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Norwegian to suspend more than 4000 flights and implement layoffs

Lufthansa Group Airlines continue operating to the USA

Chicago, Newark (New York) and Washington will still be served Special flight schedule for the USA will be available soon Flight operations to Canada continue unchanged The impact of the changes in the entry regulations for India is currently being assessed Customers are asked to check t...

Aviation finance and Covid-19: hard time for air transport

The Covid-19 pandemic and disease-containment measures by governments, most drastically the US ban on flights from most of Europe, will shake up the aviation finance sector as airlines struggle to conserve cash amid a collapse in international traffic. Scope Ratings says the rising risk of airl...

airBaltic Pilot Academy opens new hangar in Liepaja

President of the Republic of Latvia Egils Levits, airBaltic Training and the airline’s cooperation partners, opened a new hangar in Liepaja today, on March 12, which construction started last August. “If we look at the Baltic countries, airBaltic is the main passenger service provider, and airBaltic figures show that it is a growing company expanding into...

COVID-19: airBaltic to further decrease capacity and reduce staff

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis in the world and the changing daily environment on the network of airBaltic, the company will reduce the capacity for the upcoming three months further.In line with the additional capacity reduction, the number of employees, mainly crew, will be temporarily reduced by up to 250 people. The company will seek voluntary solutions, non-extension of probation...

SITA is accelerating air traffic control innovation with Boeing ecoDemonstrator

SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control communications as part of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad. The program tests pioneering and promising technologies that aim to solve air transport industry challenges for airlines and passengers, as well as enhancing sustainability. The most...

airBaltic Further Reduces Capacity by 7%

airBaltic has made a decision to further decrease its overall capacity by 7% between March 29 and May 31, 2020. The airline has cancelled 370 additional flights in addition to previous schedule adjustments and cancelling flights from Riga to Milan and Verona. Passengers who have bookings for the affected flights will be contacted individually to offer them travel alternatives.  As...

First Officer Tessa Naran - Faces of Norwegian

Name: Tessa Naran Position: First Officer, London Gatwick, LGW  How long have you been flying for Norwegian? I joined Norwegian in November 2018. Can you give us a brief overview of your journey into aviation?  My passion for aviation started with a dream of becoming an astronaut from a young age. This motivated me to complete a Master’s Degree in Phys...

Covid-19 impacts Lufthansa Group Airlines - rebooking and flight programme reduce up to 50 per cent

Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the spread of Covid-19 and the resulting drastic decline in bookings as well as numerous flight cancellations Lufthansa Group decided to reduce the flight capacity on offer even more than previously planned. Depending on the further development of demand, capacity is to be reduced by up to 50 per cent in the coming weeks. These capacity adjustments ap...

Guiness World Records plane pull for Sport Relief

The week of Sport Relief week fundraising events by British Airways took off by achieving a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the Heaviest Aircraft Pulled Over 100 Metres by a team (mixed), made up of colleagues and sporting celebrities.British Airways’ support for Sport Relief comes as part of the airline’s global charity partnership with Comic Relief, Flying Start,...

Finnair and Neste partner to reduce CO2 footprint

Finnair have signed a new agreement which will gradually and considerably increase Finnair’s use of sustainable aviation fuel in its operations. The new partnership will be a key contributing factor in Finnair’s long-term target of carbon neutrality. Sustainable aviation fuels are a key part of the long-term solution for reducing the CO2 footprint of aviation, as they reduce the C...

Lufthansa Group at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport

The kickoff is scheduled for 31 October 2020: over the course of a week, the flight operations of the German capital will move from Tegel Airport to the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). Lufthansa will bid Tegel farewell on 7 November: the last scheduled departure is flight LH1955 from Berlin to Munich. The BER premiere will then take place the next morning: at 6:30 a.m. on 8 November, flight...

Acceptance flight, aircraft way to passengers - episode 2

Briefing before the flight I guess you will agree if I say that you feel better while flying, when you know that your pilot is an experienced one. When I met the captain of our flight, Martin HOELL, I knew everything will be just great. His amazing life in aviation, his 17 500 flight hours …. We were in best and safest hands ever. We got the test flight plan, and detailed explanat...

India first Boeing 787-9 for Vistara equipped by Recaro Aircraft Seating

First Indian airline with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, Vistara, got Recaro Aircraft Seating installedits PL3530 premium economy and CL3710 economy class seats. “Recaro is always looking to expand its footprint, and this is a fantastic opportunity to collaborate with a new partner,” said Dr. Mark Hiller, C...

Vietnam – Germany direct routes to be opened by Bamboo Airways

Munich Airport  and Bamboo Airways have signed the MoU to strengthen the cooperation, promoting the exploitation of Vietnam – Germany direct routes and widening the Airline’s network to Europe. The European market is determined as a key market which dominates the development roadmap of Bamboo Airways’ route network in particular, as well as...

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Air Baltic Corporation AS , Latvia’s national airline and the leading carrier in the Baltic States, announced that airBaltic and its subsidiaries participating in the voluntary Ch...

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Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

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