The Turkish airline Turkish Airlines will increase its flights to Bremen. Specifically, 14 weekly flights to Bremen will be operated. Turkish Airlines will expand its air traffic to Bremen, as reported by Bremen Airport. The plan was to operate ten weekly flights, but now there will be two flights to Bremen per day. The flights are scheduled to begin on June 20th.
The airline Air Canada has announced that it will discontinue flights from Vancouver to Boston. Six weekly flights were planned. The airline Air Canada has confirmed that it will discontinue flights between Vancouver and Boston. Six weekly flights were planned on this route, as confirmed by the portal Aero Routes. A Boeing 737 Max 8 was to be used.
The Chilean airline Sky Airlines confirms the expansion of its Brazilian route network. The carrier is planning flights to Bela Horizonte and Brasilia. The airline Sky Airlines is planning to operate expanded flights to Brazil. The airline is planning flights to Bela Horizonte and Brasilia. Both routes will be served three times a week, as the Aero Routes portal reports.
London Luton Airport was able to successfully close 2023. In December, the airport was able to handle 1,2 million passengers. London Luton Airport had a successful 2023. In December, the airport was able to handle 1,2 million passengers, mainly due to the rush of the Christmas season. In 2023, London Luton Airport was able to handle 16,2 million passengers.
There will be a change in structure within the Capital A Group, with long-haul low-cost carrier Air Asia X to acquire sister companies Air Asia Aviation Group and Air Asia Berhad. The divestment by Capital A will enable the merger of AirAsia X and AirAsia, bringing together all short and medium-haul routes under the AirAsia brand. "Consolidation under the AirAsia brand as a listed company reflects our commitment to leverage our renewed strength and market confidence to deliver a consistent and unrivalled travel experience to our guests and significant value to our shareholders," said Dato' Fam Lee Ee, Chairman of AirAsia X.
The low-cost airline Ryanair is further increasing its flight offer to Spain from Memmingen, Weeze and Frankfurt-Hahn in the 2024 summer flight schedule. From the Bavarian regional airport, there will be five flights to Malaga per week, effective July 3, 2024. This means an increase of two rotations per week. From Weeze, the Spanish destination will be increased by one rotation to nine rotations per week. From Hahn, there will be three flights per week to Alicante from June 4, 2024.
On Monday, January 8, 2024, Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner started the new year with the expansion of Fliegerwerft 1 in Langenlebarn. A workshop and storage building as well as a maintenance and paint box are being built for 15 million euros. After completion of the work in summer 2025, Fliegerwerft 1 will be in a position to optimally maintain and service the Federal Army's "Black Hawk" fleet, which will be expanded to twelve machines by 2025. "The new year cannot start better than with a groundbreaking ceremony! From the beginning of my term in office, it was my goal to build the Federal Army into a strong, modern and efficient army in order to be prepared for current and future threats. And we will pursue this goal with all our strength in order to further advance our 'Mission Forward'. We must improve the equipment of soldiers, protected mobility, weapons and equipment and invest in air and drone defense. But the procurement of equipment alone is not enough; the necessary and appropriate infrastructure must also be in place. With this expansion for our 'Black Hawks' we are now taking the next step in our 'Austrian Armed Forces Development Plan 2032+'," said Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner. As three more medium-sized S-70 "Black Hawk" transport helicopters arrive, the infrastructure of this aircraft system will be adapted to the requirements of contemporary, modern operations and additional space will be created. The future workshop and storage building will be around 1.400 m² and the maintenance and painting box around 1.000 m². The roofs will be greened. The Armed Forces are investing around 15 million euros in this, including planning and all
Fischer Air, which had to file for bankruptcy in 2005, has been trying for many years to get back into the air. Now it is making a new attempt and plans to fly from Czech and German airports, among others, in the summer of 2024. According to the company website, the company plans to fly from Pardubice, Friedrichshafen, Munich, Dresden, Budweis, Vienna and Basel to destinations such as Rome-Fiumicino, Malaga, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria. The aircraft to be used are Airbus A319s. According to the imprint, the Hamburg-based AMF Aircraftleasing Meier und Fischer GmbH is behind Fischer Air. This is managed by Vaclav Fischer, the managing director of the "old" Fischer Air. However, the IATA two-letter code "FF" used in the reservation system is not assigned to this company, but to the Dutch company Airshop BV.
Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines had a total of 2023 million passengers in the recently concluded year 83,4. In direct comparison with the same period last year, the number increased by 16,1 percent. Capacity utilization improved by 1,5 percentage points to 82,6 percent. Cargo volume fell by 1,2 percent and is estimated by the Turkish group at 1,6 million tons.
Following the Boeing 737 Max 9 incident that occurred on Sunday in the USA with Alaska Airlines, the Indian Civil Aviation Authority has ordered extraordinary inspections of aircraft of this type registered in India. According to a statement from the three airlines involved (Air India Express, Akasa Air and Spicejet), these have now been completed. No faults have been found. The Indian Civil Aviation Authority states: "These inspections were carried out satisfactorily on the operational fleet of Boeing B737-8 Max aircraft of Air India Express (4), Spicejet (8) and Akasa (20). The Akasa Air fleet includes a B737-8200 aircraft (high-density variant of the 737 MAX-8) that has a center cabin door, for which the operational inspection was completed satisfactorily."
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