Europe

Flybe to re-open Aberdeen base

Flybe has today announced it is to re-open its base at Aberdeen Airport effective from the start of next year’s Summer season on 29th March 2015. This will result in the creation of up to 100 direct jobs including flight crew, engineers and ground handling staff. Four 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft will be based at … Read more

Lufthansa launches new route to Tampa

For the very first time in its history, Lufthansa will offer service to the Tampa Bay area, the gateway to the West Coast of Florida. The new nonstop service from Frankfurt will begin on September 25, 2015. The airline will be operating five weekly flights in summer and four weekly in winter on the Airbus … Read more

Swiss to serve Milan´s Linate Airport

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Swiss will additionally serve Milan’s more central Linate Airport from Zurich from 19 December onwards. The new route will initially be operated once daily with Avro RJ100 equipment in the 2014/15 winter timetable period. SWISS will continue to operate its present five daily services unchanged between Zurich and Milan … Read more

Flybe to operate three new routes from Stanstead

Flybe has announced it will start operations at London Stansted Airport with effect from 15th March 2015. This will feature year-round services to the Isle of Man (up to three flights a day) and double daily flights to Newcastle, together with seasonal part week summer flights to Newquay. Paul Simmons, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: … Read more

Flybe to sell stake in Finnair joint venture

Flybe and Finnair have agreed to restructure the ownership of their jointly owned Flybe Nordic venture, and Flybe has agreed to sell the shares that it holds in Flybe Nordic to a potential new majority shareholder or to Finnair for the price of one euro. The sale of the shares is conditional only upon approval … Read more

Flybe and Aer Lingus to codeshare

Flybe has secured a new codeshare agreement, this time with Dublin-based Aer Lingus which, with immediate effect, builds further on its proposition to seamlessly connect its regional customers with ‘One Stop to the World’ connections. The partnership with Aer Lingus now enables Flybe customers travelling from Exeter, Inverness, Southend and Southampton to access, via a … Read more

Wizz Air announces new base in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wizz Air announced further expansion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The airline will deploy 1 new Airbus A320 aircraft in Tuzla in June 2015 when Tuzla will become Wizz Air’s 19thbase. For the Tuzla base the airline announced new routes to Munich Memmingen and Oslo Torp, commencing on 26 June 2015, as well as to Frankfurt Hahn … Read more

Stefan Pichler appointed CEO of airberlin group

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments airberlin announced the appointment of Stefan Pichler (57) as Chief Executive Officer, as it moves forward with its previously announced restructuring program to deliver long term sustainable profitability. In his role as CEO of Air Berlin PLC, Stefan Pichler will be responsible for all group businesses and airline brands. … Read more