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Air Belgium registers its first two aircraft

Air Belgium has taken another step towards its first commercial flight scheduled for late March when its first two aircraft were registered on Friday. The aircraft are Airbus A340s bearing the registration OO-ABA and OO-ABB, according to the registry website FPS Mobility. Air Belgium has c...

airBaltic Starts 2018 with Strong Passenger Growth in January

The Latvian airline airBaltic in January 2018 has transported 233 334 passengers or 24% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. In addition, this is the record number of carried passengers in January in the history of the airline. Mar...

Qantas Unveils Special Indigenous Aircraft Livery

Qantas has unveiled a special livery honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians on its latest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The new livery features the work of the late Northern Territory artist and senior Anmatyerre woman, Emily Kame Kngwarreye*. It is based on her 1991 painting, Yam Dreaming and has been adapted for the aircraft by leading Indigenous owned design studio&...

Brexit: 28% of European air passengers deprived from compensations

Brexit is almost a year away, but it’s still unclear how the prospective withdrawal will affect British flyers. The current air passenger law protects air travellers against cancelled, delayed and overbooked flights but with Britain set to leave the union in March 2019, such rights will no longer apply to UK citizens. Just like any other EU law, the regalement will lose its powers leaving 28...

Kinshasa joins flydubai’s growing network in Africa

flydubai becomes the first UAE carrier to operate flights to N'djili Airport (also known as Kinshasa International Airport) Dubai-based carrier to start operating daily flights to the Congolese capital from 15 April with an enroute stop in Entebbe Carrier grows network in Africa to 13 destinations in 10 countries. Dubai-based flydubai (https://news.flydubai.com) has announced the star...

Norwegian CEO: "The UK will be at the heart of our continued global expansion"

Airline CEO Bjorn Kjos states intentions to grow long-haul flights from UK to more underserved destinations UK will be first to experience new enhancements to long-haul passenger experience New routes, more frequency and newest Dreamliners to be London Gatwick-based Norwegian CEO Bjorn Kjos today delivered an address in London to outline his global expansion plans for the world’s...

Smart way for Estonia to avoid illegal state airline support?

2015 was a rough year for Estonia and its national flag carriers. After European Commission concluded the airline had been given illicit state aid, Estonian Air went bankrupt as it could not afford to return the sums – € 85 million. At the same period of time, as a contingency plan, Estonian state established new national flag carrier that would take over all the passengers but with no...

airBaltic Receives the Market Leader Award by ATW

The Latvian airline airBaltic has received the 2018 ATW Airline Industry Achievement Award as the Market Leader of the Year. ATW 44th annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards are the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive to recognize excellence in the air transport industry. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “2017 was a record year for airBaltic and...

Moody's has confirmed the best achievable rating in the Czech Republic for Český Aeroholding

The renowned agency Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed the A1 rating with a stable outlook for Český Aeroholding (ČAH), the only shareholder of the Prague airport Letiště Praha. The company received the highest possible rating achievable in the Czech Republic already in February 2017. The agency’s decision has confirmed the ability of ČAH to successfully implement it...

Emirates firms up order for up to 36 additional A380s

Aircraft of choice to continue airline’s successful growth Emirates and Airbus firmed up an earlier Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and signed a contract for the 20 additional A380s with a further 16 options to be confirmed at a later date. The total agreement for 36 aircraft is valued at US$16 bn based on latest list prices. Deliveries are to start as early as 2020. The agreement wa...

Airline strikes: how much longer should passengers suffer?

While European air passenger law protects passengers against most flight disturbances, at least 400 thousand air travellers were left helpless and grounded due to airline staff strikes last year alone. With European airlines facing financial instability and specialist shortages, experts predict cabin crew and pilot strikes to become an increasing problem, despite still treated as “extraordin...

airBaltic Receives First CS300 Aircraft of 2018

The Latvian airline airBaltic welcomed the eighth of its 20 Bombardier CS300 jets, registered as YL-CSH, in Riga on February 3. By the end of 2018, airBaltic plans to have a total of 14 CS300 aircraft on its fleet. This week airBaltic will exhibit one of its Bombardier CS300 aircraft at the largest aircraft exhibition in Asia – Singapore Airshow. Thus far, airBaltic has carried over 76...

Rostec and Aeroflot signed a contract on the purchase of 50 MC-21 aircraft

CEO of the State Corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov and CEO of the national airline Aeroflot Vitaly Saveliev signed contract for the purchase of 50 MC-21 aircraft. This reported by Aviation Explorer. The beginning of aircraft deliveries is planned for the 1st quarter of 2020. Aeroflot will become the largest customer for the latest Russian-built medium-range aircraft, the MC-21. Th...

DHL transports panda couple from China to Finland

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has moved two giant pandas from Chengdu, China to Ähtäri, Finland via climate neutral transportation – the carbon emissions for the flight are offset through a climate protection project. The male, Huá Bào, or Pyry by its new Finnish name, aged four, and the female, Jín B&ag...

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