Europe

Newest Swiss’ Boeing 777 to enter service during the winter schedules

Swiss new fleet flagship, the Boeing 777-300ER, will enter revenue service in the course of the coming 2015/16 winter schedules. The new long-haul twinjet will be deployed on services between Zurich and New York from early 2016. The start of the winter schedules also sees more frequencies added to the Zurich-São Paulo and Zurich-Miami routes. And ... <a title="Newest Swiss’ Boeing 777 to enter service during the winter schedules" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/newest-swiss-boeing-777-to-enter-service-during-the-winter-schedules/" aria-label="Read more about Newest Swiss’ Boeing 777 to enter service during the winter schedules">Read more</a>

AT Staff Oct 7, 2015 · 1 min read

SAS introduces new daily service Boston-Copenhagen

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments From late March 2016, SAS will operate daily nonstop flights between Copenhagen and Boston. As such, SAS will be the first carrier to fly directly to Boston from Scandinavia.  As part of its determination to further strengthen its offer to frequent travelers to and from Scandinavia, SAS is now ... <a title="SAS introduces new daily service Boston-Copenhagen" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/sas-introduces-new-daily-service-boston-copenhagen/" aria-label="Read more about SAS introduces new daily service Boston-Copenhagen">Read more</a>

AT Staff Oct 7, 2015 · 2 min read

Finnair becomes first European A350 XWB operator

Finnair has taken delivery in Toulouse of the first of 19 A350 XWBs on order, thus becoming the first European operator and the third worldwide of the all-new airliner. The aircraft is configured in a premium three-class layout, with 297 seats, comprising 46 Business Class, 43 Economy Comfort and 208 Economy.  Finnair will commence commercial ... <a title="Finnair becomes first European A350 XWB operator" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/finnair-becomes-first-european-a350-xwb-operator/" aria-label="Read more about Finnair becomes first European A350 XWB operator">Read more</a>

AT Staff Oct 6, 2015 · 2 min read

Finnair expands its Asian network, opens routes to Fukuoka and Guangzhou

Finnair continues to expand its Asian traffic, opening two Asian destinations, Fukuoka in Japan and Guangzhou in China for the summer season, 2016.   “We intend to double our Asian traffic by 2020 from the 2010 baseline, and these new destinations are an important step towards this target,” says Pekka Vauramo, Finnair President and CEO. “We ... <a title="Finnair expands its Asian network, opens routes to Fukuoka and Guangzhou" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/finnair-expands-its-asian-network-opens-routes-to-fukuoka-and-guangzhou/" aria-label="Read more about Finnair expands its Asian network, opens routes to Fukuoka and Guangzhou">Read more</a>

AT Staff Oct 6, 2015 · 2 min read

New senior management appointments at Ryanair

Ryanair announced a number of new senior appointments to its Management team, as follows:   John Tuite – Head of Finance. John joins Ryanair having previously been Head of Finance at Bank of Ireland Corporate. He has spent the past 21 years working for the Bank of Ireland Group, holding a range of senior roles. Eamonn Hackett – ... <a title="New senior management appointments at Ryanair" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/new-senior-management-appointments-at-ryanair/" aria-label="Read more about New senior management appointments at Ryanair">Read more</a>

AT Staff Oct 2, 2015 · 2 min read

SAS enters into agreements with Cityjet for wet lease and sale of Blue1

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SAS begins collaboration with Cityjet on regional jet services. As part of this collaboration, Cityjet is also acquiring 100% of the shares in SAS subsidiary Blue1.  SAS’s strategy is to offer frequent travellers a broad network with frequent flights to, from and within Scandinavia. To adapt the size of ... <a title="SAS enters into agreements with Cityjet for wet lease and sale of Blue1" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/sas-enters-into-agreements-with-cityjet-for-wet-lease-and-sale-of-blue1/" aria-label="Read more about SAS enters into agreements with Cityjet for wet lease and sale of Blue1">Read more</a>

AT Staff Sep 30, 2015 · 2 min read

Wizz Air announces new Bucharest to Birmingham route

The route will commence on 22 May and will be operated with two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays.   With this new service, WIZZ is now offering 39 routes to 14 countries from Bucharest. Tamara Mshvenieradze, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air said: “We are thrilled today to be adding a fourth UK route ... <a title="Wizz Air announces new Bucharest to Birmingham route" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/wizz-air-announces-new-bucharest-to-birmingham-route/" aria-label="Read more about Wizz Air announces new Bucharest to Birmingham route">Read more</a>

AT Staff Sep 30, 2015 · 1 min read

Transaero to operate all Moscow flights from Vnukovo airport

Starting from the winter flight season, effective from October 25, Transaero Airlines will operate all its Moscow flights from Vnukovo airport. This decision was made with consideration for commercial and logistic advantages of flight concentration in a single Moscow airport. This concentration of operations fully meets interests of passengers. Now they have the opportunity to make a transfer between all the airline’s flights ... <a title="Transaero to operate all Moscow flights from Vnukovo airport" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/transaero-to-operate-all-moscow-flights-from-vnukovo-airport/" aria-label="Read more about Transaero to operate all Moscow flights from Vnukovo airport">Read more</a>

AT Staff Sep 28, 2015 · 1 min read

Airbus starts assembly of the first A350-1000

Less than one year after delivering the first A350 XWB (-900), the first A350-1000 is taking shape with the assembly start of the first fuselage major components at Airbus plants in Hamburg and Saint-Nazaire. The forward fuselage section has been delivered by Premium Aerotec to Airbus in Hamburg where it will be equipped before being ... <a title="Airbus starts assembly of the first A350-1000" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/airbus-starts-assembly-of-the-first-a350-1000/" aria-label="Read more about Airbus starts assembly of the first A350-1000">Read more</a>

AT Staff Sep 24, 2015 · 2 min read

Lufthansa starts new Frankfurt-Tampa service

Lufthansa launched its new non-stop service to Florida’s west coast today. New Florida destination becomes 18th point served in the USA; flights to operate with three-class Airbus A340-300s specially configured for the leisure travel market. Flight LH 482 left Frankfurt (FRA) at 11:00 local time, and is due to land at Tampa International Airport (TPA) ... <a title="Lufthansa starts new Frankfurt-Tampa service" class="read-more" href="https://aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/lufthansa-starts-new-frankfurt-tampa-service/" aria-label="Read more about Lufthansa starts new Frankfurt-Tampa service">Read more</a>

AT Staff Sep 24, 2015 · 2 min read