Norwegian launches three new long-haul routes between London Gatwick and New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX) and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in summer 2014. Norwegian also launches five new European routes and increases frequencies on existing ones. Norwegian continues its international expansion as it takes delivery of more 787 Dreamliners. It now adds London Gatwick to … Read more
The company extends its reach to 12 Brazilian gateways in 2014. TAP Portugal announced the start of operations to Manaus and Belem, both cities in Northern Brazil, as of the beginning of June 2014. With the addition of these new destinations to its network, the company increases to 12 the number of gateways operated in … Read more
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates and airBaltic today announced that direct Riga-Abu Dhabi flights will commence on December 16, 2013. The announcement follows the signing of a codeshare agreement between the two airlines. Subject to regulatory approvals, airBaltic will operate the new four weekly return flights using a 116 seat Airbus A319 aircraft. With seating capacity … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments On 25 June 2013, SAS and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the order of 12 new long haul aircraft. Today, SAS and Airbus have signed the final long haul aircraft order agreement comprising 4 A330-300 Enhanced and 8 A350-900 plus 6 options for A350-900. The Airbus A330 … Read more
Bombardier announced today that Luxair has placed a firm order for a Q400 NextGen turboprop airliner and has also taken an option for an additional Q400 NextGen aircraft. The airline currently operates a fleet of six Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen airliner, the firm order is valued at approximately $32.2 million USD. The value could increase … Read more
Belavia of Minsk, Belarus, has signed a firm contract for two E195s with Embraer Commercial Aviation. The transaction was announced today at a press briefing in Salzburg at the annual general meeting of the European Regions Airline Association. The firm order will be included in Embraer’s 2013 third quarter backlog. The aircraft will join two … Read more
KLM will expand its long-haul services next year to South America, as it will launch a new scheduled service to Santiago, the capital of Chile and the cultural, political and financial center of the country and home to various headquarters of many multinational corporations. “Santiago fits perfectly in our strategy where we focus on the … Read more
Guernsey-based regional carrier Aurigny Air Services has signed a firm contract with Embraer Commercial Aviation for one E195 jet. The transaction was announced today at a press briefing in Salzburg at the annual general meeting of the European Regions Airline Association. The firm order will be included in Embraer’s 2013 third quarter backlog. Delivery is scheduled … Read more
Wizz Air Ukraine opened today its Donetsk base, which is the second Ukrainian base after Kiev. Also, the airline took delivery of the 4th aircraft which will be based in Donetsk. The new Airbus A320 will operate 4 new routes from Donetsk to Milan Bergamo, Rome Fiumicino, London Luton, and Munich Memmingen, as well as … Read more
In order to better serve its customers, Luxair Luxembourg Airlines is expanding its network of destinations and consolidating its existing lines. Dublin, Lisbon and Stockholm figure as newcomers in the summer 2014 flight plan, while flight frequencies to Porto and Copenhagen will be increased from November 2013 and March 2014 respectively. Luxair is strengthening its presence in Portugal by introducing … Read more