Ryanair has cancelled a planned entry into Ukraine. The low-cost carrier blamed Kiev airport’s “failure to honour a growth agreement”. The deal was reached at the ministry of infrastructure with airport officials and the current airport director general, Pavlo Riabikin, in March of this year. Kiev airport has chosen to protect high fare airlines – […]
China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) has signed with Airbus a General Terms Agreement (GTA) for the purchase of a total of 140 aircraft. The agreement comprises of 100 A320 Family aircraft and 40 A350 XWB Family aircraft, reflecting the strong demand of Chinese airlines in all market segments including domestic, low cost, regional and […]
Qatar Airways exempted from ban on electronic devices on board all US-bound flights from the five-star Hamad International Airport. Airline committed to US expansion on its ultra-modern long-haul fleet with forthcoming launch of service to San Francisco. Qatar Airways serves 10 destinations across the US, including double-daily flights to New York, soon to feature the […]
Norwegian passes 200 million passengers milestone since first flights in 2002. Norwegian reached a new milestone in June, flying more than three million passengers in one single month. Since Norwegian first started flying in 2002, the airline has now carried over 200 million passengers. Norwegian carried 3,059,402 passengers in June, a 10 per cent increase compared to […]
National Carrier of the State of Qatar now offers five weekly flights between Doha and Nice as it continues its rapid expansion plans. New route served by the Qatar Airways B787 Dreamliner provides passengers in the South of France connection to more than 150 global destinations. Qatar Airways is delighted to announce the launch of […]
The national government of Argentina has officially authorized the low-cost airline FB Líneas Aéreas Sociedad Anónima, commercially known as FlyBondi, to operate 85 national and international air traffic routes for the next 15 years. The decision communicated through Resolution 408-E/2017 of the Ministry of Transportation was published on June 29 in the Boletín Oficial, with […]
British Airways is using the aircraft and crew of Qatar Airways on flights affected by the cabin crew strike, which started on July 1 and will last for 16 days, according to Bloomberg. Nine Qatar Airways A320-series planes are brought on British Airways short-haul routes, allowing the UK’s carrier to operate almost all flights as […]
The United States of America has lifted the ban on laptops and other electronic devices in the cabin on US-bound flights from Abu Dhabi Airport. The change is attributed to the successful efforts of Etihad – the only airline that flies directly from Abu Dhabi to US – to implement extra security measures. It is […]
Rolls-Royce has announced a £150m investment in new and existing civil aerospace facilities in the UK to support the planned doubling of engine production and deliver on our record civil aerospace order book. The investment, which will be made over the next few years, is part of Rolls-Royce’s ongoing industrial transformation and will provide additional […]
Ryanair – currently the largest European airline by number of passengers flown – has recently repeated its interest to buy the trouble-ridden Italian airline. However, the Irish have several important conditions that need to be fulfilled first – Alitalia must be restructured and Ryanair must possess the majority stake in the end. Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s […]
