Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair, Europe’s leading low-cost airline, said on Wednesday it carried a total of 9.9 million passengers in April this year, up 10 percent over a year ago. The Irish budget airline also said its load factor — how many seats it fills on each flight — rose by 2 percent to 93 percent. Ryanair attributed […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jet Metal Corp. announced that further to the news release by the company on Feb. 17, 2016, Jet Metal has now entered into a definitive agreement with Canada Jetlines Ltd. with respect to a business combination of Jetlines and Jet Metal. Jetlines is a start-up airline aiming to become Canada’s first ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC). […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute WestJet begins seasonal Boeing 737 services with 4X-weekly Halifax-Vancouver June 30 and 4X-weekly Halifax-Winnipeg July 2. V Air began Taipei TPE-Ibaraki service March 15. V Air’s also began 4X-weekly Manila-Taipei service. UPS added a new sorting facility and expanded its existing building at Ontario International Airport, Calif. The new building will process UPS next day […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flights in Greece were at a standstill on Thursday after air traffic controllers called a 24-hour strike over pension reforms sought by the country’s creditors. The strike, due to end at 20:59 GMT, halted all flights into and out of the country, Athens airport said. “Nothing is moving today,” its press office said. The strike […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing and Ryanair marked a milestone today with the delivery of the airline’s 400th Next-Generation 737-800. The Irish low-cost carrier operates the largest fleet of Next-Generation 737-800s in the world. “The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with its industry leading technical reliability and seating capacity, has been the foundation upon which our successful and safe growth has been […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Once complete, this new Flight Simulator will allow Ryanair to assess Cadets and provide an industry leading opportunity for Pilots to practice their manual handling skills in a relaxed environment. Atkins is providing multidiscipline services including; Civil and Structural, Architecture and M&E. Design works where provided from concept stage through to construction including planning and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it is set to launch its own private jet charter. The Boeing 737-700 plane will be available for corporate and group hire. Far from the bolt-upright economy seating you might associate with the budget airline’s services around Europe, this for-hire service will come with a touch of luxury. “More than 25 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryanair Pilots based in two German bases, Frankfurt-Hahn and Bremen, have been informed in the last week that aircraft reductions are planned at their bases for Summer 2016. It is expected that at least 1 aircraft will be removed from each base but the company has not indicated if there will be any further decreases. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Airlines are launching new routes for the 2016. Hong Kong Airlines begins 3X-weekly Airbus A320 service to Phnom Penh Feb. 27. It began 3X-weekly Hong Kong-Gold Coast-Cairns Jan. 8. Hong Kong Airlines increased Hong Kong-Tianjin service to 2X-daily. Blue Air begins 2X-weekly Hamburg-Bucharest Boeing 737 service March 29. Ryanair adds daily London STN-Timisoara Nov. 1. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This week, the Financial Times looked at the purportedly novel idea that Ryanair and easyJet may try to cooperate with legacy carriers to transfer passengers. This would be news for those two airlines, but it’s not a surprise. While it’s certainly not something without precedent, this plan is a little different. It’s going to be […]