SAS completes acquisition of Cimber

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments SAS is completing the acquisition of Cimber after meeting all of the terms of the transaction, including approval from the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority. SAS has appointed Kent Hansen as the new president of the airline. He will succeed the current president on March 1, 2015. On December … Read more

Wizz Air announces a base in Kosice

Wizz Air announced that it will open its 20th base in Kosice, Slovakia with one new Airbus A320 on 14 September. Coinciding with the delivery of the aircraft the airline will start operating two new routes from Kosice to Doncaster Sheffield and Milan Bergamo. With the new Kosice services Wizz Air is now offering 11 … Read more

Kenya Airways to fly to Hanoi

Kenya Airways will become the first and only airline to link Vietnam directly to Africa with flights to Hanoi from 30 March 2015. Kenya Airways will fly three times a week to Hanoi in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and will provide strong connections to the key markets in Africa. Hanoi is home to over 7 … Read more

AirAsia Flight 8501 search and rescue operation update

Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501, from Surabaya to Singapore, was enroute over the Java Sea when radar and radio contact was lost with the aircraft while it was deviating around weather. (30th January 2015) The search and rescue (SAR) operations by Makassar’s SAR team continued to be carried out today. Two SAR vessels from Makassar and … Read more

American Airlines welcomes first Boeing 787 Dreamliner

American took delivery of the airplane, a 787-8 with registration number N800AN, on Thursday at Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington, and it is scheduled to arrive in Dallas/Fort Worth on Friday afternoon. “We are committed to delivering a fantastic product for our customers with the continuation of our unprecedented fleet renewal program and more than $2 billion … Read more