Loganair wins right to World’s shortest flight
The contract means the airline will continue to provide the air-link between Westray and Papa Westray, a journey which can be as short as 47 seconds
Europe
CityJet new routes to Dresden and Paderborn
CityJet will launch two new routes this summer into Germany, Dresden and Paderborn from April 2013. Flights to Dresden will commence from 28 March 2013 and services to Paderborn will commence on 22 April 2013. CityJet will operate 6-times weekly services to both destinations with schedules designed to benefit a significant inbound market looking for … Read more
Brussels Airlines expands its African flight offer
In the course of this year Brussels Airlines is improving its African flight offer with frequency increases to several destinations. Dakar will be offered daily instead of 4 times per week during the summer season. Also for Freetown, Cotonou and Conakry the flight offer will be extended. Thanks to partner airline Korongo Airlines, smooth connections … Read more
Finnair adds Palma, Antalya and Tel Aviv
Finnair’s new scheduled flight destinations are Antalya, Tel Aviv, and Palma de Mallorca. Frequencies to Malaga, Barcelona and Madrid are increased
Wizz Air adds extra flights to Kiev
Wizz Air announced 14 additional flights on its Budapest-Kiev route during February and March. Bookings on this route went up strongly since Aerosvit cancelled a number of flights to Kiev Borispol and passengers were forced to make alternative travel arrangements. Wizz Air operates three weekly flights from Budapest to the more convenient city airport in … Read more
Norwegian Reports Strong Year-End Traffic Figures
A total of 17.7 million passengers travelled with Norwegian in 2012, an increase of 13 percent compared with the previous year.
Estonian Air and Pilots Union sign Collective Agreement
Estonian Air and Estonian Pilots Trade Association (ELA) signed a Collective Agreement which has been confirmed by the Supervisory Board of Estonian Air which had its regular meeting today. The Collective Agreement is valid up till 31 January 2014. “The company has signed the Collective Agreement with ELA and from now on the management can … Read more