Reading Time: 2 minutes Российский беспилотный летательный аппарат на испытаниях в Гималаях установил мировой рекорд высоты: во время облета главного пика горы Эверест была достигнута отметка в 9333 метра. В Книгу рекордов Гиннеса уже подана соответствующая заявка на внесение в нее этого выдающегося достижения. Российский беспилотный летательный аппарат на испытаниях в Гималаях установил мировой рекорд высоты: во время облета […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lufthansa is launching seven new winter destinations starting at the end of October: Pamplona, Genoa, Bari and Catania are the new destinations available from Frankfurt. The offer from Munich will be extended to include Nantes, Glasgow and Santiago de Compostela as further attractive city connections. Pamplona is on the Lufthansa flight schedule for the first […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy’s Alitalia has received around 10 non-binding offers for total or partial take-over, including from UAE national carrier Etihad Airways and budget airline Ryanair. The deadline for the loss-making company to receive non-binding offers was 6:00 pm local time (1600 GMT). Alitalia, which has struggled to compete with low-cost rivals including Ryanair, went into administration […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Швейцарская региональная авиакомпания Darwin Airline, действующая под брендом Etihad Regional, сменила владельца, сообщает перевозчик. Новым держателем его акций стала национальная авиакомпания Словении Adria Airways, которая ради этого проекта создала швейцарское подразделение. Маркетинговым названием швейцарского перевозчика станет Adria Airways Switzerland. Покупателем ценных бумаг выступил владелец Adria Airways — инвестиционный фонд 4K Invest, который, по данным Reuters, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air has reported a 31% rise in maintenance costs, to EUR 27m, for Q1 2017/18. The Budapest-based airline says most of the rise was due to a larger fleet, which increased by 13 aircraft from the year-before period. By 2020 it expects to operate 120 Airbus narrowbodies, including A320neos and A321neos, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sharjah Airport Authority has signed an agreement with Gama Support Services to build and operate a new private jet terminal worth AED 110 million. The new project will spread over more than 40,000 square metres and comprise two private jet hangars with a capacity of two large Boeing Business Jets each. The facility will include […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $ 290.6 million in airport infrastructure grants to 105 airports in 38 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The airport grant program funds various types of airport infrastructure projects, including runways, taxiways, and airport […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Air France presents its new airline, Joon, which will start operating medium-haul flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle this autumn, followed by long-haul flights in summer 2018. Joon is especially aimed at a young working clientele, the millennials (18 to 35 year-olds), whose lifestyles revolve around digital technology. This new brand has been entirely designed to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkish Airlines chief is looking at buying stakes in airlines across India, China and the US. Speaking to reporters last month, the airline’s CEO Ilker Ayci mentioned he is looking at investing in equity stakes in airlines as a way to offset potential shocks from growing protectionism. “We have grown organically so far, but politicians […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes To increase geographical presence, decrease competition, accelerate expansion – just a few reasons why companies choose business acquisition as an inorganic mode of expansion. With yearly worth of worldwide mergers and acquisitions topping €41 billion it’s only natural that increasing number of deals has been recorded and anticipated in the aviation industry as well. With […]