Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany’s airberlin reported a first-quarter net loss of €182.3 million ($206.2 million), narrowed from a €210.1 million loss in the year-ago quarter. Airberlin said the 1Q results were heavily influenced by the “lengthy and detrimental codeshare debate” with equity partner Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which has a 29.21% stake in airberlin. “The protracted and damaging […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes easyJet has today opened its new check in area in the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport which is the world’s largest self-service bag drop. The fully automated bag drop facility for customers will help to reduce and eliminate check in queues. As a result of its introduction queue times have reduced by half and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline celebrated its 5 year anniversary at Vilnius Airport since it began operations in 2011. This summer Ryanair offers Vilnius customers a choice of 15 routes including Barcelona, Dublin, London Stansted & London Luton, Madrid, Milan Bergamo and Rome Ciampino. Ryanair celebrated this 5 year milestone at Vilnius Airport by releasing seats […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company announced today that its Prague location officially opened a new paint facility and delivery center –providing full aircraft completion and delivery capabilities to its European customers. “Bell Helicopter’s continued investment in the region reinforces our commitment to our European customers to provide an in-region facility that offers the industry-leading […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The working relationship between the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the Regional Airline Association (RAA) continues to be of great benefit to both parties, notes Simon McNamara, Director General ERA, from the RAA’s annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. “Attending this year’s highly productive RAA conference has reaffirmed the importance of working closely with our US […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marignane, Airbus Helicopters has been awarded a contract by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to retrofit the avionics suite of the 35 EC145 helicopters operated by the Sécurité Civile, an agency of the French Ministry of Interior that performs critical search and rescue and medical evacuation services throughout the French territory. As part of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has been selected by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to provide ground handling and cargo services at Zurich Airport and Geneva Airport. SAS operates 42 weekly flights from Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen to Geneva and Zurich, using a mix of aircraft types including the Canadair 900, Airbus A320 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Numerous benefits to customers from joint network between Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo. More direct connections, greater flexibility and time savings combined with service enhancements – these are just some of the benefits customers will enjoy thanks to the cooperation between the cargo division of Cathay Pacific Airways, the leading air cargo carrier in Asia, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rhein-Neckar Air announced to start a weekly service between Münster/Osnabrück and Westerland/Sylt starting July 16th. A Dornier 328-100 will operate the route every Saturday, departing at the island in the North-Sea at 10:45h, arriving at Münster/Osnabrück at 11:45h, departing at Münster/Osnabrück at 12:15h and arriving at Sylt again at 13:15h. The German carrier has its […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A British Airways Airbus A380 aircraft which took of from Hong Kong, landed at London Heathrow Airport with a square tire. The aircraft, an Airbus A380, registration G-XLEB, was performing flight BA32. According to AvHerald, the crew received a tyre pressure indication after reaching top of climb. Checking flightradar24 data, it is seen that the […]