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airBaltic launches direct flights between Riga and Abu Dhabi

EasyJet to take over planes from bankrupt Air Berlin

Budget airline easyJet says it has reached an agreement with Air Berlin to buy parts of the bankrupt German airline as part of a 40-million euro ($46 million) deal. The British airline said Saturday in a statement it will acquire "certain assets of the air transport business operated from th...

Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines Celebrate Delivery of First 787-9 Dreamliner

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines celebrated the delivery of the carrier's first Boeing 787-9. Ethiopian is leasing the Dreamliner through an agreement with AerCap. Ethiopian's newest 787 touched down in Addis Ababa following a non-stop 8,354 mile (13,444 km) delivery flight fr...

Airlines first: why EU law is desperate fighting against the €8 billion debt

Over the last 25 years air travel in Europe has become cheaper, safer and bigger. Air passenger numbers increased by 558 million and today there are almost eight times as many routes as there were in 1992. As the commercial European aviation industry has strengthened, the need for passenger rights grew accordingly. Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 replaced series of national rules by a single set of EU...

Aeroflot Group Passenger Traffic Up 16.8% in 9M 20

Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for September and the first nine months of 2017. January–September 2017 Operating Highlights In the first nine months of 2017, Aeroflot Group carried 38.3 million passengers, up 16.8%...

Buta Airways changes terminal of departure flights from Baku

Starting from October 29, 2017, all departure flights of low-cost Buta Airways from Baku will be carried out through the North entrance of Terminal 2 of the Heydar Aliyev International Airport. Buta Airways plans to carry out arrival flights to Terminal 1 as before. Terminal 2 meets all international requirements on the operation of civil airports. The terminal has cafes and restaurants, Dut...

First A320neo assembled in Tianjin delivered to Air Asia

AirAsia has taken delivery of the first A320neo assembled at the Airbus Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) at a dedicated ceremony in Tianjin, China. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, seats comfortably 186 passengers and is equipped with the innovative Space-Flex cabin. AirAsia is the largest airline customer of the A320 Family with orders for 578 aircraft. These include 404 A320...

AviationCV.com reveals plans to launch state-of-the-art Check-Pilot platform

Every year airlines worldwide spend millions on hiring the best HR professionals in order to source the best aviation specialists. Still, having top people on deck in the HR department does not automatically guarantee the best people in the cockpit. Neither do the pricey hours spent on document verification, resumes and background checks. Luckily, Aviation.CV.com has come up with an innovative sol...

PRIMERA AIR announces another North America destination from new bases in Europe

Direct flights from Paris, London and Birmingham to Toronto. The low cost airline intends to revolutionize the trans-Atlantic aviation market Primera Air announces opening of another North America destination from its new bases in London Stansted, Birmingham and Paris: Toronto (YYZ) will be served three times per week from Birmingham and London and four times per week from Paris...

Emirates airline and a consortium of aviation partners to build the world’s first Aviation X-Lab at Area 2071

The Experimental Lab will host senior executives and experts from every facet of aviation industry The X-Lab will host an annual challenge at Area 2071 to rethink the transportation industry The first challenge will be announced in November, with teams convening in Dubai in the Spring of 2018 to begin their work. In the continued effort to achieve the vision of “UAE Centennial Pl...

easyJet Announces A New Base In Bordeaux

§ The base will be launched in spring 2018 creating 110 direct jobs with local contracts § Three A320 aircraft to be based in Bordeaux and more than five new routes to be launched § 21% increase in passengers predicted for 2018, more than two million passengers next year. easyJet has today announced that it will launch a new base in Bordeaux, France in spring 2018. The airl...

IATA: 2036 Forecast Reveals Air Passengers Will Nearly Double to 7.8 Billion

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.8 billion passengers to travel in 2036, a near doubling of the 4 billion air travelers expected to fly this year. The prediction is based on a 3.6% average Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) noted in the release of the latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast. "All indicators lead to growing demand...

Boeing, Singapore Airlines Announce Order for 39 Airplanes

Deal includes 20 777-9s and 19 787-10 Dreamliners Ceremony in the presence of President Trump and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong Boeing and Singapore Airlines formally announced a deal for 20 777-9s and 19 787-10s, during a ceremony at the White House. The order, previously attributed to an unidentified customer, is worth $13.8 billion at current lis...

High Passenger Demand for airBaltic’s Flights to Abu Dhabi

The Latvian airline airBaltic in cooperation with Etihad Airways will launch a direct service between Riga and Abu Dhabi on October 29, 2017. So far passengers have made over 9 000 bookings on this connection. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Abu Dhabi is a major international hub with 25 million passengers. It opens up endless possibilities of planning exotic trips fr...

Emirates to receive 100th A380 aircraft in November

Emirates, the world’s largest A380 operator, is set to receive its milestone 100th A380 aircraft on 3rd November. Over 80 million passengers have flown on the superjumbo in the nine years since it first joined Emirates’ modern fleet. Today, Emirates flies the A380 to over 45 destinations spanning Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Everywhere...

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Korean Air places landmark order for 103 Boeing aircraft

Boeing and Korean Air announced that the carrier has finalized a purchase agreement for 103 aircraft spanning Boeing’s widebody and single‑aisle families. The deal includes 20 777‑9, 25 787...