Reading Time: < 1 minute In November 2021, Latvian airline airBaltic has carried 157 200 passengers – 265% more than during the same month last year. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We have seen very strong results in the autumn months and we are on a path to recovery from the worst part of the pandemic. However, there […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Astana has received the seventh Airbus A321LR on operating lease from Air Lease Corporation. The brand new long-range narrowbody powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1133G engines landed at the airline’s base at Almaty International Airport on December 3rd from Airbus facilities in Hamburg. According to Air Astana, the aircraft has an increased maximum take-off […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new airline, Flying Green, a sustainable and environmentally friendly carrier based in Paris Orly, plans to start its operations in 2023. It wants to ensure “economic performance, a minimal ecological footprint and high-level technical skills.“ According to Flying Green’s website, it will be the only French airline having a fleet of the latest generation […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Norwegian flew one million passengers in November for a second consecutive month. According to Norwegian, adjustments to their capacity and route network for the winter season have adapted well to customer demand. “The result shows that we have done well in adapting capacity to customers’ travel needs. Spain is one of the markets where we […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Iberia is installing solar panels on its 20,000sq m aircraft engine maintenance hangar at Madrid airport as part of its goal to reach zero net emissions by 2050. The solar field set up on the roof of the engine shop, occupies 10,000 square meters, and generates 80 million kW hours, equivalent to 800 homes. The […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s Lynx Air has confirmed it will start operations next year, initially flying three Boeing 737 MAXs from its Calgary base. The carrier was initially known as Enerjet, a charter airline based in Calgary, flying oil sand workers to job sites in Alberta and undertaking contracts for tour and holiday operators. From now on, Lynx […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Vietnam Airlines launches the first nonstop flights between the United States and Vietnam. Starting from November 28th, Vietnam Airlines will be flying from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco twice a week, using its Boeing 787-9. The new flight will operate with the following schedule: VN98 Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco departing […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc will start regular direct flights to Israel, taking off a year after it normalized relationships with the Jewish state. The service between Casablanca and Tel Aviv will take off on December 12 and “respond to the needs of the Moroccan community in Israel which has strong links with its […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet said it had signed an agreement with Airbus on Friday involving the timing of deliveries of 119 planes. According to Airbus, the airline has 119 A321neo narrowbody planes on the order that are yet to be delivered. Vietjet will also take on the delivery of up to three leased A330 widebodies […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alaska Airlines expands its codeshare agreement with British Airways, covering 16 additional markets. Alaska said it is “connecting Alaska’s network beyond Seattle [SEA], San Francisco [SFO] and Los Angeles [LAX] to British Airways’ nonstop service from London Heathrow [LHR].” “Alaska has implemented new partnerships with member airlines Qatar Airways and Iberia Airlines and expanded cooperation […]