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AirportsCornwall Airport Newquay marks 50% growth with Ryanair
Conwall, UK - A significant expansion of CAN route network
Celebrating a significant expansion of its route network, Cornwall Airport Newquay (CAN) has welcomed the inaugural flight of Ryanair’s new connection to Faro. Just one year after re-introducing services f... more
Press releaseAircraft and no-fly zone. Italian ENAC: air space closed on Florence on March 30 and 31
Rome, Italy - In the occasion of the summit with the Culture Ministers of the G7 Countries
"ENAC, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority, unveiled that a Notam (Notice to Airmen) has been issued for air space closure on Florence and in its surrounding area. It has been diffused in the occasion... more
AirlinesRyanair calls for aviation to top "Brexit" negotiations agenda
Dublin, Ireland - UK could be left with no flights to/from Europe after it
Ryanair today called on the UK Government to put aviation at the forefront of its negotiations with the EU and provide a coherent post-Brexit plan, or risk leaving the UK without any flights to/from Europe... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. IATA: Canada should eliminate crown rents not privatize airports
Montreal, Canada - Aviation in this Country plays a key role in the economy
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) asked the Canadian Government to improve the competitiveness of its aviation sector by prioritizing the elimination of Crown Rents over consideration... more
AirportsHamburg Airport: Ryanair starts new routes today
Hamburg, Germany - Seven additional destinations in Summer timetable
Ryanair is further expanding its route network from Hamburg Airport for the Summer season. The Irish airline is focussing even more destinations in Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain. Katowice in Poland... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia: from today it moves all check-in operations to T1 in Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - New Premium Check-in Area
From 29 March Alitalia moves its check-in operations from T3 to T1 at Rome-Fiumicino International Airport. Therefore, T1 will now facilitate all its domestic, international and intercontinental flights... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific Airways and Lufthansa Group agree cooperation
Frankfurt, Germany - Connecting flights via Hong Kong to Australia and New Zealand under same flight number in future
Cathay Pacific Airways, the Hong Kong–based airline, and the Lufthansa Group, Europe’s leading airline group, will offer their passengers selected flights under their partner’s flight number in future (code... more
AirlinesEthiopian Airlines: new destinations at the end of March 2017
Rome, Italy - Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananarivo, three of seven routes launched during the first six months of this year
Ethiopian Airlines announced the launch of flights to three new destinations (Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananarivo) within three days, 26-28 March 2017. They are three of the seven new destinations to... more
HelicoptersPakistan strengthens helicopter fleet renewal with additional AW-139s order
Rome, Italy - For utility, SAR and EMS with deliveries starting in early 2018
Leonardo announced today that the Government of Pakistan has signed a new order for an undisclosed number of additional AgustaWestland AW-139 intermediate twin engine helicopters. The aircraft will be... more
AirportsDubai International Airport: passenger traffic up 8.8% in February
Dubai, UAE - To 6,948,157, according to the monthly traffic report issued by Dubai Airports today
Passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) continued to grow steadily in February rising 8.8 per cent to 6,948,157, according to the monthly traffic report issued by Dubai Airports today. The operator... more
AirlinesWizz Air commence flights to Craiova from LJLA
Liverpool, UK - This is its seventh destination from this city
Wizz Air, the low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe has commenced flights from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" (LJLA) to the Southern Romanian city of Craiova. This is its seventh destination... more
AirlinesIberia: Mexico a strategic market for the airline
Madrid, Spain - The Spanish airline and Interjet tighten the links established three years ago with the signing of a code-sharing
Members of the Iberia Plus loyalty programme may now earn and redeem Avios when they fly to or from the 34 Mexican cities that Iberia offers under code-sharing with Interjet in connection with Iberia flights... more
AirportsOslo intensifies African connections
Oslo, Norway - Ethiopia becomes Norway's capital city airport's third continent Nation, alongside Egypt and Morocco
Avinor’s Oslo Airport announces the addition of Addis Ababa to its route network with new airline partner Ethiopian Airlines. Announcing another important new connection, Avinor’s Oslo Airport has con... more
Military aviationAirplanes. Saab receives order for Gripen development and operational support
Linkoping, Sweden - Its total value is SEK 375 million
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to provide operational and development support for Gripen airplane during 2017. The total... more
IndustryContinental Motors Group to build a new factory and corporate office in Mobile, AL (USA)
Mobile, Usa - And it invests globally in the future of General Aviation
Continental Motors Group Ltd (CMG), an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, announced it has chosen the city of Mobile, Alabama, USA for the first step of a 3-year global investment plan to... more
Finance and economyLeonardo: rescheduling of Financial Calendar for 2017
Rome, Italy - The BoD’s meeting to approve the results for the 1Q2017 will be held next 3 May instead of 4
Leonardo informs that, as partial amendment to the Financial Calendar released on 23 December 2016, the Board of Directors’ Meeting to approve the Results for the First Quarter 2017 will be held on Wednesday, 3... more
AirlinesEuroAirport accepts Iberia new flight
Madrid, Spain - With a water salute carried out by the airport fire service upon arrival
Iberia’s first flight from Madrid to EuroAirport, serving Basel in Switzerland, Mulhouse in France and Freiburg in Germany, was accepted yesterday with a water salute carried out by the airport fire s... more
CuriositiesPlanes and elegance. United Airlines struggles with the question of leggings
Denver, USA - Two young girls obliged to get changed: their clothing did not comply with regulation. Suddenly there was bedlam: disputes on social media. The airline replies: leggings are welcome
United Airlines was obliged to make itself clear to defend from the disputes which started after that two young girls had to change their clothes to be allowed boarding an aircraft from the airline. Yesterday... more
IndustrySkyworld Aviation has arranged the sale of an ATR-42/320 aircraft
London, UK - On behalf of long term Channel Islands-based customer Blue Islands
Skyworld Aviation arranged the sale of an ATR-42/320 airplane on behalf of long term Channel Islands-based customer Blue Islands. Serial number 066, registered as G-ZEBS, was sold to charter and cargo... more
Civil aviationBae Systems commemorates 27 years of BAe-146/Avro RJ operations by SWISS
Berne, Switzerland - Presented an engraved glass plaque to representatives of Swiss Global Airlines
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has presented an engraved glass plaque to representatives of Swiss Global Airlines to commemorate 27 years of continuous operations by the airline and its predecessors of... more
AccidentsTwo years ago the Germanwings airplane flight 9525 crashed into Alps. Last Friday the co-pilot's family criticized the official investigation
Berlin, Germany - In a press conference the father of Andreas Lubitz raised doubts on many details of the official inquiry and denied that his son was depressed
After exactly two years from the accident that occurred at the Germanwing plane which crashed on French Alps on March 24, 2015, Guenter Lubitz -father of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, to whom the official... more
CuriositiesDanish design store new to Hamburg Airport
Hamburg, Germany - Flying Tiger Copenhagen celebrates grand opening at airport
Danish design meets Hanseatic taste: as of now, aficionados of design and lifestyle products will find everything they could ever want in the new Flying Tiger Copenhagen branch store at Hamburg Airport.... more
PeopleAirbus DS appoints four new Executive Committee members
Munich, Germany - They are Jana Rosenmann, Grazia Vittadini, Bernhard Brenner and Peter Weckesser
As part of its reorganisation following the division’s strategy update, Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has appointed Jana Rosenmann, Grazia Vittadini, Bernhard Brenner and Peter Weckesser as new Executive C... more
People60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties: celebrations last Saturday in Rome -SPECIALS by AVIONEWS
Rome, Italy - The EU heads of State and Government received by the Pope Francis last Friday
The celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome took place on the 25th of March care of the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Campidoglio. After the speeches and the signing... more
AirportsCologne-Bonn welcomes S17 with Wizz Air
Cologne, Germany - With its naugural flights to Craiova and Tuzla
Cologne-Bonn Airport’s S17, which already has a line-up of 12 new routes, has been launched today with the arrival of Wizz Air’s inaugural flights to Craiova and Tuzla. As the airport’s 11th largest airli... more
Sport aviationFAI signs agreement with Freedom Drone Sports
Lausanne, Switzerland - FDS will be present at the first conference and expo in September
The FAI and Freedom Drone Sports have signed a memorandum of understanding, signalling a new step in the development of drone racing as a sport around the world. The two organisations have committed to... more
AirlinesEmirates: new A-380 airplane destinations, three continents, one day
Dubai, UAE - Tokyo-Narita, Casablanca and Sao Paulo
Emirates launched yesterday three A-380 destinations, bringing its flagship three-class double-decker aircraft from Dubai to Tokyo- Narita, Casablanca and Sao Paulo on the same day. With this triple deployment,... more
AirportsSummer Timetable 2017: Frankfurt Airport features new airlines and growing seat capacity
Frankfurt, Germany - FRA provides the most non-stop connections worldwide: 299 destinations in 97 countries, including 139 intercontinental
Frankfurt Airport’s (FRA) new Summer Timetable 2017 –which goes into effect on Sunday, March 26– features 96 scheduled passenger airlines flying to 299 destinations in 97 countries. According to ANNA.... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Emirates introduces laptop and tablet handling service for US flights
Dubai, UAE - Electronics ban does not apply to its US-bound connections via Milan and Athens
Emirates will introduce a new service to enable customers to use their laptops and tablet devices until just before they board their flights to the US. Its customers travelling to the US via Dubai will... more
SecurityAirplanes. EASA: European Union and South Asia strengthen ties in civil aviation
Cologne, Germany - Kick-off of a new technical cooperation project managed by the European Safety Agency
The European Union (EU) and South Asian states celebrated the launch of a new project today to enhance their ties in civil aviation. This four-year project, managed by the European Aviation Safety Agency... more
AirportsBlue Air launches its latest European base at Liverpool Airport
Liverpool, UK - The airline first started operations from LJLA in December 2014
Blue Air has today officially launched its latest European base at Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" (LJLA) with a morning of celebrations, including a short familiarisation flight for over a hundred guests... more
Finance and economyIndia considers helping Afghanistan: it could look after maintenance of its helicopters
New Delhi, India - 11 Mi-35 and 7 transport aircraft need service and India could finance it
The maintenance of 7 transport aircraft and 11 MI-35 helicopters from Afghanistan could be financed by India. According to local press in recent days the Indian ambassador to Kabul (Afghanistan) Manpreet... more
MuseumsMIA and HistoryMiami Museum unveil Hall of Aviation Gallery
Miami, Usa - Aviation industry members past and present gathered to celebrate inaugural exhibition
Miami International Airport, in partnership with HistoryMiami Museum, unveiled its Hall of Aviation on March 23 during a grand opening ceremony attended by more than 100 community leaders and employees... more
AirportsNew routes and airlines: Helsinki Airport will offer more connections in 2017
Helsinki, Finland - Served by Finnair and Norwegian
Finnair and Norwegian will open the highest number of new routes, and there will also be completely new airlines at Helsinki Airport. In terms of route development, the most recent successes were achieved... more
AirportsBerlin Airports. Summer flight plan 2017: expansion of long haul routes
Berlin, Germany - 84 airlines connect both with 178 destinations in 57 countries
The 2017 summer flight plan from Berlin offers numerous new and attractive destinations. In total, 84 airlines connect Berlin and Brandenburg with 178 destinations in 57 countries. The summer flight plan... more
IndustryA-350/1000 airplane performed flight test campaign in Latin America
Toulouse, France - Currently the aircraft is in Bolivia for the "High and Warm"’ tests
With the objective of conducting a "High and Warm" flight test campaign to check aircraft and engine performance in high-altitude, warm and humid conditions, the A-350/1000 MSN071 test aircraft flew first... more
Finance and economyAirplanes and finance. CALC 2016 annual results achieve record high
Hong Kong, China - Net profit surges 67.9% to HK$638.4 million
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC”), a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for airlines globally, announced the Group’s annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016 (“the... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Emirates reinstates third daily flight between Rome and Dubai
Rome, Italy - The link will be available as from next 26 March 2017, in conjunction with its summer schedule
Emirates announced the reinstatement of its 3rd daily flight from Rome to Dubai, offering Italian travellers with more choices for flights to Dubai and beyond to over 150 destinations via its ultra-modern... more
CuriositiesEtihad Airways and Norland deliver the graduation of the 2000th "Fying Nanny"
Abu Dhabi, UAE - They were introduced by the carrier in September 2013
Etihad Airways has announced the graduation of its 2000th "Flying Nanny", continuing its relationship with Norland, the UK-based higher education college which specialises in ‘early years’ education.... more
People60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome signing: European Parliament delegation in Norcia (Perugia)
Perugia, Italy - For an institutional visit, and to meet the local and regional authorities
Today, on Friday March 24 the European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, the VPs and the Presidents of the political groups of the same Parliament are in Norcia (Perugia) for an institutional visit.... more
AirportsItaly. Bergamo warms up S17 with 14 new routes and two new airlines
Bergamo, Italy - And resuming 11 seasonal links
Bergamo Airport is on course to continue the robust growth it witnessed last year, adding 14 new routes, resuming 11 seasonal links and welcoming two new airlines for the S17 timetable. Having recorded... more
AirportsHamburg Airport presents the 2017 summer timetable
Hamburg, Germany - The variety of the route network continues to grow: new destinations and more connections
The new summer timetable comes into effect at Hamburg Airport on 26 March, 2017. It is valid until 28 October, 2017. Around 60 airlines fly to 130 destinations. The airlines are focussing their attention... more
SecurityAirplanes. EASA publishes two studies on cabin air quality -SPECIALS by AVIONEWS
Cologne, Germany - On board large aircraft operated for commercial air transport
EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) publishes two studies it commissioned with the aim to gain solid scientific knowledge about cabin air quality on board large airplanes operated for commercial air... more
Civil aviationAirplanes. Green light by EU to the acquisition of Meridiana Fly by Qatar Airways
Brussels, Belgium - In line with the regulation on mergers, it doesn't damage the competition
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control over Meridiana fly SpA of Italy, by Qatar Airways of Qatar and Alisarda of Italy. Meridiana is an airline... more
Civil aviationAircraft. European aviation says "It's time to stand up for the EU"
Brussels, Belgium - 60 years ago representatives of only six Countries until to the current EU of 28 States
In two days, it will be 60 years since representatives of six countries, gathered in Rome and signed the treaty that established the European Economic Community – which over time, developed and expanded i... more
SecurityPlanes. ICAO: update on national restrictions on electronic carry-on items
Montreal, Canada - A number of its member States have begun to set out new limitations
A number of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Member States have begun to set out new restrictions on electronic items which can be carried on board passenger (aircraft) flights originating... more
HelicoptersLeonardo expands its presence in the Philippines with new commercial helicopter deliveries
Langkawi, Malaysia - One AW-119Kx and one GrandNew to corporate customers
Leonardo’s presence in the Philippines is expanding with the recent delivery of an AgustaWestland AW-119Kx and a GrandNew to corporate clients, with the scheduled delivery of the first AW-169 sold in t... more
CuriositiesAerospace. China looks to the space "Recycling"
Rome, Italy - Reusable launch systems are under evaluation
An ecologist curiosity, but this time space and not terrestrial, according to the Italian Space Agency (ASI) wrote it on its website. China, Country that notoriously protects less environment, looks to... more
Civil aviationIndra leads the "Transforming Transport" project
Rome, Italy - It will use big data to improve mobility in Europe
Indra, one of the global consulting and technology firms, leads the R&D&i project Transforming Transport (TT), which intends to be the tangible demonstration of how massive amounts of data generated by... more
AirlinesCALC delivers two A-320 airplanes to AirAsia Group
Hong Kong, China - To AirAsia Berhad and Thai AirAsia
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC”), a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for global airlines, announced that the Group has completed the deliveries of one A-320 each to Air... more