Reading Time: 2 minutes On 10 October 2017, Air France and Vietnam Airlines announced the signing of a strategic partnership allowing the two airlines to optimize their services between France, Europe and Vietnam and to strengthen their position in a buoyant but highly competitive market. Starting 1 November 2017, date of the launch of this new joint venture, Air […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed global aviation holding company engaged in the business of commercial aircraft acquisition, leasing and sales, has announced the delivery of Airbus A321-211 to its long-standing partner Yamal Airlines. The aircraft was leased to the carrier under an operating lease agreement for the term of 6 years. Prior to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa will hire 1,000 flight attendants for its Munich hub as its launches Airbus A380 operations from the Bavarian capital in spring 2018. “From March 25, our A380s will take off for Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Beijing,” Lufthansa Munich hub CEO Wilken Bormann said. Lufthansa will transfer five of 14 509-seat Airbus A380s from […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The US ban on electronic devices in aircraft cabins earlier this year was “hugely disruptive”, Emirates’ president Tim Clark has said. The US laptop ban on flights between the US and Middle East caused a 15-18 percent drop in load earlier this year, Clark revealed. He added that the airline “could have lost up to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thai airlines can now add flights to the growing China, South Korea and Japan markets after the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization removed a red flag against Thailand over safety concerns, officials said on Monday. Thailand was downgraded in June 2015 after its regulator missed a deadline to resolve significant safety concerns, meaning that airlines […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aircraft scheduled to arrive and leave its fleet over the winter months. UK LCC easyJet is bracing for a busy winter, transitioning aircraft to its Austrian air operator’s certificate (AOC), growing its A320neo fleet and phasing out 30 of its Airbus A319s. EasyJet operates a fleet of 280 aircraft, made up of Airbus A319s, A320s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates airline needs “even more” Airbus A380 aircraft in the future, according to Emirates president Sir Tim Clark. In an interview with the Netherland’s Het Financieele Dagblad newspaper, Clark said the “the potential market remains huge” for the superjumbo aircraft, despite the emergence of smaller, more energy-efficient aircraft capable of flying to medium-sized cities. “The […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced the biggest recruitment campaign in its history, with opportunities available across its extensive network. After 13 years of strengthening its leading position in the CEE aviation market, WIZZ will be creating almost 1,300 new direct jobs in the coming year with 21 brand […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Following the commencement of their partnership, Emirates and flydubai announced that Emirates will expand its network to 29 flydubai destinations across three continents. The new partner network, through its codeshare, will offer greater frequency and easier access to more global destinations with the advantage of connecting baggage to the final destination. Passengers can book from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes That took a while. The arrival of the low-cost model in Latin America has been a slow process. The reason? Well, quite a few. Long distances for starters. Culture, high aeronautical taxes and charges that impact every operator’s bottom-line and the lack of a solid competing means of transportation, within others. Mexico, Brazil and Colombia […]