Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is to put its first Bombardier C Series aircraft – a CS100 – into service on 15 July. In doing so, SWISS will be the first airline in the world to operate the new Bombardier C Series. The flights concerned are bookable on swiss.com from today. The innovative short- and medium-haul twinjet sets new benchmarks in inflight comfort, operating...
Zurich Airport has inked an agreement to sell its 5 per cent minority shareholding in Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL) to the Prem Watsa-backed Fairfax Holdings for $48.9 million. Subject to customary regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to be completed within the third quarter of 2016. While there has been no word on the agreement from Fairfax, Zurich Airport has announced it o...
Jet Aviation Basel has appointed David Peterson as director of completions sales. Peterson reports directly to Matthew Woollaston, vice president of completions sales and marketing. In his role, Peterson is responsible for liaising with aircraft owners, operators and industry executives to ensure they are informed about the benefits of entrusting VVIP completions projects with the Jet...
SR Technics, a world leading MRO service provider, announced today that it had concluded an exclusive contract with Condor Flugdienst GmbH, part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines, Germany’s most popular leisure airline, to service its Pratt & Whitney (PW) 4000 engine fleet. The six-year contract covers SR Technics’ turnkey support for Condor’s PW4000 fleet, which...
Excellent sales revenue figures of 1.1 billion Swiss francs ensure continuation of the revenue trend achieved by Pilatus in recent years. Operating results, at 191 million Swiss francs, were also outstanding. 63 new jobs were created in Stans alone during the past year, and there was more major investment in site infrastructure. The PC-24 development programme is progressing as scheduled; a number...
easyJet has today launched a new route from Malta to Geneva. The new summer service, which is expected to carry over 6,000 passengers in its first summer of operation, commences today and flights will operate twice weekly on Tuesday and Saturday. Fares start from €31.49 one way per person. easyJet launched services to Malta in 2008 and operates flights to London Gatwick, Belfast,...
Nomad Aviation has moved its headquarters from Berne to Zurich. The new offices are located at Zurich Airport (Kloten). "With our new state-of-the-art offices we are now closer to our customers and the important businesses in the greater Zurich area and also at a Swiss hub of Executive and VIP aviation", says Claude Neumeyer, CEO of Nomad Aviation. "Corporate functions inclu...
Officials with the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), Palexpo SA and Geneva International Airport today welcomed a new agreement, signed by all four parties, to continue to hold the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) at the Palexpo convention center, and on Geneva Airport in Geneva, Switzerland, for another...
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) achieved an operating profit (adjusted EBIT) of CHF 453 million for 2015, a 34% improvement on the previous year (2014: CHF 337 million) and the third-best operating result in the company’s history. With market conditions still challenging and fares continuing to fall, total annual income from operating activities suffered a 3.5%...
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will be further adjusting its range of servicesfrom Zurich and Geneva in its 2016 summer schedules. Alicante in Spain will receivescheduled service from Zurich, while the vacation destination of Lamezia Terme inSouthern Italy will be served from Geneva. The new summer schedules will also seefrequencies increased to various existing European and intercontinenta...
An Easyjet flight averted possible disaster after a passenger spotted a spanner stuck on the wing of the plane just moments before take-off. According to reports the passenger - known only as Christopher - alerted the pilot who was about to departed on a flight from Geneva to Copenhagen. Luckily for all on board the flight was halted just in the nick of t...
Albinati Aeronautics is celebrating 15 years of operations. The company was founded by Stefano Albinati in February 2001, when the company took its first aircraft under management. In 2005, Albinati Aeronautics obtained a Swiss AOC and made its first steps as a commercial operator. The same year it established its CAMO department (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization). In 2009 an...
