The Iberia Group will launch a new Birmingham- Madridservice on 27 March 2016. The low-cost carrier Iberia Express will operate the return flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The Birmingham flights are scheduled to offer the best connections in Madrid to another 34 Iberia Group destinations, such as Alicante, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Jerez, Malaga, Majorca and Tenerife in … Read more
China’s Hainan Airlines today announced it plans to begin nonstop service from Tel Aviv International Airport to Beijing on April 28, 2016. Hainan Airlines will operate flight three days a week, Tuesday, Thursdayand Sunday. The new flight complements the carrier’s existing domestic nonstop connections to Beijing and other major cities in China, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Passengers can transfer … Read more
Finnair will welcome its first Airbus A350 WXB aircraft from Airbus in a delivery ceremony to be arranged on October 7, 2015. Finnair has 19 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft on order, to be received in 2015-2023. Finnair’s first Airbus A350 XWB enters into long-haul service on November 21, 2015 when the aircraft flies from Helsinki … Read more
Wizz Air has announced it will add a sixth Airbus A320 aircraft to its Warsaw fleet from 13 May 2016. The new aircraft will serve four new routes from Warsaw to Aberdeen, Bari, Bristol and Reykjavik, and increase the frequencies on some of Wizz’s more popular routes from the Polish capital. Wizz Air further announced a … Read more
Within the period of Summer 2016 Schedule Ukraine International Airlines will increase flight frequency between Lvov and Bologna up to 2 non-stop weekly scheduled flights. Effective April 28, 2016, UIA will launch weekly service from Lvov to Bologna increasing the frequency to up to two weekly flights starting June 20, 2016 (PS301 on Mondays and … Read more
Thomas Klühr is to succeed Harry Hohmeister as CEO of Swiss in February 2016,as part of a broader realignment of the Lufthansa Group. The new group organization is designed to provide a more functional alignment and thrust, alongwith flatter hierarchies. Harry Hohmeister, who is already a member of the Lufthansa Group Executive Board, will take … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Southwest Airlines has announced a new tentative agreement with the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association (SWAPA), the Union that represents the Company’s Pilots. SWAPA’s Board of Directors reviewed an Agreement in Principle that negotiators reached earlier this month and decided to conduct a ratification vote that could end more than … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SAS and Apollo are extending their cooperation on charter flights and have signed an agreement for the 2016 summer season worth around MSEK 900. As a result, SAS will be flying Apollo’s customers from 18 locations in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark to 28 destinations across Europe. SAS and Apollo … Read more
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines is boosting services between Manila and Sydney by shifting to daily flights from the current five weekly frequencies. Beginning October 25, 2015, flights depart Manila at 10:05PM via PR 211 every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, arriving Sydney at 9:30AM (AUS time) the following day. PR 213 departs Manila at 11AM … Read more
The FAA has provided $11 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds to eight airports that have risk factors for runway incursions. In June, the FAA unveiled the Runway Incursion Mitigation (RIM) program that will identify and mitigate risk factors that contribute to runway incursions at specific airports. The risk factors include unclear taxiway markings, … Read more