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AirlinesWizz Air inaugurates Austrian base
In addition to five destinations
Wizz Air opened its Austrian base at Vienna Airport with one of its new A-320 aircraft. The new allocated airplane will support the start of operations of five new services from Vienna towards Valencia,... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific to fly new aircraft using alternative jet fuel
It is committed to achieving goal of carbon neutral growth from 2020
Cathay Pacific is underscoring its strong commitment to eco-efficiency by planning to use a blend of alternative jet fuel to fly its new fleet of A-350/1000 aircraft home to Hong Kong.The airline has 20... more
AirlinesRyanair calls for restrictions on the sale of alcohol at airports
2 drinks per passenger and alcohol banished before 10 am
Ryanair has proposed to implement the restrictions on the sale of alcohol at airports. The low-cost carrier, tired to deal with unpleasant incidents on board, has asked the international airports' bars... more
AirlinesEtihad Airways launched new service to Barcelona
Starting in November
Initially weekly, then it will become daily more
AirlinesNorwegian: new route from Fiumicino
For the next Winter
Norwegian has announced in recent days the start of the new route from Rome-Fiumicino to Miami/Fort Lauderdale for the Winter 2018/2019.The carrier will connect the Italian capital to Florida twice a week,... more
AirlinesAir France announces new flight
Cagliari to Paris from July to September
Air France announces a new connection, the first time in history, from Cagliari to Paris-"Charles de Gaulle".The new service from the Sardinian city will be operated every day from July 16th to September... more
AirlinesNew official Alitalia uniforms presented
By the designer Alberta Ferretti
Alberta Ferretti unveils the new Alitalia uniforms. The collection was presented today, on the occasion of her Resort 2019 and Limited Edition show, and signaled the opening of Milan Men's Fashion Week.She... more
AirlinesBrief. SIA: special flight on the occasion of the F1 in Singapore
Scheduled for mid-September
Short from Italy. Singapore Airlines (SIA) announces the introduction of a special flight on September 18th.In fact the carrier to meet the increased request in the Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore... more
AirlinesRyanair: "urgent action to prevent meltdown of Europe's ATC"
"ATC Staff Shortages/Strikes crisis is disrupting millions of passengers this Summer"
The Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair communicates it today in a press release to have "Called for urgent action by the EU Commission and European Governments to arrest the alarming deterioration in Europe’s A... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the Government's decision within ten days
Italian Chamber: the decree for the extension of the assignment
According to some Italian Members, within ten days Luigi Di Maio will be ready to show up at Parliament to illustrate the Government's position on Alitalia. The Minister himself explained it while he was... more
AirlinesBrief. Alitalia: new "Casa AZ" lounge at Rome-Fiumicino’s Pier E
It will accomodate passengers traveling on extra-Schengen flights
Brief from Italy. Alitalia inaugurated yesterday the new "Casa Alitalia lounge" at Rome-Fiumicino’s Pier E, the new boarding area for most of airline’s medium and long-haul flights to extra-Schengen des... more
AirlinesPlanes. Alitalia: passenger traffic and revenues increase in May
+7.6%
Alitalia carrier announces today that its traffic-passenger revenues are growing in May. The airline recorded revenues from passenger-traffic increasing by 7.6% compared to May 2017, the first month of... more
AirlinesFly Emirates presents the first plane without windows
Virtual screens instead of openings in the aircraft's fuselage
Fly Emirates airline inaugurated the arrival of innovative virtual windows in the first class cabin of a Boeing 777-300ER. The carrier has installed technological screens instead of the usual windows in... more
AirlinesEthiopian Airlines: 100th aircraft in active service
Used for a humanitarian expedition
Ethiopian Airlines received its 100th aircraft, B-787 Dreamliner, last June 6, 2018.Given the social responsibility commitments, the new aircraft transported medical equipment from the Seattle NGO to the... more
AirlinesBrief. Bangkok Airways and Lao Airlines announce code-share
To strengthen the respective networks between the two countries
Short from the world. Recently Bangkok Airways (BA) and Lao Airlines have announced a new code-share partnership to strengthen their respective route networks between Thailand and Lao, commencing on 15th... more
AirlinesWizz Air fleet reaches 100 aircraft
Special livery revealed and foundation launched
Wizz Air celebrates a milestone today as its fleet reaches 100 aircraft. To mark the event, a special livery on one of its A-321 aircraft was unveiled in Budapest and the WIZZ Foundation was announced,... more
AirlinesPlanes and carrier. Air India: nobody wants it
The airline is on the way to partial privatization
According to a strategic disinvestment plan, the Delhi government sells 76% of the shares more
AirlinesEmirates: service by A-380 aircraft to Hamburg
The daily route from the end of October
Emirates announced in the last days that it will introduce the first scheduled commercial A-380 service to Hamburg. To commemorate the inaugural arrival in Hamburg on 29 October, the plane will be deployed... more
AirlinesAlitalia-SAI: Montezemolo, Cassano and Ball under investigation for fraudulent bankruptcy
The three commissioners took a year to report
A few days ago, the Italian Financial Police was in Alitalia's offices to seize computers and documentation related to Alitalia-SAI (Società aerea italiana) by order of the Court of Civitavecchia. Today... more
AirlinesBrief. Two new routes from Rome-Fiumicino
To Tel Aviv and Reykjavik, by Norwegian
Short from Italy. Norwegian announces today, on Wednesday May 30 the launch of two new routes to Tel Aviv and Reykjavik.The carrier will connect Rome-Fiumicino to Israel every day from next October 28.... more
AirlinesAircraft and carriers. Alitalia: code-share with Royal Air Maroc
The agreement already active
The Italian airline communicated that:Alitalia has signed a code-share agreement with Royal Air Maroc (RAM) in order to offer more choice and enhanced network connectivity between Italy and Maroc. Already... more
AirlinesBrief. 100th aircraft in service with Ethiopian
The airline will receive it next week
Short from the world. Ethiopian Airlines announced that it will take delivery on 5 June 2018 of its 100th airplane, a B-787/900, the 1st for an African carrier that with a 100 aircraft fleet keeps its... more
AirlinesAir France-Qantas: partnership renewed
Connecting Australia and Paris through HK and Singapore
Qantas and Air France customers will now have more options to travel between Europe and Australia via Asia following a renewed code-share agreement between the two carriers. The new agreement will see... more
AirlinesAlitalia: here is the amendment of the Legislative decree
Approved today in the special Senate Commission
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AirlinesA-330 airplane lands without gear: 53 injured
Operated by the Turkish Onur Air
Already an A-321 of the same airline was landed in an emergency in Russia, a few hours before, due to a problem of depressurization of the cabin more
AirlinesAircraft. Air France-Klm, Delta, Virgin sign definitive agreements
To strengthen Trans-Atlantic partnership
Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Limited have signed definitive agreements paving the way forward for their expanded trans-Atlantic joint-venture: · The joint-venture agreement sig... more
AirlinesAircraft. Air France-Klm: new transitional governance
From today, after resignation by Jean-Marc Janaillac
Following the outcome of the Air France staff consultation on the draft pay agreement made public on May 4, 2018, and as previously announced, Jean-Marc Janaillac has today submitted his resignation to... more
Airlines25 years of Jet Airways
It had 4 aircraft in fleet at its debut
Jet Airways celebrated last days its 25 years of service.Its first flight 9W321 took off on the 5th of May 1993 from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.From a modest beginning of a fleet of 4 aircraft serving 6 destinations... more
AirlinesEurowings doubles CAN’s German connections
Served by Q-400 aircraft
Cornwall Airport Newquay (CAN) welcomed the inaugural flights of Eurowings’ weekly services to Berlin-Tegel and Stuttgart last weekend. Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier’s (LCC) seasonal services double the A... more
AirlinesGermania: new routes from Berlin-Tegel
Three A-319 aircraft are permanently stationed at the city airport
Germania Fluggesellschaft is once again adding new routes from Berlin-Tegel. In addition to the 19 destinations that can already be reached, the Greek island of Samos will be served from June. The c... more
AirlinesAir France: fall on the SE following Janaillac's resignation
Air France-Klm records an above 10% overdrawn
Following the resignation of the CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac, (that decided to resign last Friday after the failure of company relations and negotiations with workers for an agreement on wages) Air France, s... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines arrived at Budapest
The Hungarian airport welcome the resumption of the carrier's flights
Marking the momentous development of Budapest Airport’s new US routes, Saturday saw the Hungarian gateway welcome the resumption of American Airlines’ flights at the airport. Launching Budapest’s third... more
AirlinesAirplanes and results. Wizz Air: expansion and passengers
30 million those transported in a year
Wizz Air reveals the latest traffic statistics and reports a new passenger record in its history. More than 30 million those ones carried in the past rolling 12 month-period as its operations across Europe... more
AirlinesNorwegian: Milan-Los Angeles postponed to Summer 2019
For a technical problem with the Trent 1000 RR engines - ATTACHMENT
Norwegian informs that due to the continuing technical problem with Rolls Royce (RR) engines, it is forced to postpone the start of its Milan-Malpensa/Los Angeles link to Summer 2019. The measure is due... more
AirlinesBahamasair launched Miami-Bimini route
The destination is served by ATR-42 aircraft
Officials from the Miami-Dade Aviation Department and Bahamasair celebrated in the last days the airline’s launch of four weekly flights between Miami and Bimini with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and gate r... more
AirlinesTo the "Big Apple" with Delta
The airline expands its services from Berlin
Once again this summer, Delta Air Lines will fly direct from Berlin Tegel to New York in the USA daily. Due to high demand the long-haul flight will be offered earlier and significantly longer this year... more
AirlinesPlanes. Norwegian refuses purchase offers from IAG
The potential of the Norwegian carrier underestimated
The Board of Directors of Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) confirms today that it has received two different conditional purchase proposals from the IAG Group (International Consolidated Airlines Group, an... more
AirlinesWizz Air UK: first flight today
It receives AOC and operating license
Wizz Air UK Limited (“Wizz Air UK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wizz Air Holdings (“Wizz Air”), announces that it has been granted an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and Operating Licence (OL) by t... more
AirlinesSmall Planet Airlines adds Cologne-Bonn’s fourth Polish point
The airport announced the arrival of its 31st carrier partner
Announcing the arrival of its 31st airline partner, Cologne-Bonn Airport has confirmed Small Planet Airlines will be the latest carrier joining the gateway’s roll call this summer. Basing an aircraft a... more
AirlinesWizz Air starts construction of a new training center
Opening by the end of 2018
Wizz Air announced in the last days that it will open a new training centre by the end of 2018. The new facility will feature 2 new state-of-the-art Full Flight Simulators, one Fixed Base Simulator as... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. Aeromexico-Jet Airways: code-share
The agreement will come into force tomorrow
Aeromexivo and Jet Airways announced in the last days a new code-share route beginning May 1, 2018. Flights will be available between Mexico City to either Mumbai or New Delhi via a London connection.The... more
AirlinesEuropean Commission supports Air France former workers with EUR 8.9 million
Feg's grant for vocational training and work guidelines
The European Commission will invest EUR 8.9 million from the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (FEG) to support 1858 workers dismissed by Air France. Called in by the French airline, the EU will help... more
AirlinesHere are the members of the Alitalia-Sai Monitoring Committee
They had not heard about it for a year
Finally, after a year of failed attempts, we finally got to know the names of the members of the monitoring committee in the extraordinary administration procedure of Alitalia-SAI (Società aerea italiana)... more
AirlinesNew Air France flights from Paris-"CdG"
Operated in code-share
Air France has recently inaugurated its new service Paris-"Charles de Gaulle"/Taipei (Taiwan). The airline now offers its customers 3 weekly flights operated by B-777 aircraft, equipped with the new long-haul... more
AirlinesAir France strikes continue
2% wage increase rejected by pilots
Air France's strikes that began in March and will be extended until late April don't seem to finish. The abstention from work scheduled for today, tomorrow and for April 23th and 24th is therefore confirmed.... more
AirlinesAircraft. Air Italy-Qatar Airways: code-share signed
From April 24th
Qatar Airways (QA) announces a new code-share agreement with Air Italy, starting 24 April. The new agreement provides code-shares on Air Italy’s routes between Milan-Malpensa Airport and six domestic c... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. SIA-Silkair: code-share with Fiji Airways
The codeshare flights are subject to regulatory approvals.
Singapore Airlines (SIA), SilkAir and Fiji Airways have today announced the signing of a code-share agreement that will provide more convenient connections for customers travelling to Fiji from 10 destinations... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Code-share Alitalia-Pegasus
Commercial agreement for flights and incoming tourism development
Alitalia increases its offer on Turkey thanks to the new code-share agreement with Pegasus Airlines, the main Turkish low-cost carrier based at the "Sabiha Gökçen Airport" in Istanbul.The commercial a... more
AirlinesMexico: Air Canada negotiates an agreement with Aeromar
The two airlines towards a commercial alliance?
Short from the world. The Italian foreign trade institute reported it yesterday from its headquarters in Mexico City. Air Canada has started a series of negotiations with the Mexican carrier Aeromar for... more
AirlinesCalc: agreeement to lease A-320neo aircraft
To Yunnan Hongtu Airlines
CALC announced that the Group has entered into an Aircraft Lease Agreement with Yunnan Hongtu Airlines and agreed to lease one new A-320ceo aircraft to the new client.The aircraft is expected to be delivered... more