Lufthansa Technik with a decline in profits in Q1/2024
Turkish Airlines wants to order 235 additional aircraft
Portugal: Korean Air flies to Lisbon
South African reactivates Johannesburg-Perth
Air Baltic starts more flights from Tallinn
Delta is increasing its African connections
Swiss is flying over Iran again
Lorenzo Stoll leaves Swiss
Lufthansa Technik with a decline in profits in Q1/2024
Turkish Airlines wants to order 235 additional aircraft
Portugal: Korean Air flies to Lisbon
South African reactivates Johannesburg-Perth
Air Baltic starts more flights from Tallinn
Delta is increasing its African connections
Swiss is flying over Iran again
Lorenzo Stoll leaves Swiss
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Air Serbia has organized a replacement for Marathon Airlines
Following the immediate termination of the wet lease agreement with Greek Marathon Airlines, Air Serbia has sought a replacement for Embraer regional jets. For a few days
Helsinki Airport wins Skytrax Award
Passengers voted Helsinki Airport the best airport in Northern Europe in a Skytrax global customer satisfaction survey. The award was announced on April 17, 2024 in Frankfurt
Back to Tel Aviv: El Al does not let passengers get off in Abu Dhabi
For the passengers on El-Al flight LY971, the heavy rains that occurred in the United Arab Emirates last week had a quite unpleasant side effect. Instead of going to Dubai International
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Austria: Obstacle lighting may be switched off in the future
In Austria, it should be possible in the future for the obstacle lighting, which pilots were supposed to be in front of, for example, chimneys, wind turbines, tall buildings and power lines, to be deactivated at night
Summer 2024: Klagenfurt is looking forward to improving its connections to Vienna
With the start of the 2024 summer flight schedule period, Austrian Airlines is significantly improving the connection between Klagenfurt Airport and the Vienna hub. An ATR72-600 from Braathens, which is being wet leased, is in Carinthia
February 2024: Vienna Airport with 1.875.075 travelers
In February 2024, Vienna Airport, together with its subsidiaries in Luqa and Kosice, had 2.380.095 passengers. In a direct comparison with the same month last year, the group was able to increase by 18,3 percent
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Germany: Strikes have caused a huge increase in flight cancellations
Since the beginning of 2024, numerous strikes by various professional groups have taken place in Germany, including in aviation. These are intended to increase the number of deletions exponentially,
July 2024: Gulf Air flies to Munich
The airline Gulf Air plans to expand its flight service in Germany. This wish is now expressed in a flight recording: The carrier is planning flights to Munich. The airline Gulf Air wants theirs
Frankfurt: Condor is expanding flights to Cancun
The airline Condor is planning to expand the Frankfurt-Cancun route. The route will be flown ten times a week in the future. The airline Condor is planning to expand the route between Frankfurt and Cancun. The route
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Pilatus takes over MRO operations in the USA
The Swiss Pilatus Group has taken over the MRO activities including employees from Aero Centers Epps. Aero Center Epps is based in Atlanta at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and provides sales operations and maintenance services to
Swiss with new menus on long-haul flights
The airline Swiss now serves food from the canton of Oberwalden as part of the “Taste of Swiss” catering concept. In first and business class, meals are now prepared by someone
Swiss flight attendants accept new collective employment agreement
A new collective employment agreement for cabin crew will come into force at Swiss airline on January 1, 2024. The employees accepted the negotiation result with a 79,1 percent majority. The members of the
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Wachaubahn starts the 2024 summer season
The Wachaubahn starts the summer season on March 16, 2024, just in time for the apricot blossom. As a special prelude, a state-of-the-art measuring vehicle was used for the digital inspection of the railway infrastructure. The
Airtours identifies the trend towards luxury holidays
Airtours is continuing to expand its offering in the upper luxury segment. “In the ultra-luxury sector, we have added many new and unusual products to our portfolio and are offering the largest selection this year
Regiojet is increasing the Vienna-Budapest rail connection
The private railway company Regiojet will operate more frequently between Vienna and Budapest from April 4, 2024. The company announced that there will be eight daily train pairs in the future. Regiojet has been offering since
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Bulgaria orders eight more Lockheed Martin F-16s
The Bulgarian government has decided to purchase more Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets. Parliament gave the necessary approval for the transaction on Friday, November 4, 2022.
Five dead in Venezuela caravan crash
On Sunday, November 6, 2022, a military Cessna 208B crashed near Puerto Ayacucho. According to official information, there are no survivors. The caravan with the
Boeing: Italy wants to buy six tankers
The Italian government will begin negotiations with US aircraft manufacturer Boeing to purchase six KC-46A aircraft. These are intended to replace the aging KC-767A. In Italy, the pattern
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That's why you have to check in when flying, but not when traveling by train
In order to board a commercial aircraft as a passenger, you must have a valid boarding pass. You will receive this at check-in, which can now also be carried out online in many cases
Hackers steal credit card data from Air Europa
Spanish airline Air Europa is the latest victim of hackers in the airline industry. The company admitted that a cyber attack had occurred on the online payment system. Credit should also be
TSA warns: Pets have no place in the X-ray scanner
In the United States of America, taking pets on air travel is not only widespread, but under certain circumstances there is even a right to have pets for emotional reasons
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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 […]