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Air BP takes off at Muenster-Osnabrück International airport

Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has completed its first fuelling at Muenster-Osnabrück International airport (FMO/EDGG), Germany. Air BP fuelled an Airbus A319 on April 5th marking the official start of operations. In addition to jet fuel, the co...

Weston Aviation Celebrates 7 Years at its Yorkshire Gateway at Humberside Airport

Weston Aviation the UK and Ireland based business aviation and FBO specialist has announced continuous year on year growth of ad-hoc aircraft activity at Humberside International Airport. From opening at the airport in 2011 where there was previously no formal FBO facility at the airport, Weston Avi...

airBaltic Launches Flights from Riga to Lisbon and Gdansk

The Latvian airline airBaltic entered on March 27 the summer season by launching two new routes from Riga International Airport to Lisbon and Gdansk. This afternoon airBaltic will also launch a new route connecting Tallinn and London.Wolfgang Reuss, Senior Vice President of Network Management at airBaltic: “We are delighted to start our summer schedule by launching three new r...

Heydar Aliyev International Airport once again recognized as best airport in post-Soviet space

For the second year in a row Heydar Aliyev International Airport was awarded the prestigious Skytrax World Airport Awards, the most prestigious award for the airport industry. The solemn Skytrax award ceremony took place in Stockholm (Sweden). Azerbaijan's main airport again topped the list of the best airports among Russia and CIS countries' airports for the level of the provided servi...

Qatar Airways wants to buy a 25% stake in Moscow's Vnukovo airport

Qatar Airways has bought a 25 per cent stake in one of Moscow’s largest airports for an undisclosed sum as the company attempts to overcome the Gulf blockade of the emirate. This reported by Financial Times. Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, said on Monday that the airline expected the deal on Vnukovo to be concluded within the next eight weeks. The airport, Russi...

Václav Havel Airport Prague's Summer Schedule Features Six New Destinations and 157 Direct Connections Worldwide

On Sunday, 25 March 2018, the summer schedule at Václav Havel Airport Prague comes into effect. This up-coming season, which will last until 27 October 2018, 67 carriers will offer regular transport services at the airport, with their aircraft headed to 157 destinations worldwide. Václav Havel Airport Prague will welcome three new carriers and Prague will be connected with a total of...

Nine New Routes for airBaltic This Summer

The Latvian airline airBaltic, starting on March 27, will enter the summer season with nine new routes and improved schedule linking the Baltic region with sunny destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, CIS and the Middle East. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Our passengers are always the focus when deciding on new routes, and we are delighted that for this summer season...

Airbus and Heathrow celebrate 10th anniversary of first A380 flight to London

More than 200 million passengers have enjoyed the A380 experience Airbus and Heathrow airport are celebrating the 10th anniversary of A380 operations at the airport. They began on March 18th 2008 with the arrival of the first A380, a Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 from Singapore Changi airport making Heathrow one of the first to welcome Airbus’ iconic double decker. Heathrow...

Lufthansa A380 in Munich: Take-off from 25 March 2018

First A380 flights to Los Angeles, Beijing and Hong Kong on the last Sunday in March Flights are now available to book From 25 March 2018, Lufthansa will welcome five A380s to its Munich Hub. The flights to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Beijing can now be booked. In the coming summer flight schedule, LH 452 takes off at 12.00 to Los Angeles and LH 722 follows at 19.15 to Beijing. In the eve...

Passenger traffic of Heydar Aliyev International Airport exceeded half a million in the first two months

During the first two months of 2018, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 545,000 passengers. This indicator exceeds the same indicator of the previous year by 16 percent. In January-February this year, national air carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carried 222,000 passengers, while national low-cost airline Buta Airways – 63,000 passengers. 470,000 passengers (86.2 percent...

Ryanair moves routes from Frankfurt-Hahn to Frankfurt am Main

Ryanair is expanding its base at Frankfurt am Main Airport and transferring four routes there from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. From March 25th onwards, the number of aircraft based at Frankfurt-Hahn will be reduced from five to four, said Ryanair on Thursday. During the summer schedule, forty routes will continue to be served from Frankfurt-Hahn in the Hunsrück region. The four routes to be...

Berlin BER operator confirms additional costs of 770 million Euros

The airport operator needs an additional 770 million Euros to complete the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). This has been admitted in the airport operator’s new business plan which has been available since Thursday. The extra money is needed to complete BER by the planned opening date in 2020 and to commence operations. A spokesman said "The airport operator is in constructive t...

hullo Aircrew celebrates online platform launch at London Oxford Airport

New technology will save operators time and money when sourcing crew Following the successful introduction of the hullo Aircrew brand at EBACE last year, the technology start-up has officially launched its industry-first software platform designed to connect operators with aircrew for freelance and contract flights. Run by former Hangar8 and Gama Aviation executives Keiron Blay and Steve Pay...

Oriens Aviation inaugurates Oriens Maintenance Services

New Authorised Pilatus Service Centre at London Biggin Hill Airport Oriens Aviation, the exclusive British Isles Pilatus Centre, formally inaugurated its new MRO facility, Oriens Maintenance Services, at London Biggin Hill Airport on 15 February to an audience of 130 guests, including senior representatives from Pilatus Aircraft, plus three PC-12 NGs on show. Founder and CEO of Oriens Aviati...

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