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Ryanair Calls On Bundeskartellamt & EU Commission To Block Lufthansa-Air Berlin Take-Over

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, on 30 Aug 2017 urged the German Bundeskartellamt and the EU Commission to block the stitch-up between the German Government, Lufthansa and Air Berlin to carve up Air Berlin’s assets, while excluding major competitors and ignoring both competition and...

airBaltic to Operate Geneva, Tampere, Gothenburg Flights Year-Round

The Latvian airline airBaltic announces its plans for the winter season that will begin in late October. airBaltic will continue to fly to Geneva, Tampere, Gothenburg also during the winter as well as re-introduce popular skiing destinations of Salzburg, Verona and Poprad in the High Tatras Mountain...

S7 Airlines of Russia Purchases An Embraer E170 Flight Simulator From Flightsafety International

FlightSafety International announces that S7 Airlines of Russia has ordered a full flight simulator for the Embraer E170 aircraft. The new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator is scheduled to enter service at the S7 Airlines training facility located at the Moscow Domodedovo airport in Russia late next year. “We appreciate the confidence and trust S7 Airlines has placed in FlightSafety,&rdquo...

Airbus delivers first U.S.-produced A320 to Spirit Airlines

The first delivery of an A320 aircraft from the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility has taken place in Mobile, Alabama, USA. The aircraft, delivered to Spirit Airlines, is the 37th overall delivery from the U.S. facility since production began in July 2015. The previous 36 aircraft were A321 aircraft, making this delivery another important milestone for Airbus. Executives from Airbus...

Wizz Air Launched Operations to Pulkovo Saint Petersburg Airport

On 27 August 2017, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air launched scheduled service from Budapest (Hungary) to Saint Petersburg (Russia). The first flight was traditionally greeted at Pulkovo airport with a water cannon salute from the airport firetrucks. “We are delighted to welcome Wizz Air, the first foreign low-cost carr...

Cargolux grows market presence in Africa

Cargolux Airlines is set to introduce two new destinations in Africa, Douala in Cameroon and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Services to Lubumbashi will begin on 15 September while Douala is served as of 3 October. Flights to Lubumbashi leave Luxembourg every Friday evening, arriving in the DRC on Saturday mornings at 05:25. The return flight is routed via Johannesburg...

Russian startup leases single Yak-40 for regional services

A Russian startup has wet-leased a Soviet-made Yakovlev Yak-40 regional trijet with the aim of launching scheduled air services between Kyzyl, the capital city of the Republic of Tuva in Siberia, and several destinations in neighboring regions. The company, registered in May 2017, is known as Ayana Airlines. As the would-be carrier does not hold an air operator’s certificate, it is leasin...

Air Berlin frequent flyer programme files for insolvency

Air Berlin’s (AB1.DE) frequent flyer programme filed for insolvency on Friday, bad news for members with points on their accounts, which they can no longer use. The frequent flyer programme Top Bonus had already stopped members from using and collecting points amid uncertainty about its future after Air Berlin itself filed for insolvency last week. “Because of the situation with...

flyadeal becomes latest A320 operator

flyadeal, the newly established low fare airline in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has taken delivery of its first aircraft and the first of eight Airbus A320ceo aircraft, becoming the newest operator of the Airbus A320 Family. Announced in 2016, flyadeal will commence operations on 23 September 2017, on the national day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, serving domestic markets initial...

Boeing, EL AL Israel Airlines Celebrate Delivery of First 787 Dreamliner

Boeing EL AL Israel Airlines and Air Lease Corporation are celebrating the delivery of the carrier's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner today. EL AL leased the airplane through an agreement with Air Lease Corporation. The 787-9 touched down in Tel Aviv today following a nonstop, 6,746 mile (10,856 km.) delivery flight from Paine Field, adjacent to Boeing's factory in Eve...

Ryanair's O'Leary would be interested in buying all of Air Berlin

Ryanair would be interested in bidding for the whole of insolvent German carrier Air Berlin, but it needs access to more data on the airline's finances, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told Reuters. "We would be very happy to bid for the whole of Air Berlin, which is generally a short-haul, domestic, intra-EU carrier," O'Leary said by telephone. "But we don...

Cathay Pacific Group signs MOU for 32 A321neo aircraft

Cathay Pacific Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for 32 A321neo single-aisle aircraft. The aircraft will be operated by Cathay Dragon, the regional carrier of the Group, on services linking its Hong Kong home base with destinations across Asia. The new A321neo aircraft will replace and modernise Cathay Dragon’s current in-service fleet of 15 A320s and eight...

Shree Airlines Joins Bombardier’s Family of CRJ Series Aircraft Operators

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft congratulates Shree Airlines on the launch of a new regional jet service with CRJ Series aircraft. “We are pleased to welcome Shree Airlines to the worldwide family of CRJ Series aircraft operators,” said David Speirs, Vice President, Asset Management, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. “The CRJ Series aircraft have been instrumental in revolutioniz...

airBaltic Carries Record Number of Passengers for Second Month in a Row

In July 2017, the Latvian airline airBaltic carried 393 312 passengers or 21% more than in the same period of 2016. For the second month in a row it has been the biggest number of transported passengers in the airline’s history. During the first seven months of 2017, airBaltic has transported a total of 1 958 774 passengers to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Mid...

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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...