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AirlinesAlitalia: excessive leasing costs compared to aircraft in the fleet
An account of 1.55 billion euros for the next 5 years
Of the 118 aircraft in the fleet of Alitalia, 77 are not owned but leased before the start of the extraordinary administration of the three commissioners Luigi Gubitosi, Enrico Laghi and Stefano Paleari.... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines commits to a cleaner future
It will reduce emissions by 2050
United Airlines made history by becoming the first US carrier to publicly commit to reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050, further strengthening the airline's ambition to be the... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: the air carrier insures its pension funds
£ 4.4 billion agreement that reduces financial risks
British Airways and Legal & General, yesterday, signed an agreement to secure the carrier's historical pension liabilities of 4.4 billion pounds (4.94 billion euros), in what is the largest transaction... more
AirlinesRyanair strike. Unions: "States must take action"
On 28 September new agitation in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Holland and Portugal
After yesterday's strike in Germany of pilots of the air carrier Ryanair, today was announced the date of 28 September for the new European protest involving Italian, Belgian, Portuguese, Dutch and Spanish... more
AirlinesPlanes. Aeroméxico pilots announce strike
Protests against the cut of the free flight inside the cockpit
The pilots of the Aeroméxico company announced a strike for the First of October in response to the decision of the air carrier to suspend some of their benefits; after the Embraer E-190 accident at Durango... more
AirlinesRyanair (2): still threats from the carrier to employees
"If there is a strike, we will cut jobs in Germany"
While it was confirmed that tomorrow 150 Ryanair flights will be cancelled due to the strike organized by the unions in Germany (see AVIONEWS), the carrier has again threatened its employees through a... more
AirlinesAeroflot: declining profitability, but new planes coming soon
Despite the difficulties expected the order of other Superjet 100
Today in a statement to journalists in Vladivostok, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aeroflot Mikhail Polubojarinov said that the profit of the Group will probably decrease in the next months of... more
AirlinesPlanes and carriers. Iberia: newness in Summer 2019
More capacity on Madrid-Lima and Madrid-São Paulo routes
As Iberia completes its flight programme for the 2019 summer season, its has announced that it will offer its new Premium Economy class on its flights to Havana and Johannesburg, while boosting capacity... more
AirlinesRyanair: tomorrow strike in Germany for the carrier
Waiting for the European protest of 28 September
Despite the fact that during the past weeks the Ryanair airline has reached an agreement with the pilots' union in Ireland, and in Italy with the Anpac -which will be voted today until September 13th in... more
AirlinesSwitzerland: new carrier on the way?
Objective to connect Europe and the United States with low-cost flights
A Ryanair pilot and three veterans of air transport -according to the "Financial Times"- will present a plan this week to raise at least 100 million dollars of investments in Switzerland, so as to be able... more
AirlinesAeroméxico: the three pilots of the plane crashed in Durango were fired
Despite the reason for the accident, it was bad weather
Breaking international news. Despite yesterday the investigators of the accident that involved the Embraer E-190 aircraft of Aeromexico have claimed that to cause it was the violent disturbance that was... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: violated personal and financial data of over one hundred thousand passengers
380,000 "compromised" payments
Hundreds of thousands people who have made an online booking to fly with the British Airways airline have been stolen personal and financial data, due to a security breach that allowed hackers to enter... more
AirlinesMiami-Warsaw flight by LOT
The Polish carrier plans Florida launch for next June
Lot Polish Airlines announced the launch of Miami-Warsaw non-stop passenger service scheduled for June 1, 2019, giving Miami International Airport (MIA) the only non-stop route between Florida and Eastern... more
AirlinesNew failure in Europe for an airline
The Belgian FlyVlm closes the commercial flight.
After the failure of the Swiss airline Sky Work and the announcement of the downsizing of Hop!, this week the closing of the flight operations came also for FlyVlm, a small Belgian airline used for regional... more
AirlinesKorean Air: inaugural flight to Zagreb, in Croatia
After 11 hours and 40 minutes, welcomed with a water cannon ceremony
Korean Air celebrated its inaugural flight from Seoul, South Korea to Zagreb, Croatia on September 1, marking the first regular service connecting Croatia and Far East Asia directly.The airline’s maiden f... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Emirates announces code-share partnerships
With Jetstar Pacific
Emirates and Jetstar Pacific have announced a new code-share agreement, expanding the existing partnership between the Dubai-based carrier and Jetstar Group. The new alliance with the Ho Chi Minh City-based... more
AirlinesAlitalia air tickets: the Pope pays, and Fedez no
Is it right at this situation to make "exchange of services"?
We read it in the last days about the "exchange of services" that Alitalia has agreed with the rapper Fedez and the fashion blogger Ferragni, for their wedding. Best wishes to the couple, some questions... more
AirlinesHop!: 100 layoffs announced by the carrier
The subsidiary of Air France downsizes its staff
Among the first dossiers on the table of the new CEO -which will settle on September 30th- of the Air France-KLM Group Benjamin Smith there will be the one concerning the Hop! Regional airline, born in... more
AirlinesAir Algerie: 20 new aircraft to increase air connections
This was possible thanks to the new Algiers airport
Air Algerie will purchase another 20 aircraft in the next two years to increase international connections. The fleet of the Algerian carrier has 59 planes that are used to connect Algiers to European,... more
AirlinesRyanair: retroactive new baggage policy
Is it to fly becoming the contrary of the low-cost idea?
The new Ryanair fare, which includes hand baggage for a fee, has not yet become effective -since it will become available from 1 November- but those who have already booked a flight from that date on will... more
AirlinesAirAsia: cancelled the jv to create a low-cost in China
Political frictions underlying the decision?
AirAsia announced that it had abandoned plans to form a joint-venture with the Chinese financial company Everbright Group -under government control in Beijing- which would serve as the basis for creating... more
AirlinesWizz Air undertakes Ukrainian expansion from Billund
The low-cost confirms it from next March
Already serving Billund Airport from eight destinations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, and soon Austria, Wizz Air has confirmed that from 2 March 2019 it will add Ukraine to... more
AirlinesRAM announces new Casablanca route
It will be served by a Dreamliner plane
Moroccan national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced it will launch the first-ever Miami-Casablanca route on April 3, 2019.The destination will be operated with a B-787/8 Dreamliner aircraft. The... more
AirlinesRyanair recognizes Forsa union
For Irish based cabin crew
Ryanair announced today in a note that it has signed its fourth cabin crew union recognition agreement with Forsa, who will be the representative body for airline’s directly employed cabin crew in Ireland.The c... more
AirlinesFailed SkyWork: Alitalia proposes a connection with Geneva
12 flights a week from Milan-Linate to the Swiss city
Yesterday, the Swiss airline SkyWork announced the suspension of all flight operations after the failure to find a commercial partner, which would have allowed it to avoid bringing the books to court and... more
AirlinesLatam: 1200 layoffs in Brazil from next week
Move made mandatory by the budget increasingly in red
The Chilean holding LATAM, one of the largest air groups in the world, will fire about 1200 employees in Brazil to reduce costs and replace them with workers hired through an external service company.... more
AirlinesLaudamotion: aircraft fleet doubling for Summer 2019
New personnel director from next Saturday, among the newness
Laudamotion, Austria’s low-fare airline, announced today that it would double its Airbus fleet from 9 to 18 aircraft in Summer 2019 following the completion of Ryanair’s purchase of 75% shareholding in... more
AirlinesRyanair: despite the agreement with Italian Anpac, the risk of strikes is concrete
Heavy criticism of the agreement by two other unions
Following the signing of the agreement between Ryanair and ANPAC (Italian Professional Association for the Civil Aviation), to which 300 of the 450 Italian-based pilots take part, protests against the... more
AirlinesAir France-Klm. Unions: "5.1% more salary or strike"
From the beginning of September Smith will try to find an agreement
The French trade unions have reiterated their request to increase the salaries for workers of the Air France-Klm Group by 5.1%, favoring the chances that soon the new CEO Benjamin Smith will also have... more
AirlinesItalian Anpac-Ryanair (2). Pilots vote in favour of CLA for Italy
Italy accounts for 20% of its fleet and pilots
Ryanair today (28 Aug) confirmed that its Italian pilots had voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) which was negotiated and signed between the airline and ANPAC (Italian... more
AirlinesKorean Air and Delta expand jv network
Boston-Seoul from next Spring
Korean Air is launching new non-stop service between Boston and Seoul on April 12, 2019 in cooperation with joint-venture partner, Delta Air Lines.The new Boston flight, along with new Minneapolis/St.... more
AirlinesAir Berlin aircraft return to fly with Eurowings
Integration between the two companies completed quickly
Eurowings has formalized the total integration of the aircraft fleet with what was used by Air Berlin, the German airline failed last Summer. 77 airplanes that will enter service for the low-cost Lufthansa... more
AirlinesPope Francis in Dublin on Alitalia aircraft
Tomorrow, on the occasion of the IX World Meeting of Families
Pope Francis will take off from Rome-Fiumicino airport tomorrow morning at 8:15 am with the Alitalia AZ 4000 flight to Dublin for His Holiness's Apostolic Journey to Ireland, in the occasion of the IX... more
AirlinesRyanair: from November the hand baggage won't be free
Tickets will increase between 6 and 10 euros
Despite the agreement between Ryanair and the Irish pilots' union -that this morning has made to open in rise the title to the Dublin Stock- or perhaps because of this likely increase in salaries for the... more
AirlinesBritsh Airways: from the end of September, stop flights to Iran
Same decision made by Air France and Klm
On 23 September -according to British Airways- the last flight from Tehran to London will be depart, following the decision by the British airline to suspend the air connection due to the high costs of... more
AirlinesQantas: look at the A-350/900ULR for Sydney-London flight
The other idea is the new B-777/8X aircraft
After the launching of the first non-stop flight between Australia and Europe with a Boeing B-787/9 Dreamliner, the airline Qantas is looking for the right aircraft to connect Sydney and London without... more
AirlinesRyanair: found agreement with the unions
Now is missing only the approval of the Irish pilots
After the agreement between Ryanair and the Irish drivers' union seemed far away, especially after the negotiating table had jumped, increasing the risk of new strikes, yesterday the Irish low-cost airline... more
AirlinesAir France-Klm: immediately strike strikes for Smith
Trade unions divided between hard line and dialogue
Today, Benjamin Smith, the new Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM Group, met with French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne to discuss both future projects with Air Canada ex-number 2 and the risk... more
AirlinesWill United Airlines make a jv with three South American companies?
Attempt to revive a complicated and volatile air market
The South American air transport market is not profitable as the European, US or Asian market, but could be considered -despite its volatile nature- a good investment especially according to United Continental,... more
AirlinesRyanair: stop at the negotiating table between Irish unions and airline
They work to find an agreement quickly
After the big number of strikes involving the low-cost airline Ryanair due to union demands, it seemed that an agreement had been reached with the Irish trade union to end the wave of abstentions from... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: new CEO appointed
Benjamin Smith, former president and Chief Operating Officer of Air Canada
It confirm the anticipations of AVIONEWS more
AirlinesRyanair: Hell Friday because the strikes
55 thousand passengers will remain on the ground in most of Europe
"We apologize to our customers for unneeded strikes and we ask at the trade unions to negotiate". This is what Ryanair writes on "Twitter" where it launches accusation to the unions guilty to induce abstention... more
AirlinesCroatia Airlines: the agreement with the unions is sought
Today the Zagreb court will decide on the strike
The Zagreb court today will give a final opinion on the strike announced by the Croatia Airlines, after yesterday -reportedly reported by "N1"- this has ordered the suspension causing a series of criticisms... more
AirlinesAir France-Klm: Air Canada's number 2 will lead the Group?
Benjamin Smith, probable successor to Janaillac
The decision on the successor of Jean-Marc Janaillac in Air France-Klm could be close, because -as reported by "Le Monde"- Benjamin Smith could be named soon. The nomination committee could therefore have... more
AirlinesRyanair: situation at stalemate with the unions
New strike on August 10 will affect almost 130 flights
Further chaos and inconvenience on arrival for Ryanair, after the proclamation for August 10 of a 24-hour strike by low-cost pilots based in Ireland, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands. Because of this... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: the new CEO perhaps for the end of September
Almost zero chances of a nomination in August
Before the beginning of September -as reported by "Reuters"- the Air France-KLM Group won't have a new CEO to replace Jean-Marc Janaillac, who resigned after the defeat in the internal referendum on the... more
AirlinesAirplane transport. The IAG-Norwegian Air Shuttle negotiations continue
The Anglo-Iberian Group wants to acquire it
Willie Walsh CEO of IAG, International Airlines Group - an Anglo-Spanish multinational holding company created by the merger of British Airways and Iberia- declared himself strongly interested in buying... more
AirlinesNorwegian wants to base another 40 drivers in Dublin
Plan that aims to attract Ryanair staff
Norwegian Air Shuttle -in addition to being the object of the desire of the IAG Group- is planning to increase the number of its pilot stationed in Dublin by 40 units, so as to be able to add further low-cost... more
AirlinesEmirates: 10 years of flight with the A-380 aircraft
104 planes in fleet to which another 58 will be added
Despite the "risk" that the Airbus A-380 aircraft is put out of production by the European aerospace company, the Emirates airline is celebrating 10 years of activity with this airplane. The United Arab... more
AirlinesCALC to add two A-321/200 planes in its fleet
Through purchase-and-leaseback
CALC, a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for global airlines, announces that the Group has entered into purchase-and-leaseback agreement with Sichuan Airlines for two A-321/200 airplanes, which... more