AirBridgeCargo adds Vietman to its freighter network with new Hanoi services

AirBridgeCargo Airlines is extending its global network to Vietman with the launch of twice-weekly freighter services from Hanoi, starting on 1 April, 2015.  The flights depart Hanoi every Wednesday and Saturday bound for AirBridgeCargo’s hub at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport via Hong Kong. From Moscow, the flight connects to AirBridgeCargo destinations in Europe and the United States. The Asian market has grown into the key market for AirBridgeCargo and … Read more

Wizz Air introduces allocated seating

Wizz Air today announced that from May 2015 the airline will introduce allocated seating to enhance customers’ travel experience and satisfaction.  On selected routes from 4 May 2015 and across all WIZZ routes from 19 May 2015, customers will enjoy automatic free allocated seating, which will become part of the booking process from 8 April. Wizz Air will allocate neighboring … Read more

ANA Holdings firms up order for seven additional A321s

ANA Holdings has firmed up an order for seven more A321 aircraft (four A321ceo with Sharklets and three A321neo), following the previous announcement in January this year. This firm order brings ANA’s total order for the A320 Family to 37 aircraft (26 A321neo, four A321ceo with Sharklet, and seven A320neo). ANA Group will be the … Read more

Wizz Air announces new base in Poland

Wizz Air today announced that it will open its 21st base in Lublin (Poland) with one new Airbus A320 on 14 September 2015 as well as further increases in its regional Polish services. Already served by Wizz Air, Lublin will be Wizz Air’s 6th Polish base. The new aircraft will increase the number of routes served from Lublin to … Read more

Seaborne and American Airlines expand codeshare to the US Virgin Islands

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Seaborne Airlines announced that effective immediately, its codeshare partnership with American Airlines has been expanded to include both St. Thomas and St. Croix. Seaborne Airlines operates San Juan to St. Thomas, San Juan to St. Croix, and between St. Thomas and St. Croix with three well-timed roundtrips. A fourth … Read more

Jaan Albrecht accepts position as CEO of SunExpress

Jaan Albrecht, who has been the CEO of Austrian Airlines since November 2011, has accepted a position at SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, and will serve as its CEO starting June 1, 2015. This was decided at the Supervisory Board meeting of SunExpress. Albrecht (60) will remain CEO of Austrian Airlines … Read more

Air Astana launches new service from Astana to Paris

Air Astana launched a new three times a week service from Astana to Paris on 29th March 2015. The service originates In Almaty, with no change of aircraft in Astana, and is operated using a Boeing 757 configured with 16 business and 150 economy class seats. The flight time from Astana to Paris is 7 … Read more

Air Algérie takes delivery of its new A330-200

On the occasion of the visit to Toulouse of Boultif Mohamed Salah, the CEO of Algeria’s flag-carrier airline, Air Algérie presented its new cabin to the media. The three Airbus A330-200 aircraft that will soon be delivered to the Algerian carrier will be fitted with the new cabin. The purchase of these new A330s is … Read more

WestJet announces departure of CFO

WestJet President and CEO Gregg Saretsky today announced the resignation of Vito Culmone, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, Finance, effective May 29, 2015. Vito will be joining another Calgary-based organization in a similar capacity. “Vito has played a significant role in the growth and financial stability of our company for the past eight years and will certainly be missed,” … Read more