Progress of the MH17 investigation

The Dutch Safety Board has reported on the progress of the investigation into the MH17 crash to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ). Such a report is required by Article 6.6 of ICAO Annex 13, which obligates the Dutch Safety Board to release an interim statement one year after the occurrence. In this interim … Read more

Fiji Airways appoints David Bowden as acting CEO

Fiji Airways Group Chairman Nalin Patel today announced the appointment of David Bowden as Acting Chief Executive, effective immediately. David, who is the airline’s Chief Financial Officer, will act as CEO until Andre Viljoen takes office by October 1st. “David’s appointment will ensure there’s business continuity and alignment in the interim period before Andre takes … Read more

Emirates launches first A380 service into Dusseldorf

Emirates has expanded the network of destinations served by its highly-popular A380 aircraft with the launch of the first A380 service into Dusseldorf, Germany. The airline also celebrated its five year anniversary in Prague with a special one-off A380 service. Dusseldorf is the third German city to welcome a regular Emirates Airbus A380 service, the … Read more

Cargolux adds Turkmenbashi to its network

On 29 June 2015, the first Cargolux aircraft touched down at Turkmenbashi Airport in Turkmenistan. With this flight, Cargolux began to operate four weekly flights to Turkmenbashi, two from Luxembourg and two from Hong Kong. Turkmenbashi becomes Cargolux’s fifth destination in Central Asia, together with Baku, Novosibirsk, Almaty and Tbilisi. The new commercial Cargolux services … Read more

RwandAir suspends flights to Mwanza

RwandAir, the national flag carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, announced the suspension of flights to Mwanza effective June 1st 2015. The equipment which was operated on the Kamembe route was deployed to Mwanza as the airline decided to re-launch the route and gauge it for possible sustainable operations. “Our plan was to commence Kamembe … Read more

Bombardier delivers first of seven CRJ900 aircraft to Mesa Airlines

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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it has delivered the first of seven CRJ900 aircraft to Mesa Air Group of Phoenix, Arizona (Mesa Airlines). Mesa will operate the aircraft for American Airlines under the American Eagle brand. The aircraft delivered is one of a firm order for seven announced on March 12, 2015. The CRJ900 delivery ceremony held today … Read more

Cape Air increases service with additional flight to Rockland

Cape Air, the Essential Air Service (EAS) provider serving the Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, has added one extra summer flight, for a grand total of six daily round-trips to Boston’s Logan International Airport.   Due to the increase in demand, Cape Air will be augmenting their existing schedule from June 24 through September … Read more

Wizz Air announces new base in Debrecen

Wizz Air today announced that it will open its 22nd base on 16 December in Debrecen (Hungary) with one new Airbus A320 and further increases to its regional Hungarian services.  Already served by Wizz Air flights, Debrecen will be Wizz Air’s second Hungarian airport with base operations. The new aircraft will increase the number of routes served from … Read more