Oman Air AGM reviews its positive results for 2015

Oman Air’s shareholders received positive financial results for 2015 at the airline’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was held at Oman Air’s headquarters in Muscat. Oman Air’s Chairman, His Excellency Darwish Bin Ismail Bin Ali Al Balushi, provided reports covering the company’s financial and operational progress over the last full year. Shareholders heard that Oman … Read more

Pegasus Airlines announce order for five Next-Generation 737-800s

Boeing and Pegasus Airlines, have finalized an order for five Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes, valued at approximately $505 million based on expected list prices at delivery. Pegasus Airlines and its subsidiaries, Air Manas and Izair, operate a fleet of 58 737-800s and a total of 69 aircraft. The carrier is based out of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, … Read more

Xiamen Airlines to land in Canada for the first time

Today, Xiamen Airlines announced they will fly a three times weekly, non-stop flight between Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) in China to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) starting July 25, 2016, subject to final government approvals. This will mark the first time the airline has service to North America. “We are thrilled to welcome Xiamen Airlines … Read more

Alitalia returs to Amman (Jordan)

Alitalia is returning to Jordan again this summer. From 27 March, the Italian airline will resume direct flights between Rome and Amman offering up to 5 flights a week this summer. The connection between the two capital cities is one of the fastest growing for Alitalia. Last year, from April to October over 25,000 passengers … Read more

American adds five additional aircraft to Envoy’s fleet

Envoy announced that American has just added five additional aircraft to it’s fleet, starting in May. Work is already underway to reactivate three Embraer 140 (E140) that have been parked, in order to have them ready to begin flying the May schedule and beyond. Additionally, American will return two of the 16 Embraer 145 (E145) … Read more

EL AL signs agreement with Rolls-Royce

Eric  Schulz, President Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce plc UK, Tami Moses Borowitz, Deputy Chair EL AL and David Maimon, President and CEO EL AL marked the signing of a cooperative agreement for Rolls-Royce maintenance and support services for Trent 1000 engines in EL AL’s  new Dreamliner Aircraft. The event was held in the presence of … Read more

KLM Cityhopper welcomes its first Embraer 175

KLM Cityhopper welcomed yesterday its first E175, from Embraer, at Schiphol Airport. The new aircraft will allow KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and KLM Cityhopper to continue their contribution to more efficient and environmentally friendly operations in which quality and passenger comfort hold an important place. The aircraft feature a new wingtip that, among other technical … Read more

Regional Express launches Snowy Mountains (Cooma) air services

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Regional Express (Rex), in partnership with Snowy Mountains Airport Corporation Pty Ltd (SMAC), will officially launch its Snowy Mountains (Cooma) to Sydney Regular Public Transport (RPT) services in a ceremony held at the Snowy Mountains Airport on Wednesday 23 March 2016. The ceremony will take place following the inaugural … Read more

Ryanair condemns french ATC strike

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Ryanair has condemned the selfish actions of the French ATC unions who once more caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights and delays across Europe following their 41st strike since 2009. Ryanair has repeatedly called on the French Government and EU Commission to take action to prevent European consumers regularly … Read more

Turkish Airlines inaugurates its first flight to Ivano Frankivsk (Ukraine)

Ivano Frankivsk is the 7th destination to be served in Ukraine as from March 30th. With existing services to Kiev, Odessa, Dneprepetrovsk, Lvov, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Turkish Airlines now adds Ivano Frankivsk, one of the largest cities in Ukraine to its expanding network. Beginning from 30th March, Ivano Frankivsk flights will be operated 7 times … Read more