29-Apr-2010
Flybe, the UK’s Number One Domestic airline, has become the first airline in the world to offer its passengers the opportunity to buy separate Volcanic Ash Insurance underwritten by their travel insurance partner, Chartis.
28-Apr-2010
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, welcomed today’s (27 April) confirmation by EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas that National Governments would have to compensate airlines for the losses suffered following the unnecessary and inappropriate closure of European airspace by those EU Governments over the past week.
28-Apr-2010
Flybe gives cautious welcome to EU statement and calls upon UK Government to act immediately to compensate airlines following the green light from Europe.
28-Apr-2010
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) applauded the announcement by the European Commission of a comprehensive program to provide relief to the air transport sector in the aftermath of extra-ordinary airspace closures resulting from the ash plume of an Icelandic volcano.
27-Apr-2010
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced its full support for Spain’s transport minister Jose Blanco and Vice President of the European Commission Siim Kallas in their call to fast track implementation of the Single European Sky.
23-Apr-2010
MC Aviation Partners (MCAP) announced today that MCAP and Air Berlin have signed a purchase and lease-back agreement for three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
23-Apr-2010
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline today (Thur 22nd April) confirmed that it was operating a full schedule of flights between Ireland and Continental Europe and the UK and Continental Europe, together with a programme of extra flights from the UK and Ireland to Spain, Italy and the Canary Islands to re-accommodate passengers disrupted by the closure of EU airspace for much of the past seven days.
