As the model for regional air travel continues to collapse post-pandemic in both Europe and the United States, door-to-door air mobility startup Lygg raised €3.6 million to support the expansion of its contracted private aircraft routes to more locations in Europe and beyond. The company’s mission to reduce the cost, time, stress, and carbon emissions associated with business...
Heart Aerospace and the Government of Åland announced a collaboration to explore the use of Heart’s electric regional airplane, the ES-30, in developing sustainable air services for the Baltic Sea group of islands. Åland is an autonomous part of Finland with a Swedish speaking population. It is located in the Baltic Sea between two expansive economic regions, the south of Fi...
Finnair has purchased 750 tons of sustainable aviation fuel from its partner Neste for use on flights departing from Helsinki Airport. Finnair's customers are also involved in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from flights: a small part of the price of each flight ticket is directed to the costs of using sustainable aviation fuel. Finnair aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, and sus...
Finland much-loved storybook friends The Moomins are back on board with Finnair. Two A350 aircraft are now taking to the skies with special Moomin centenary livery. Celebrating Finnair 100th birthday this year Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden are back together. The pair can now be spotted sharing a hug on the bodies of two A350s decorated with Finnair 100 livery. The aircraft will b...
As business travel resumes its pre-pandemic pace and employees push back on the hassle of commercial airlines, Lygg is redefining business travel by offering private flights at the price of commercial air travel. The regional air travel startup out of Finland is leveraging existing privately-owned aircraft assets and their pilots, coupled with car services, to deliver flight routes that take passe...
Helsinki Citycopter is committed to offering its Scandinavian customers exclusive flights in ACH130s while taking the first steps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The first two ACH130s acquired by Helsinki Citycopter have just landed in Finland and is a cause for celebration for many reasons. Above all, it is the company's fulfilment of t...
airBaltic has opened a new base in Tampere, Finland. airBaltic will connect Tampere with seven direct flights in addition to continued operations to Riga, Latvia. The opening of the new base took place during a special event in Tampere. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “As of today we call Tampere one of our bases. The opening of the new base provide...
Business class travel takes a leap forward with Finnair new Business Class cabin and the spacious new Collins Aerospace AirLounge™ seat. Finnair is the launch customer for this new and innovative seating concept that is to be rolled out across Finnair’s entire long-haul fleet of A330s and A350s. The AirLounge is not a traditional aircraft seat but takes inspiration from lo...
airBaltic will open as of May 2022 a new base in Tampere, Finland. airBaltic will connect Tampere with six direct flights in addition to continued operations to Riga, Latvia. The announcement was made today during a special press conference in Tampere. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We have been performing direct flights from Tampere to Riga f...
Dubai Airshow became a perfect place to catch up with ASP Air-Space team and continue our conversation in person. We wanted to get more information regarding the product ASP Air-Space has developed - a new unique dimension - Complete Training Package. The product is meant​ to help airlines to train their flight and cabin crews in the most convenient and efficient way...
These days we all are in need to think positive, to look for the recovery after year and a half of global pandemic crisis. So, let's talk aviation recovery. One very important point to ensure that is training. Can you imagine how many people needs to "remember" everything, pass again the qualification, or just start for real in the industry. Aviation training obviously...
Finnair is preparing to grow its flight schedule this summer with a focus on leisure destinations, as the vaccine roll-out is expected to enable the reopening of travel in many countries. In June, Finnair will resume flights to destinations like Reykjavik, Bodø, Nice, Lisbon and Vilnius. Additional frequencies will also be added to Greek islands such as Rhodes, Chania and...
