Delta is increasing its African connections
Swiss is flying over Iran again
Lorenzo Stoll leaves Swiss
Vueling with special Barça livery
Kenya and DR Congo are fighting over arrested airline employees
Volotea with new routes from Lille
Asia Atlantic Airlines wants to restart as Air Thailand
EU Commission waves through Tarom state aid
Delta is increasing its African connections
Swiss is flying over Iran again
Lorenzo Stoll leaves Swiss
Vueling with special Barça livery
Kenya and DR Congo are fighting over arrested airline employees
Volotea with new routes from Lille
Asia Atlantic Airlines wants to restart as Air Thailand
EU Commission waves through Tarom state aid
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Skytanking becomes Ryanair's ground handling service provider
Low-cost airline Ryanair and its subsidiaries will also receive ground handling services from Skytanking Aviation Services from April 2024. At Eindhoven Airport, among others, people will switch to this provider. The name
NBA and Emirates Airline are going together
The American professional basketball league NBA and Emirates have announced a multi-year global partnership. As part of the collaboration, Emirates will also become the first title partner of the NBA Cup, previously known as NBA In-Season
Boston: US Customs finds four monkey skulls in luggage
At Boston Airport, US Customs officials made an unusual discovery: in a piece of luggage belonging to a traveler who came from the Democratic Republic of Congo on a Delta flight via Paris,
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Vienna: Ryanair expects a record summer in 2023
After a strong summer in 2022, the signs at Vienna-Schwechat Airport are also pointing to further growth for low-cost carriers. At Ryanair, in direct comparison with the same period last year, the
Billa expands “supermarket monopoly” at Vienna Airport
A few days ago, the Rewe Group opened another Billa branch at Vienna-Schwechat Airport. This is located where there used to be a Spar supermarket. This keeps the "supermarket monopoly"
With Smartwings: Tui Austria brings back Sal-Charter
After a three-year break, the tour operator Tui Austria is again offering non-stop flights from Vienna-Schwechat to the Cape Verde island of Sal. The charter flights will be operated by the Czech airline Smartwings from December 22, 2023.
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Kiel Airport with a new operations manager
Kiel Airport in northern Germany has had a new operations manager, Marcus Beurer, on December 1, 2023. He succeeds Michael Schlaeger, who has retired. "We thank you
Verdi demands more pay for Lufthansa ground staff
The Verdi union is demanding 12,5 percent more wages per month for Lufthansa's ground staff. The salary should increase by at least 500 euros per month. The employee representatives also want that
Sabre: Lufthansa increases the GDS fee
With effect from January 1, 2024, bookings made via the Saber GDS system with Lufthansa Group airlines will be significantly more expensive. Lufthansa and they have been demanding this for several years
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Bern: Flybair cancels pop-up vacation flights
The in-house brand of Bern-Belp Airport, Flybair, wanted to launch some so-called pop-up flights over the Christmas period. Among other things, Las Palmas and Marrakech should be served. Now the rejection follows. Flybair justified
HB-JOK: Chair gets Ex-Aeroflot A320
The Swiss holiday airline Chair Airlines is once again launching an Airbus A320 with HB-JOK. The machine is 12,6 years old and was previously at the Russian Aeroflot as VQ-BCM im
Summer 2022: Rhomberg Reisen is launching Corsica charter again
The tour operator Rhomberg Reisen will also offer the destination Calvi (Corsica) from Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Memmingen and Altenrhein in summer 2022. Air Corsica, Luxair and Peoples are used
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Deutsche Bahn AG orders 56 more ICE-L from Talgo
Deusche Bahn AG has ordered 56 additional multiple units from the Spanish manufacturer Talgo, which will be marketed as ICE-L. The value of the order according to list prices is around 1,4 billion euros
Upper Austria: summer holidays in the Mühlviertel
Summer, sun, hills! The warm temperatures can be enjoyed in a variety of ways in the Mühlviertler Alm Freistadt holiday region. Whether pleasure cycling on the beer bike tours, hiking next to fragrant herb fields, archery
Karwendel Nature Park: Immerse yourself in a unique mountain range
Many of the places of power can be found in the Karwendel Nature Park in the Hall-Wattens holiday region, each with its own unique charm. The Walderalm is idyllically located at the foot of the Hundskopf, St. Magdalena
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Hotels: don't pay too much!
There are thousands of sites on the Internet that you can use to make hotel reservations. Almost all of them advertise with best price guarantees, which in practice have so many hooks and eyes,
Payment options: many options, big differences
When buying flight tickets, but also package tours, you can usually choose from many different payment options. From good old cash to credit cards to payments at the supermarket checkout
Travel Insurance: Compare Benefits!
You are probably familiar with this scene: In the travel agency you will be asked whether you want “insurance” or if you book a flight the airline will try to get you travel insurance several times. Of the
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- Denmark's Sunclass Airlines ends A330-200 operations 2 May 2024
- UK's Gama Aviation intends to delist from the LSE 2 May 2024Gama Aviation (GMA, Farnborough) intends to delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) after a share buyback underway will likely result in the vast bulk of stock coming under the control of just two related parties. Gama Aviation advised the bourse of its decision, which remains subject to shareholder approval, in an April 29, […]
- Türkiye's Mavi Air inks LOI for four Mallard ME-1As 2 May 2024On-demand helicopter transfer operator Mavi Air has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for four Mallard Aircraft manufactured ME-1A amphibious aircraft. The LOI was announced in a joint April 23, 2024, press statement and followed meetings at the recent Singapore Air Show. "Mavi Air is expanding its operations to provide round-the-year regional air connectivity between […]
- Finnair continues to temper talk of narrowbody fleet renewal 2 May 2024Tentative narrowbody fleet renewal plans at Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) are underway but there will be no orders until the airline is back in the black, its chief financial officer, Kristian Erik Pullola, told an earnings call last week. It is a similar message to what the airline was telling journalists last year. "Our focus […]
- Axis Aviation secures San Marino AOC 2 May 2024Aircraft management business Axis Aviation San Marino has acquired a San Marino air operator's certificate, its third AOC after Switzerland and Austria. Axis announced the news in a media statement published in mid-April. "We selected the San Marino registry because it meets international standards of safety, reliability, and efficiency while offering a well-connected location in […]
- Norwegian to exercise options for 30 MAX 10s - CEO 2 May 2024Norwegian (Oslo Gardermoen) is likely to use all 30 of its options to buy the larger B737-10 in a few years, bearing in mind the variant is still undergoing certification, according to CEO Geir Karlsen. "We think that the MAX 10 is the right thing to go for, and we will probably spend or use […]