Author: Dominykas

Skopje Airport Eyes Strong 2017 Growth

Reading Time: 2 minutes Skopje Alexander the Great Airport is heading for another year of record growth with six new routes confirmed so far for the upcoming summer season and a number of carriers adding frequencies. Low cost airline Wizz Air will again fuel the growth at Macedonia’s largest airport with a fourth aircraft to be stationed in the […]

Ryanair Calls On To Prevent French ATC Strikes

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryanair, Europe’s No 1 airline, called on the French Government and European Commission to take immediate action to prevent the skies over Europe being closed yet again by French ATC unions. Ryanair regrets that it has been forced to cancel 45 flights on Monday (6 Mar) to/from/over France, with further cancellations possible and delays likely […]

ANA Unveils Special Livery For Its New A380 Fleet

Reading Time: < 1 minute All Nippon Airways (ANA) revealed a special livery for the A380. The livery was selected from over 2,000 submissions received in an open competition organised by the carrier. The winning design will be painted on the airline’s first new A380, which will be delivered early in 2019. ANA will operate the aircraft on its most […]

Governments Urged to Support Aviation’s Ability to Drive Economic Growth

Reading Time: 3 minutes The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to support the vital role aviation plays in connecting people and commerce around the globe. “Our world has grown much wealthier through trade and travel. Air travel liberates people to live better lives and makes our world a better place,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General […]

Aeroflot Group Plans to Add 40 Planes to Its Fleet in 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aeroflot Group plans to add 40 planes to its fleet in 2017, according to the company’s investor presentation. In 2016, the company added 33 aircraft. As of December 31, 2016 Aeroflot’s fleet contained 291 aircraft (excluding one An-24 which was leased out). Aeroflot Group also plans to increase the number of passengers carried by 12-14% […]

FL Technics to Launch a Line Maintenance Station in Zhukovsky

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lithuanian MRO provider FL Technics is up to launch a line maintenance station in Zhukovsky airport (ZIA), near Moscow, in spring 2017. It will be the company’s fourth line service site in Russia. The new station would be brought into operation in the first place to serve the interest of Ural Airlines, FL Technics’ owner […]

Delta to Stop Flying Loudest Plane Near LaGuardia After Complaints

Reading Time: < 1 minute Delta will no longer fly its loudest planes at LaGuardia in response to repeated complaints from Queens residents, the company announced Thursday. The airline replaced its MD-88 aircraft with quieter, more fuel-efficient Airbus A320 planes, Boeing 737s, and a handful of MD-90 mainline aircraft, company officials said. The new planes started their routes on Thursday. […]

Alaska Airlines to Hire for 2,300 Frontline Jobs in 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes A forecasted more than 2,300 frontline jobs will be up for grabs at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air throughout 2017. The growing airlines are looking for candidates to fill hundreds of flight attendant, pilot, reservations and customer service jobs throughout the airlines’ route network. Jobs will be posted to alaskaair.jobs and horizonair.jobs throughout the year. […]

All-Female Flight Crew Makes Airline History

Reading Time: < 1 minute An all-female crew has operated a passenger flight around the world for the first time, Air India has said. The airline’s all-female crew flew across the Pacific Ocean from New Delhi to San Francisco. The same crew then flew back to New Delhi across the Atlantic Ocean, completing their historic circumnavigation of the globe. Depending […]

Airbus A350-1000 Completes Extreme Cold Weather Tests in Canada

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Airbus A350-1000, the larger variant of the A350 slated to seat 366 passengers in a typical three-class configuration, has undergone rigorous ground and flight tests in the extreme operating conditions of Iqaluit, Canada. The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97-powered aircraft completed its first flight in November 2016. The Toulouse-based manufacturer said, “Iqaluit, a Canadian territory with […]