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Boeing Delivers World's First 787-10 Dreamliner to Singapore Airlines

787-10 will be the most efficient widebody airplane flying today; first jet to enter service soon Singapore Airlines will be first to operate all three models of Dreamliner family Boeing and Singapore Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the first 787-10 airplane, the newest and larg...

Norwegian launches UK’s cheapest direct flights to Chicago from £140

Airline to commence daily service from London to Chicago from £140 (£265 return) Global expansion continues with airline’s first route to the US Midwest Norwegian, voted ‘World’s Best Low Cost Long Haul Airline’, will commence the UK’s cheapest direct flig...


AviaAM Financial Leasing China delivered three brand new Airbus A320 aircraft to Aeroflot - Russian Airlines

AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed aircraft leasing company, announces that its joint venture with the Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) – AviaAM Financial Leasing China – has recently delivered three brand-new Airbus A320-214 aircraft to the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot – Russian Airlines. Aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial...

Ryanair To Partner With Niki Lauda To Develop LaudaMotion Airline In Austria

Ryanair Holdings Plc today (20 Mar) announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Mr Niki Lauda to support his plan to develop and grow LaudaMotion GmbH, an Austrian Airline based in Vienna. LaudaMotion is an Austrian AOC holder owned by Niki Lauda, which has recently acquired many of the assets, including A320 aircraft, of the former Niki Airline, and will shortly start a range o...

AeroCRS launched Qlik Sense system

AeroCRS is proud to announce the launching of a new robust Analytics system which will run on Qlik Sense platform and will give every airline the ability to analyze their sales data, in order to get deep insights about customers behavior and to act accordingly on different channels. Qlik Sense was released in 2014 and was positioned as being the next generation of data visualization and discovery...

Nine New Routes for airBaltic This Summer

The Latvian airline airBaltic, starting on March 27, will enter the summer season with nine new routes and improved schedule linking the Baltic region with sunny destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, CIS and the Middle East. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Our passengers are always the focus when deciding on new routes, and we are delighted that for this summer season...

Lufthansa A380 in Munich: Take-off from 25 March 2018

First A380 flights to Los Angeles, Beijing and Hong Kong on the last Sunday in March Flights are now available to book From 25 March 2018, Lufthansa will welcome five A380s to its Munich Hub. The flights to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Beijing can now be booked. In the coming summer flight schedule, LH 452 takes off at 12.00 to Los Angeles and LH 722 follows at 19.15 to Beijing. In the eve...

Lauda to launch Laudamotion with 14 aircraft

Niki Lauda has announced plans to launch his new airline Laudamotion. Having been founded in 2004, the airline is due to commence operations on March 28 with 14 aircraft. The aircraft will come from the Niki subsidiary of AirBerlin which has had its assets sold off and dissolved. This comes following the deal made in January by Mr Lauda to buy the aircraft, and beat British Airways’ owner...

Skycop acts on airline strikes: petition is making its way to European lawmakers

Even though the air passenger market is protected by the European law, namely regulation no. 261/2004, lately it seems to have lost its influence on the market players. As continuing airline clashes with their employees result in walkouts or endless debates, over 1.5 million extra EU travellers per year suffer directly from what is still considered an “extraordinary circumstance”. Howe...

airBaltic Growth Story Continues Also in February

The Latvian airline airBaltic in February 2018 has transported 215 839 passengers or 23% more than last year to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. This is a new record number of carried passengers in February in the history of the airline. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “It takes a lot of effort to improve our performance for so...

Wizz Air Starts Its Greatest Operational Ramp-Up

IN 17 WEEKS: 21 AIRCRAFT ALLOCATIONS, 4 NEW DESTINATIONS, 700 ADDITIONAL WEEKLY DEPARTURES, 70 NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED Wizz Air, one of Europe's fastest growing airlines and the largest low cost carrier in CEE, today starts the biggest operational ramp-up across its network in Wizz Air’s history. In the upcoming 17 weeks a total of 21 aircraft will be allocated to its European bases, supp...

Turkish Airlines selects A350 XWB, lifting its fleet to new heights

Airbus newest widebody aircraft for leading Turkish carrier Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to acquire 25 A350-900 aircraft plus five options, underlining its strong confidence in the global market-dynamism and growth. “This significant order will continue to enable our flag carrier to further compete, expand and reach new short and long-r...

SITAONAIR - DTN partnership brings industry-leading weather alerting to AIRCOM® FlightTracker

An industry-leading weather-alerting feature, empowering flight dispatchers to avoid or anticipate weather disruption throughout flights, has been launched as a new feature of SITAONAIR's AIRCOM® FlightTracker, in partnership with DTN. Airline dispatchers using AIRCOM® FlightTracker will now be equipped to help aircraft avoid inclement weather –including aircraf...

Boeing, Turkish Airlines Finalize Deal for Up to 30 787 Dreamliners

Turkey's flag carrier chooses the 787-9 to expand fleet, improve passenger experience Firm order puts Dreamliner program above 1,300 orders Boeing and Turkish Airlines announced they have finalized a firm order for 25 787-9 Dreamliners with options for five more airplanes. The firm order will allow Turkey's flag carrier to further meet the growing demand at its home ai...

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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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