The United Nations civil aviation agency has agreed on a new emissions standard to control global greenhouse gas emissions from international airline flights. “It has taken a great deal of effort and understanding to reach this stage, and I want to applaud the spirit of consensus and compromise demonstrated by our member States, industry and […]
Lufthansa has approved large-scale investments in the Austrian Airlines fleet. The investments will serve as the basis for the Austrian Airlines strategy entitled, “Next Level Austrian”, at the Vienna flight hub, as well as for the acquisition of one additional intercontinental and two additional continental aircraft. These three planes alone represent an investment value of […]
Ryanair, an LCC based in Europe, announced that it will launch a major recruitment drive as it plans to take delivery of 50 new aircraft in the next 12 months. Ryanair said that it will be hiring 2,000 new cabin crew, 1,000 pilots and 250 aircraft engineers, as well as promoting over 300 First Officers […]
Azur Air Germany (Dusseldorf) plans to commence operations in April 2017 using widebody aircraft for leisure flights operated on behalf of Turkish tour operator, Anex Tourism Group (ATG). Anex Tour (Germany) CEO, Dirk Burneleit, told Touristik Akutell in an interview that the start-up has applied for an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from Germany’s Federal Aviation […]
Boeing considers giving A321neo a rival as they prepare two new designs of B737 Max. The new aircraft will potentially have a larger body than the current Max family, which will probably be called Max 10. The seat capacity and range will be considered for the new designs. The modification of Max 9, with larger engines, […]
Airbus Group will integrate its units by merging into a new entity to cut costs and improve decision making, effective from the 1st of January, 2017. On 29th of September 2016, the Board of Directors of Airbus Group approved the proposal of the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders. “Already in July, we launched […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), might delay the first delivery of the aircraft to the launch customer, All Nippon Airways (ANA), due to technical modifications to the airplane. MRJ was supposed to be delivered in mid-2018, but the deadline might get an extension. Mitsubishi’s spokesperson confirmed that ANA has been […]
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted Charter Operator of the Year in the Industry Choice Awards at the 5th Annual Payload Asia Awards 2016, presented in Hong Kong. The 2016 awards saw a total of 90 nominations in 20 award categories with all votes audited by the independent auditing firm HLB Atrede. The Industry Choice award […]
Qatar Airways has announced it will be the global launch customer of GlobalBeacon(sm), a technology solution by Aireon LLC and FlightAware, designed to provide up-to-the minute global tracking of all aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in 2018, approximately three years before the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) recommendation for compliance by 2021. Announced […]
Eurowings is pressing ahead swiftly with its recent decision to set up a new base on the Balearic island of Mallorca. The airline specialising in low-cost direct flights, which is part of the Lufthansa Group, has just released the first scheduled flights for booking which are to be operated by two Airbus A320 stationed at […]
