The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it will require additional time to reach a decision on Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign carrier permit to serve the U.S. from Europe. Until then, Norwegian Air Shuttle will continue to operate flights to the U.S. under its existing authority from DOT. Norwegian urges … Read more
Wizz Air today announced further expansion in Poland. This news follows the announcement of the fifth based aircraft and opening of 8 new routes in Warsaw just three weeks ago. The airline will deploy 2 new aircraft in Katowice and Poznan, bringing its fleet in Poland to 18 Airbus A320, representing 25% capacity growth in … Read more
Wizz Air today announced further expansion in Budapest. From 15 May 2015 the airline will deploy a ninth Airbus A320 aircraft and open new services to Lisbon and Maastricht starting on 30 March and 15 May, respectively. Wizz Air will also add 17 extra flights to many of its existing routes. The airline’s capacity increase … Read more
Austrian Airlines restarted flights to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkov and Dnipropetrovsk on Friday that had been suspended after the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet in the region in July. The decision came amid “close coordination with the Ukrainian authorities and on the basis of regular reviews of the local security situation”, it … Read more
Swiss authorities have warned that a plan by Etihad Airways to buy a third of Switzerland’s Darwin Airline does not meet legal requirements to be approved, as foreign stakes in European airlines come under increasing scrutiny. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) said that Darwin, rebranded as Etihad Regional, has until Sept. 30 to … Read more
Norwegian continues to expand internationally and has decided to establish a new long-haul base at London Gatwick Airport. Both pilots and cabin crew will be based at London Gatwick. The airline has become a major player at London Gatwick and is currently the only airline offering low-cost flights between the UK and the U.S. “Our … Read more
Lufthansa Cargo is further integrating Lagos into its own network through twice-weekly freighter flights. From 15 September, a Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 freighter will take off from Frankfurt for the Nigerian city every Monday and Thursday. Lagos is an important destination for the oil and gas industry in particular. Urgently required spare parts and equipment for … Read more
Turkish Airlines is growing in East Africa, the 42nd point where flights are organized is Asmara (Eritrea). Asmara became the first flight point in Eritrea. While Eritrea became 27th country in the flight network across the continent, there were 108 countries in the overall ranking with respect to flag carrier airlines. Turkish Airlines, which is … Read more
Austrian Airlines welcomes the second of a total of four new Dash 8-400 aircraft to its fleet. The turboprop with the registration OE-LGP is expected to land in Innsbruck today at 8 p.m. local time. Accordingly, with the addition of OE-LGP the fleet of the Austrian Airlines Group will be expanded to 77 aircraft, including … Read more
British holidays airline operator Monarch Group is set to cut the airline’s workforce by a third with the closure of its charter operations as it moves to reinvent the carrier as a scheduled European budget airline. Monarch, privately-owned by the Mantegazza family, said it would scrap its charter flights business to focus on the scheduled … Read more