve the route using one of its new Airbus A320 aircraft. With this new service, Wizz Air … Read more
easyJet signs aircraft component maintenance and inventory management contract with AJW
easyJet has selected AJW Group to be the primary provider of the airline’s requirements for component maintenance and the provision, storage and distribution of spare parts.
Finnair to open routes to Umeå, Luleå, Norrköping and Visby
Finnair opens new routes to Sweden and will fly daily to Luleå and Umeå on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia during the summer season 2015
Wizz Air grows in Sofia
Wizz Air announced that it will base a 5th Airbus A320 at its Sofia base. From 14 September the airline will operate new services from Sofia to Bari, Cologne, Geneva, Naples and Munich Memmingen. The new aircraft will allow Wizz Air to increase the number of weekly flights on the existing routes from Sofia to … Read more
Icelandair Group to take two Boeing 767s, three Bombardier Q400s
The Board of Directors of Icelandair Group has decided to update the fleet policies of the subsidiaries Icelandair and Air Iceland. All five Fokker 50 aircraft that Air Iceland operates will be sold and three Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 will replace it. After that Air Iceland will operate five aircraft, three Bombardier Q400 and two … Read more
Estonian Air established a subsidiary to provide flight capacity outside its home market
Estonian Air has established the subsidiary Nordic Flyways which will provide flight capacity to other airlines in the nearest future.
airberlin to launch services to Prague and Billund
Starting on 13 April 2015, airberlin will fly from Berlin to Prague and Billund, thereby adding two new destinations to its route network. The number of flights between Berlin and Graz, Warsaw and Gdansk will also be increased. “We’re pleased to be introducing two new destinations in the key Scandinavian and Eastern European regions to … Read more
Lufthansa Consulting opens branch office in Djibouti
Lufthansa Consulting is establishing a regional office in the Republic of Djibouti to further develop its market engagement in Africa. The opening of a local entity in this region is an extension of the company’s successful performance on the African continent and underlines the close-to-clients commitment of the aviation consultancy. Lufthansa Consulting’s Associate Partner Bruno … Read more
Martinair Cargo to reduce fleet by June 2016
Martinair Cargo is to scale back its fleet by June 2016 and will continue as a freighter operator for Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo using three Boeing 747-ERFs and a Boeing 747-BCF. The company has reached this decision after thorough deliberation with all the parties involved. In September 2014, Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo announced it would be reducing … Read more