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easyJet and easyJet holidays reveal top travel trends for 2024

easyJet and easyJet holidays have revealed the latest travel trends for 2024 as bookings took off during the first days of its biggest ever Big Orange Sale, offering up to 20% off over two million seats across Europe and up to £300 off package holidays until 5 February 2024. Flights to A...

SWISS to serve new European destinations in Summer 2024

SWISS will be making further additions to its short-haul route network in its 2024 summer schedules. Service between Zurich and Bremen will be newly offered in summer, too. Oslo will be added to the Geneva-based network; and the existing Geneva destinations of Copenhagen and Stockholm will also be n...

Fifth A320neo landed at Austrian Airlines in Vienna

Austrian Airlines welcomed an early “New Year’s baby” and received another aircraft from the Airbus factory in Toulouse on the New Year’s Eve weekend. The fifth A320neo will fly in white until its final livery with the Austrian livery in spring. The new short and medium-haul aircraft with the registration LZR comes directly from the Airbus factory in Toulouse...

SmartLynx Airlines closes the year with a record number of operated flights

In 2023 SmartLynx Airlines made 48% more flights and carried 53% more passengers than the year before. In 2023, the airline increased its fleet from 49 to 67 aircraft, including the first Boeing B737 MAX8 aircraft in the ACMI sector, which significantly boosted its passenger numbers. Over the year 2023, demand for ACMI passenger services continued to grow. This was driven by ai...

Air Astana completes 1st C-check on Airbus A321neo

Air Astana has successfully completed its first six-year C-Check at its engineering and technical center in Astana. The work on an Airbus A321 took more than 20 days and involved 7,800 man-hours undertaken by highly qualified mechanics and engineers holding international certificates and EASA Part 66 licenses, including those trained under Air Astana’s aviation technician training progr...

Avion Express started official AOC establishment process for Avion Express Brasil

Avion Express has officially started the process to obtain an Air Operator Certificate in Brazil. For the start-up airline in Brazil, Avion Express will utilize part of the aircraft currently kept on its European AOCs, benefiting from the reverse seasonality of the markets. According to airline's CEO they aim to start operating in Brazil by Q4 2024. The operations will start wit...

Airbus delivers first aircraft from new Toulouse Final Assembly Line - an A321neo to Pegasus Airlines

Airbus delivered its first Airbus A321neo assembled at its newest A320 Family Final Assembly Line in Toulouse. The A321neo, which will be operated by Pegasus Airlines, the leading low-cost carrier in Türkiye, is the first delivery from Airbus' latest state-of-the-art production facility. Located in the former A380 "Jean-Luc Lagardère" building, the assembly line refl...

Danish Sunclass Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo

Danish leisure airline Sunclass took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo aircraft as part of its strategy to further improve efficiency, reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The aircraft was delivered from the Airbus site in Hamburg, Germany. Sunclass Airlines is an all Airbus operator and by operating the A330neo and A321neo in parallel, it benefits from the manufacturer’s unique co...

airBaltic received its 46th Airbus A220-300 aircraft

December 21, 2023, airBaltic welcomed its 46th Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-ABT, in Riga. This is the seventh Airbus A220-300 delivery for airBaltic in 2023. It is a part of the 50 Airbus A220-300 which airBaltic has ordered. Furthermore, the company has announced a firm purchase agreement for 30 more Air...

easyJet and Rolls-Royce starts new set of ground-breaking hydrogen research tests

easyJet partner Rolls-Royce announced the start of a new set of ground-breaking hydrogen research tests. Both Rolls-Royce and easyJet are committed to being at the forefront of the development of hydrogen combustion engine technology capable of powering a range of aircraft, including those in the narrowbody market segment, from the mid-2030s onwards. The latest set of tests, to prove aer...

easyJet orders a further 157 A320neo family aircraft

Following shareholder approval easyJet has confirmed a firm order for 157 additional A320neo Family aircraft, as well as 100 purchase rights.The firm order comprises 56 A320neo and 101 A321neo aircraft and also includes the upsizing of an existing order for 35 A320neo into the larger A321neo. The agreement is part of easyJet’s fleet renewal and upgauging plan and is also bringing substantial...

Latest on potential impact to European flights following Icelandic volcano eruption

As a volcanic eruption occurs in Iceland near Grindavík, AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring the situation closely and say there can be impacts to aviation if a cloud of volcanic ash is lofted into the atmosphere. Based on preliminary reports from Iceland, no such cloud has yet been observed, but the situation is continuing to evolve. Should the ongoing eruptions result in a volc...

JSX announces intent to acquire over 300 hybrid electric aircraft for delivery starting in 2028

Pledging to pioneer an environmentally sustainable future for small community air service, JSX intent to acquire up to 332 hybrid-electric aircraft Electra, Aura Aero, and Heart Aerospace. JSX signed LoI to acquire up to 82 of the 9-seat Electra eSTOL aircraft with 32 firm orders and 50 options, up to 150 of the 19-seat Aura Aero Era with 50 firm orders and 100 o...

Lufthansa Group orders additional 40 Airbus A220s

Lufthansa Group Supervisory Board decided to place a firm order for an additional 40 A220-300s for its short and medium-haul fleet. The A220 has been in service with the Group since 2016, when SWISS put the first aircraft into scheduled service. With its latest order Lufthansa reinforces its long standing relationship with Airbus. Since the A300 in the 1970’s, Lufthansa Group has o...

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