Turkish Airlines is growing in East Africa, the 42nd point where flights are organized is Asmara (Eritrea). Asmara became the first flight point in Eritrea. While Eritrea became 27th country in the flight network across the continent, there were 108 countries in the overall ranking with respect to flag carrier airlines. Turkish Airlines, which is … Read more
British holidays airline operator Monarch Group is set to cut the airline’s workforce by a third with the closure of its charter operations as it moves to reinvent the carrier as a scheduled European budget airline. Monarch, privately-owned by the Mantegazza family, said it would scrap its charter flights business to focus on the scheduled … Read more
Austrian Airlines welcomes the second of a total of four new Dash 8-400 aircraft to its fleet. The turboprop with the registration OE-LGP is expected to land in Innsbruck today at 8 p.m. local time. Accordingly, with the addition of OE-LGP the fleet of the Austrian Airlines Group will be expanded to 77 aircraft, including … Read more
Virgin America today announced the appointment of Brad Thomann as Vice President – Flight Operations effective immediately. Thomann, who has over 30 years of experience in civil and military aviation, will oversee the California-based airline’s technical and administrative Flight Operations functions including Flight Training, Flight Operations Engineering, Flight Standards, Flight Crew Communications, Flight Crew Resources … Read more
Monarch Airlines announced that it will cease flying from its base at East Midlands Airport by the end of April 2015. The decision to close the base is part of a strategic review under the leadership of Andrew Swaffield, who was recently appointed Chief Executive of The Monarch Group. Through a review of its network … Read more
Flybe has confirmed its commitment to further growth with the announcement of two brand new year-round routes from Manchester and London City, to Amsterdam Schiphol airport, both of which are featured as part of the airline’s new 2014-15 Winter schedule. The airline will operate daily flights between Manchester and Amsterdam using 88-seat Embraer 175 jet … Read more
Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing air travel, announced that it will expand its schedule out of Dallas Love Field (DAL) to include four daily nonstop round trips to Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA), San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) by adding one new daily nonstop in each … Read more
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) in Taiwan has become a new tier-one supplier for Airbus
Thai Airways said on Thursday it expects to return to profit earlier than expected in the fourth quarter and would cut 1,500 jobs this year as part of a restructuring plan at the troubled national carrier. The loss-making carrier also said it would shed more than a quarter of its full-time employees by 2018, the … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, experienced its best month on record in July since the franchise began in March 2010. The record passenger numbers beats the previous record set only last month as passenger numbers published today show. The airline carried 141,737 passengers in July, a 22% … Read more