04-Mar-2010
In the wake of 2009, an extremely difficult year for the world economy and air transport in particular, tentative signs of recovery - depending on the country - have been perceived.
04-Mar-2010 UNITED KINGDOM :
LSG Sky Chefs announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Virgin Atlantic Airways for an extensive range of its products and services. The new contracts, which would commence 1 June 2010, cover UK in-flight catering as well as logistics, product supply and operational support services.
01-Mar-2010
In a high-level Conference held in Madrid yesterday and today under the auspices of the European Commission and the Spanish Presidency, all stakeholders of the European aviation community agreed to give the necessary impetus to a timely implementation of the Single European Sky.
22-Feb-2010 TURKEY :
CAE and Turkish Airlines, a member of Star Alliance, today announced that the airline has purchased a CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) representing the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from CAE.
15-Feb-2010
Today early morning, Estonian Air in cooperation with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines had its first flight from Vilnius to Amsterdam. Interest towards the route is high, which shows from the cabin factor of 75% for the first flight and the good dynamics of incoming bookings.
12-Feb-2010 NORWAY :
Connections to Helsinki Airport will improve significantly when a new budget airline opens flights to Finland. Norwegian will begin service to Helsinki Airport in April. The airline operates flights from Oslo and Stockholm four times daily.
11-Feb-2010
On June 8, Latvian national airline airBaltic will launch flights between Tehran, Iran, and Riga for passengers travelling via the Latvian capital to/from Europe, Scandinavia, CIS countries, and the Baltic region.
04-Feb-2010 HUNGARY :
Fulfilling commitments undertaken in 2009, Malév has successfully implemented simplification of its fleet to two types. In the course of consolidating the fleet we have withdrawn our five Fokker 70s from service and will be gradually returning them to the owner, AWAS Leasing Company. Thus this year Malév will be operating with a fleet comprising just two types: 18 Boeing 737 NGs and 4 Bombardier Q-400s carrying out regional services. This simplified fleet structure means a significant reduction in our company's maintenance and operational costs, the positive impacts of which will be apparent even in 2010, said Martin Gauss, the airline's CEO.
03-Feb-2010
The recently-finalised AEA 2010 traffic data pain a bleak picture of a difficult year. Only three member airlines posted increases in passenger boardings for the year and one Turkish Airlines stood out with a 12.3% growth. In the process, the airline moved from seventh to fourth place among AEA members, ranked by passengers carried.
03-Feb-2010
Following comprehensive project work which has spanned almost three years the Government of the Republic of Congo signed a concession agreement for the development, operation and management of the country’s international airports Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Ollombo. The overall preparation of the strategy, the tendering process including the search for investors and the negotiation of the concession agreement were completely managed with the support of Lufthansa Consulting.
01-Feb-2010 FRANCE :
Amadeus and Air France - KLM, the largest airline group in Europe, have agreed to extended their full content agreement until December 2013. The agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of fares, schedules and inventory relating to more than 74.8 million seats and 90.000 flights operated annually by Air France and KLM.
28-Jan-2010
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.9 percent in December to 106.6 (2004 = 100), following a 0.6 percent increase in November and a 0.4 percent increase in October. Six of the eight components contributed positively to the index this month. However, its six-month growth rate has been slowing since September.
28-Jan-2010 IRELAND :
Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today welcomed the European Commission’s confirmation that Ryanair’s agreement with Bratislava airport does not involve any State aid. This decision marks another successful conclusion of a State aid investigation involving Ryanair, in addition to the Charleroi judgment in December 2008.
21-Jan-2010
The Irish Aviation Authority this morning suspended a further two air traffic controllers. This brings to a total of 14 the number of controllers now suspended because they have stopped doing work on a number of ongoing projects - work they had already been doing for the last two years.
14-Jan-2010
Effective February 1st, 2010 Hahn Air will operate flights between Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) and Findel Luxembourg Airport (LUX) twice a week on Mondays and Fridays.
14-Jan-2010
The European Commission decided today not to raise any objections to Finland's plan to support infrastructure investments in Vaasa regional airport. The total amount of public financing will amount up to three million euros.
13-Jan-2010 GERMANY :
As Iraq is increasingly opening up to civil aviation, demand for flights to the country is growing. Lufthansa is therefore examining the possibility of launching several new services to Iraq and is currently planning to serve the capital, Baghdad, and the city of Erbil in Northern Iraq from Frankfurt and Munich.
12-Jan-2010
The Association of European Airlines, representing Europe’s most important network carriers, has expanded its membership to 36 from the beginning of January, with the addition of Aegean Airlines, Air Baltic and Montenegro Airlines.
12-Jan-2010
Three years after the adoption of the EU rules governing the establishment and update of the list of airlines banned from European airspace, the European Commission adopted today a report on their application.
11-Jan-2010
2009 was the year with the lowest number of fatal accidents on record for the 31 Member States of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), according to preliminary data.
11-Jan-2010
Emergency measures following December 25th incident must be superseded by cohesive policy to maximise security, minimise passenger inconvenience. At the 7th January meeting of the EU’s Aviation Security Committee, European airlines had the opportunity to debate with EU and US regulators on the emergency security measures imposed and proposed in the wake of the Christmas Day attack on an Amsterdam-Detroit flight.
07-Jan-2010
About two weeks ago, the government withdrew the draft amendments to the Aviation Law from the parliamentary proceedings, informing that a revision should be expected. Currently, the document is being worked on at the CAO and the Ministry of Infrastructure. Yesterday (16th December 2009), it was reported on the CAO's website that consultations had started on the principles of an airport fees regulation system at Polish airports. These consultations will continue until 8 January 2010. In the meantime, the airline industry is alerting on the consequences of the changes in law as proposed by the government.
07-Jan-2010 GERMANY :
SR Technics and Air Berlin have signed a ten-year engine maintenance contract. The contract covers a significant part of the engines on Air Berlin’s fleet of about 55 Airbus A320 Family, 13 Airbus A330 and about 55 Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft.
06-Jan-2010 HUNGARY :
After a break of nearly two decades, at 2.15 pm on 14 December 2009 a Malév aircraft landed again at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The Hungarian carrier is providing a daily air link between the Hungarian and Serbian capitals with connections through its network to 60 European and Middle Eastern destinations. Malév expects the launch of the new service to result in an increase in the number of transit travellers and passengers coming to Hungary on tourism and business. Return tickets for 15 Malév destinations can be purchased for an introductory unique price starting from €1 (without taxes).
06-Jan-2010
Swissport is concerned about the present situation at Geneva Airport, where some of its personnel have been engaged in strike action (with the support of the VPOD union) since last weekend.
05-Jan-2010
Swiss WorldCargo has announced the launch of direct flights between Zurich and San Francisco, effective 2 June 2010. The cargo division of SWISS will operate a six-times-weekly service with wide-bodied A340-300 aircraft, effectively doubling cargo capacity to and from the region in which SWISS already serves Los Angeles.
04-Jan-2010
Finavia Corporation will continue the operations of the Finavia as a company owned fully by the State of Finland. Finavia Corporation is a service company that maintains a network of 25 airports in Finland and the air navigation system covering the entire country.
23-Dec-2009
Airlines’ own vision stands out as a model of clarity amid political indecisiveness The Association of European Airlines, representing Europe’s most important network carriers, has confirmed that its members remain firmly committed to a powerful and meaningful programme to halve the industry’s carbon footprint, on a global scale, following the inconclusive outcome of the Copenhagen conference on the issue of aviation’s contribution to global warming.
23-Dec-2009
Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications will transfer the assets and business operations of the Civil Aviation Administration Finavia to a state-owned company that will start operation in the beginning of 2010. Ms Anu Vehviläinen, Minister of Transport, signed a transfer document on 22 December 2009.
22-Dec-2009
Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide avionics and pilot controls for the new MC-21 family of single-aisle aircraft being developed by Russian-based Irkut Corporation, part of United Aircraft Corporation. The first of three aircraft variants is due to enter service in 2016.
22-Dec-2009
The International Civil Aviation Organization continues to move forward with its aggressive plan of action to combat climate change even though a deal on bunker (international aviation and maritime) fuels was not reached at the Conference of the Parties (COP/15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 December.
21-Dec-2009
SITA, the aviation IT specialist, today announced that it is putting its Aircraft Emissions Manager at the disposal of airlines for free data collection and storage until June 2010 as the January deadline looms for compliance with the new EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS).
21-Dec-2009
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change.
18-Dec-2009
After more than seven successful years as Chief Operations Officer, Rainer Hiltebrand will be leaving Flughafen Zürich AG to go back to the airline industry. As from May 2010 he will assume the position as Chief Operating Officer at Swiss International Air Lines.
18-Dec-2009 UNITED KINGDOM :
Lufthansa Technik and bmi have signed an agreement regarding services for more than 50 aircraft engines. According to the new five-year-contract, Lufthansa Technik will take care of all aspects of maintenance, repair and overhaul of the IAE V2500 engine type powering bmi's complete Airbus A320-series fleet.
14-Dec-2009 EGYPT :
EGYPTAIR and Brussels Airlines have signed an agreement to offer codeshare flights, which would expand the international and domestic destinations and enhance the frequent flyer benefits offered to customers of both carriers.
10-Dec-2009
From 1st January 2010 it will be possible to issue insolvency-safe airline tickets for over 200 airlines in 80,000 IATA-accredited travel agencies worldwide for the first time.
10-Dec-2009
At an official ceremony held in Brussels’ historic “Grand-Place” today, the CEOs of the Star Alliance member airlines welcomed Brussels Airlines to the family.
08-Dec-2009
The Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded one-year agreements with the governments of Austria and Switzerland on the provision of flights for government-sector employees to and from more than 60 destinations in the airline’s extensive network of routes. The agreements include the possibility of extending them once they expire.
07-Dec-2009
The Association of European Airlines, representing Europe’s most important network carriers, has publicly questioned the process taking place to review rules on pilots’ flight and duty time. An essentially bureaucratic process to review and coordinate national rules has been transformed into a heated debate in which social parameters are set against allegations of unsafe practices.
03-Dec-2009 GERMANY :
A CFM56-7B engine powering a Boeing Next-Generation 737 for TUIfly, the German holiday airline, has logged more than 40,000 hours on wing without a single removal, setting a new record for this engine model. The CFM56-7B engine was installed in February 1999 and, to date, has logged 40,654 flight hours and more than 14,000 flight cycles.
02-Dec-2009
Fraport AG and airline representatives have agreed on the future schedule of airport charges at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) during a hearing held by the Hesse economics ministry. A corresponding agreement was signed today by representatives of Fraport AG, the airlines and airline associations in the presence of Hesse economics minister Dieter Posch.
01-Dec-2009 FINLAND :
As part of the Finnair Group's structural development, as of 1 December 2009 the Group's ground handling company Northport has agreed a transfer of business with the Barona Group in terms of its baggage and apron services at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Around 490 employees currently working in these operations will transfer to the service of Barona under their present terms of employment.
27-Nov-2009 FINLAND :
Pre-order sales expands to nearly all European flights. From January 12, 2010, a fee will be charged for all alcoholic drinks in Economy Class on Finnair's European flights.
26-Nov-2009 FRANCE :
New A380 operator Air France has inaugurated the first commercial flights between Europe and the United States with Airbus' 21st century flagship jetliner, flying the prestigious Paris-New York route.
25-Nov-2009
As of 2010 the EU emission trading scheme is going into effect. This will affect the aviation industry in general, but Amsterdam Airlines as an airline in its growing phase in particular.
25-Nov-2009
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reacted sharply to proposals from 19 of 34 Eurocontrol states to increase overflight route charges in 2010.
24-Nov-2009
SWISS will be further expanding its range of services between Geneva and London on 10 January 2010. An additional aircraft will be stationed in Geneva to operate the new flights. SWISS and its sister Lufthansa Group airline British Midland (bmi) also plan to collaborate more closely on their services between Switzerland and the UK.
24-Nov-2009
Latvia’s national airline airBaltic has won a German government bid for tenders, which means that the airline will provide flights for members of that country’s Civil Service in its network of 60 destinations. The agreement will last until September 15, 2010.
24-Nov-2009
Norwegian, the largest low cost carrier in Scandinavia, continues its expansion at Copenhagen Airport. Norwegian is going to launch new routes to the holiday destinations Tenerife, Ibiza, Kos and Athens as well as new domestic routes to Billund, Karup and Rønne.
23-Nov-2009
Air Berlin is the world’s first airline to receive LBA (German Federal Aviation Office) approval for employing GLS (GPS landing system) technology on its flights.
23-Nov-2009
The European Commission today decided to send reasoned opinions to four EU Member States (Luxembourg, Greece, the Czech Republic and Finland) that have failed to notify, or have only partially notified, their measures for the transposition into national law of a European directive on the Community air traffic controller licence.
20-Nov-2009
gategroup, the leading independent provider of onboard products and services to the world's airlines, has extended business for its Gate Gourmet brand with Swiss International Airlines for three additional years until the end of 2015. The deal covers a business spend in excess of CHF 600 million.
20-Nov-2009
Airbus has delivered Lufthansa’s 100th A320 Family aircraft from Airbus’ Final Assembly Line in Hamburg. The aircraft, an A320, was handed over to Lufthansa yesterday evening.
20-Nov-2009
The Scandinavian company SAS shall resume regular flights from Vilnius International Airport to Copenhagen since 11 January, 2010. SAS shall carry passengers between Lithuanian and Danish capitals 2 times a day, in total 14 times a week.
19-Nov-2009
Germany’s second largest airline Air Berlin has signed an agreement with Lufthansa Technik AG to provide comprehensive component support for its entire fleet. Under the Total Component Support TCS® contract, which has already taken effect, the Hamburg-based company will manage supply of components for Air Berlin Group’s Boeing 737’s, its Airbus A320 and A330 family aircraft and its Bombardier Q400’s.
18-Nov-2009
Finnair and the Finnish Airline Pilots' Association (SLL), which represents Finnair's pilots, have accepted a settlement proposal submitted today by National Conciliator Esa Lonka. The level of cost savings in the collective agreement is such that the proposal was acceptable to the employer.
17-Nov-2009
Effective December 2009, Capt. Marek Týbl, the present Head of the fleet and Head Pilot of the Czech Airlines ATR fleet, will be the new Czech Airlines Vice-President of Flight Operations.
16-Nov-2009 FINLAND :
Mika Vehviläinen, COO of Nokia Siemens Networks, has been named as Finnair's new CEO and takes up his new post on January 5, 2010.
13-Nov-2009
Starting on 1st April 2010, Air France is offering a new service on its medium-haul network, aimed at better meeting the changing expectations of travellers seeking greater simplicity and clarity, and more affordable fares.
13-Nov-2009
European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released a fresh report on the impact of the crisis on the airport sector, entitled Renewed Call for Competitive Relief Measures.
13-Nov-2009
The Latvian national airline airBaltic is pleased to announce that today, November 12, it will launch two new routes from Lappeenranta, Finland, to the Estonian capital of Tallinn and to the Latvian capital of Riga, offering convenient connections to destinations in Western Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and the Mediterranean region.
12-Nov-2009
Hamburg, the German city responsible for finishing Emirates' A380 super-jumbos, has again reiterated that size matters by playing host to the largest airline lounge in Germany, and one of the largest facilities of its kind in Europe.
11-Nov-2009
The Latvian national airline airBaltic welcomes the fact that, under the initiative of the Lithuanian government and its Transportation Ministry, tariffs are lowered at the Vilnius International Airport as of December 1 of this year. airBaltic is signing a new agreement with the airport.
09-Nov-2009
flugwerkzeuge aviation software (f:wz) a subsidiary of DAE Services, the aviation technology division of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), it is well known for its market-leading position for cost-optimizing flight planning solutions for airline customers around the globe.
06-Nov-2009
Fitch Ratings-London-05 November 2009: Fitch Ratings says in a special report published today that it expects the operating environment for Europe's airline industry to remain tough in the short-to-medium term, and that all the major European network carriers will likely experience negative operating margins in 2009.
05-Nov-2009
The Airports Council International welcomed over 600 representatives from 67 countries at their annual meeting this week. After welcoming the delegates, host for the event Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports introduced Jim Cherry, ACI Chair since 2007, who focused on strategies for weathering the turbulence of recent years, and working closely with our partners across the industry.
03-Nov-2009
The Association of European Airlines, representing Europe’s most important network carriers, has applauded a decision of the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) not to implement a 10% increase in the fees they charge for the inspection of arriving aircraft and passengers. AEA airlines were charged more than $65 million for these inspections in 2008.
02-Nov-2009
Finnair has been reporting its climate impact in the worldwide Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for three years now. In the latest report Finnair nearly doubled its result from last year to 61 CDLI (Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index).
02-Nov-2009 FRANCE :
Today Air France took delivery of its first GP7200-powered Airbus A380. Airbus delivered the first of 12 A380s to Air France at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany.
30-Oct-2009
The popularity of low-cost air traffic, which started earlier in the rest of Europe, is now also seen in Finland. In Finland, the number of passengers has increased by 25% and traffic by 30% in comparison to previous year. The market share of low-cost airlines has increased to 9% of the total market.
30-Oct-2009
Swiss International Air Lines (Group) achieved an operating profit of CHF 113 million for the first nine months of 2009 (compared to a CHF 373 million operating profit for the same period last year). Total income from operating activities declined 18% to CHF 3 236 million.
30-Oct-2009 GERMANY :
Air Berlin, Germany’s second largest airline, will be flying to Romania for the first time in summer 2010. From 18th May 2010 a non-stop flight will take off from Munich every Tuesday and head for Romania’s Black Sea coast.
29-Oct-2009
Air Berlin strengthens its presence in Thailand. In addition to the direct flights already available to Bangkok and Phuket, Air Berlin passengers can now book connecting flights from the Thai capital to Koh Samui, Chiang Mai and Phuket.
29-Oct-2009
EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, today announced SITA as its Network Service Provider for the Pan European Network Service (PENS) which will allow Air Navigation Service Providers from 38 countries to exchange operational voice and data communications across a common network for the first time.
29-Oct-2009
FL Technics, leading aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider in Eastern Europe, has signed contracts with Air Italy and Air Slovakia for Boeing 737-300 aircraft base maintenance.
28-Oct-2009
Fraport AG, the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), and D&S Geo Innogy GmbH, a joint venture of RWE Innogy GmbH and Daldrup &Söhne AG, launched a joint venture on October 27 for exploring and developing the potential of the Walldorf deep-earth geothermal field near the southern side of FRA.
27-Oct-2009
EASA certifies “Brake To Vacate” (BTV) and “Runway Overrun Warning & Prevention” (ROW/ROP) systems on the Airbus A380, improving runway turnaround time and reducing runway excursion risk at landing.
27-Oct-2009 FINLAND :
On 25-Oct-2009, Finnair moved to its winter schedule. The route selection has been expanded through winter flights to Istanbul, and changes have also been made on other individual routes.
27-Oct-2009
The new Schiphol Timetable, containing complete listings of all airline flight schedules, was published on Sunday 25 October. The new winter schedule is effective from 25 October 2009 until 28 March 2010.
26-Oct-2009
Helsinki Airport boasts an even more attractive shopping and relaxation area. In mid-September seven new service points opened in the long-haul flight area. All in all, 16 new service points will have opened this year.
26-Oct-2009 AUSTRIA :
The Executive Board of Austrian Airlines AG and the majority shareholder in Austrian Airlines, LH sterreichische Luftverkehrs-Holding-GmbH (LH), have jointly agreed on appropriate cash compensation of 0.50 euros per share in a squeeze out of the remaining shareholders of Austrian Airlines.
23-Oct-2009
From November 24, Finnair will use Terminal 5 at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport. At the same time, other oneworld airlines flying to Stockholm - British Airways, Iberia and Malev - will also move to the more modern, more spacious terminal. The new terminal will offer short distances and better services than the old Terminal 2.
23-Oct-2009
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle today confirmed an order for an additional six Next-Generation 737-800s. With this order, Norwegian has a total of 48 Next-Generation 737 airplanes on order from Boeing as well as 22 airplanes from leasing companies.
22-Oct-2009
Cargojet Income Fund (the “Fund”) (TSX: CJT.UN), Canada’s leading domestic premium overnight air cargo network operator, announced today it has entered into a strategic aircraft wet lease agreement with LOT Polish Airlines effective November 7, 2009.
15-Oct-2009
It is now even easier to travel with SAS Scandinavian Airlines, as the airline has introduced mobile boarding passes. This means SAS customers can now travel using only their mobile phone and with an ID card/passport.
15-Oct-2009
Air Valid broadcasts the 1st independent ranking of low cost airlines departing from France. This ranking is based on opinions and certified ratings from passengers on the feeling of seat comfort during a flight. This ranking has been calculated on the basis of opinions and reviews filed by passengers on a flight route and flight number of an airline.
15-Oct-2009
Air Saint Pierre took delivery today of the first ATR 42-500 that will be operated in the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. The aircraft, ordered in 2008 by SAEMAI (Société Anonyme d’Economie Mixte Aéronautique des Iles/Mixed Business Aeronautical Company of the Islands) is equipped with new PW 127M engines and will replace the ATR 42-320 which has been operated by the company for the last 15 years.
14-Oct-2009
After confirming three new routes from Geneva, London City, Milan Malpensa and Marseille as well as a Milan-Marseille route, Baboo is now announcing two more items: the launching of a Geneva-Oxford route and a partnership with the Romanian carrier Tarom.
14-Oct-2009 FINLAND :
Finnair Catering Oy and four white-collar staff unions have today concluded a fixed-term stabilisation agreement. The agreement mainly covers the 2010 cost-cutting and personnel adjustment targets for Finnair Catering's white-collar staff. The targets are part of a previously announced cost-cutting programme.
13-Oct-2009 POLAND :
Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest low-fare low-cost airline, has announced plans to introduce a Cork to Wroclaw service from July 18th next year.
13-Oct-2009 GERMANY :
From the middle of next year, Lufthansa's customers will once again enjoy the full freedom to communicate via the Internet above the clouds as the airline relaunches FlyNet, its on-board broadband Internet service.
12-Oct-2009
Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) representing 93% of commercial air traffic today approved a Declaration affirming their commitment to address aviation emissions that contribute to climate change by working through ICAO.
12-Oct-2009
Fraport AG continued to serve as a major economic engine during the first three quarters of 2009 - particularly in the Frankfurt /Rhine-Main region. Already during the first nine months of the year Fraport awarded contracts totaling more than EUR1 billion.
02-Oct-2009
EUROCONTROL is forecasting that the number of flights in Europe will show a year-on-year decline of 6% in 2009 according to the latest short-term forecast. All market segments are affected by the decline in traffic, as are most European countries.
02-Oct-2009 FINLAND :
Finnair has entered into a cooperation agreement with F-Secure, the information security company. From the beginning of November, Finnair Plus customers can use their points to enhance their information security at the Finnair Plus Shop website www.finnarplusshop.com. At the Finnair Plus Shop, purchases can be paid for with cash as well as a combination of points and cash.
01-Oct-2009
Dr Stefan Schulte, Fraport AG's new executive board chairman, has presented the European Commission with a three-point package of demands for alleviating the burden faced by airports.
01-Oct-2009 POLAND :
6 new routes to Paris Beauvais, Oslo Torp, Eindhoven, Forli Bologna, Cork and Milan Bergamo, re-opening flights to Dortmund and Doncaster Sheffield, increasing frequency on existing route to London Luton.
30-Sep-2009
Airbus welcomes the latest steps towards the approval by ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world, for the use of a 50 per cent synthetic jet fuel in commercial aviation. Synthetic liquid jet fuels can be made from biomass, natural gas or coal. All of these are known as xTL fuels.
29-Sep-2009
Widerøe's direct services between Sandefjord and Tromsø and Sandefjord and Bodø are proving to be extremely attractive. The direct flights are so popular that the airline is now setting up Christmas schedules between Sandefjord and the two coastal towns in North Norway.
28-Sep-2009
Over the past few weeks, MTU Maintenance Hannover has succeeded in winning engine maintenance business worth a total of some 50 million euros.
28-Sep-2009
From now on, award miles earned in the Miles & More frequent flyer programme can also be used for voluntary carbon offset donations at Lufthansa and SWISS. The two airlines have expanded their CO2 compensation programme to allow passengers this mode of balancing their individual share of the carbon emissions generated during their flight.
25-Sep-2009
The Association of European Airlines, representing Europe’s most important network carriers, has welcomed the commitments made by aviation-industry leaders to the United Nations in New York, to address aviation’s contribution to climate change, with a package of meaningful and ultimately powerful measures.
23-Sep-2009
The Association of European Airlines (AEA), which represents Europe’s most important network carriers, has announced a partnership with one of the iconic names in aviation.
23-Sep-2009
iSeatz, the global provider of customized travel and entertainment solutions, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Air France-KLM, the largest airline company in the world in terms of revenue and international passenger traffic.
21-Sep-2009 FINLAND :
Finnair Plc has resolved to issue a EUR 120 million domestic hybrid bond. The coupon rate of the bond is 9.00% per annum. The bond has no maturity but the company may call the bond after four years. The bond was oversubscribed.
21-Sep-2009 GERMANY :
Low-cost airline Germanwings is setting up at Copenhagen Airport and is goint to launch a new service to Cologne. From Cologne, the airline offers onward connnections to a number of destinations.
18-Sep-2009
Finavia’s statutory labour negotiations, which commenced in March, have been concluded. The negotiations were launched due to a decrease in the number of passengers and in the income obtained from air traffic.
18-Sep-2009
Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, has marked a further e-services milestone with the introduction of a new self-service facility for reporting lost baggage.
17-Sep-2009 POLAND :
Wizz Air, the largest low fare low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, and Lufthansa Technik AG announced that they will extend their cooperation by renewing the Total Component Support TCS® including wheels and brakes support.
15-Sep-2009 GERMANY :
Lufthansa is offering customers extended travel options in the USA and Puerto Rico under a codeshare agreement with the US-airline JetBlue.
15-Sep-2009
Delegations of the European Commission and Peru initialled on 02-Sep-2009 in Lima a Horizontal Aviation Agreement which will restore legal certainty for the bilateral air services agreements between Peru and EU Member States.
15-Sep-2009
Statens Luftfartsvæsen, the Danish Civil Aviation Administration, announced today that it has approved the new charges regulations for Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup following the completion of the consultation progress.
14-Sep-2009 FRANCE :
The A380's first two European operators - French flag carrier Air France, and Germany's national airline Lufthansa - are building the excitement as they prepare for upcoming service introductions of the 21st century Airbus flagship jetliner.
09-Sep-2009
Bordeaux has become the latest European airport to announce a purpose-built terminal specifically designed to meet the needs of low cost airlines and their passengers.
08-Sep-2009 GERMANY :
In August 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, was able to increase revenue per available seat kilometer by 12 percent to 6.21 Eurocents (08/2009: 5.55 Eurocents).
08-Sep-2009
On 03-Sep-2009, the board of Avinor discussed the financial crisis and the airlines’ demanding financial position and is asking the Ministry of Transport and Communications not to increase aviation charges in 2010. Avinor will seek to compensate for the loss of income through internal measures to improve results.
08-Sep-2009 FINLAND :
Next spring, as part of the harmonisation of its fleet structure, Finnair will withdraw from service three of its Leisure Traffic Boeing 757 aircraft.
07-Sep-2009 ITALY :
IBA starts the sale process for the remaining Alitalia Assets in its role of exclusive global sales agent and advisor to the Extraordinary Administrator of Alitalia.
02-Sep-2009 SLOVAKIA :
SkyEurope informs with the biggest regret - especially for its passengers and employees but also its business partners - that SkyEurope Airlines A.S., the operative subsidiary of SkyEurope Holding AG, has suspended operations due to filing for bankruptcy by the restructuring trustee today.
02-Sep-2009
Bellinzona, the capital of Switzerland’s Canton Ticino, now has its name on a SWISS aircraft. New Airbus A330-300 HB-JHC was correspondingly named today at Zurich Airport. The naming was performed by Brenno Martignoni, the mayor of Bellinzona, in a ceremony that was also attended by Marco Solari, president of Ticino Tourism, SWISS CEO Harry Hohmeister, numerous further guests and media representatives.
01-Sep-2009 SLOVAKIA :
EANS-Adhoc: SkyEurope Holding AG: Suspension of all flights, Filing for Opening of Bankruptcy Proceedings of SkyEurope Airlines a.s.
01-Sep-2009 POLAND :
Wizz Air, the largest low fare low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe announced today that it would provide re-routing alternatives to passengers affected by the suspension of SkyEurope’s operations at Prague airport as communicated to the public earlier today.
31-Aug-2009
28-Aug-2009 Iberia’s second-quarter results, published today, show the first positive impacts of the contingency plan being implemented, which has managed to preserve the company’s strong financial position and defend its key markets. However, the measures could not prevent losses, which reached 72 million euros in the quarter, prompting the company to redouble its anti-crisis efforts measures.
31-Aug-2009 GERMANY :
28-Aug-2009 EU Commission grants anti-trust immunity / approval for restructuring aid / Austrian Airlines to be part of the Lufthansa Group as of September 2009
28-Aug-2009
27-Aug-2009 Lufthansa Technik AG and Felix Airways from the Republic of Yemen have signed a seven-year-contract regarding a Total Component Support TCS® for the regional start-up carrier's Bombardier CRJ fleet. Currently, the airline operates two CRJ-200s and two CRJ-700s and will soon extend its fleet with additional Bombardier CRJs.
27-Aug-2009 UNITED KINGDOM :
26-Aug-2009 BAE Systems has won an exclusive mandate from leading low fares carrier easyJet to remarket four Airbus A321 airliners.
26-Aug-2009
25-Aug-2009 The Latvian national airline airBaltic has won a bid for tenders organised by the Finnish government to provide passenger transportation along eight flight routes over the next three years.
25-Aug-2009
24-Aug-2009 Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Norwegian Air Shuttle management and airline staff celebrated Friday as the low-cost airline completed its first direct purchase and delivery of a new 737-800 at Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash.
24-Aug-2009
21-Aug-2009 Accenture will provide Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) with finance and accounting (F&A) business services in Western Europe under a seven-year business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement.
21-Aug-2009 FINLAND :
20-Aug-2009 The Finnair Group's Finnair Facilities Management Oy has sold to NV Property Fund I Ky, and leased back on long-term lease agreements, four strategic properties located in the area of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
20-Aug-2009 GERMANY :
Jive Software, the Social Business Software leader, today announced Deutsche Lufthansa AG is powering its company-wide networking initiative with the Jive Social Business Software platform. Lufthansa is one of the world's largest airlines serving about 200 destinations in nearly 80 countries. The employee community, named eTeaming, helps improve productivity and spawn innovation by improving communication within Lufthansa's project groups, teams and communities.
18-Aug-2009
The Berlin airports Schoenefeld and Tegel handled a total of 1,966,238 passengers in July; 1 per cent more than in the same month the previous year.
17-Aug-2009
JSC Aeroflot Russian Airlines has received a new А319 aircraft by Airbus. Currently, the company’s air fleet has 56 airplanes of the А319/320/321 family. This aircraft was named after Dmitry Mendeleev, a Russian scientist the Encyclopaedist, the ingenious chemist and the physicist, the author of the periodic law and the table of chemical elements.
17-Aug-2009
Before being loaded in Hahn, the generator was transported by ship from Rotterdam to Longuich on the Moselle River and from there it was brought to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport by a heavy load transport vehicle. In order to transport the entire gas power plant (built by the Alstom company) to Armenia, a total of six flights are required, all of which are to take off from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Four of the six flights have already been completed with the Antonov 225's 'little sister', the Antonov 124. Since May 2005, this aircraft has already taken off from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport 400 times. The fifth flight took off today with the Antonov 225, which can carry very heavy loads weighing up to 250 tonnes. The final cargo item, a transformer, will also be flown to Yerevan with the Antonov 225 in the next few days.
17-Aug-2009
Finnair is changing the structure of its Group organisation. A key objective is to achieve cost efficiencies by combining the Group's Scheduled Passenger Traffic and Leisure Flight Operations into an integrated Flight Traffic organisation, which will operate directly under the President & CEO. In addition, through the new organisation, closer cooperation will be sought between Flight Operations and Group Administration.
14-Aug-2009
Strategic Airlines Takes Off in Europe, after today receiving their Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile(DGAC).
13-Aug-2009
The Board of Directors and management of SAS AB (STO:SAS)(OSE:SASNOK) have decided to launch an entirely new cost program amounting to SEK 2 billion to generate sustainable competitiveness. This program, which is in addition to the total savings measures under Core SAS of SEK 4.5 billion, includes establishing fully competitive collective agreements for flight deck and cabin personnel, a principle for optimizing production to make greater use of the most competitive production resources and further efficiency enhancements in the Group’s administration. These measures will entail further reductions corresponding to 1,000-1,500 FTEs.
13-Aug-2009
SAS and Avinor are currently testing new technology that will result in major reductions in aircraft emissions. The first test was carried out at Tromsø airport August 11, and reduced emissions by 300 kilos of CO2.
12-Aug-2009
SAS and Avinor are currently testing new technology that will result in major reductions in aircraft emissions. The first test was carried out at Tromsø airport August 11 , and reduced emissions by 300 kilos of CO2.
12-Aug-2009
Aeroflot-Cargo reports stable results which are similar to the last year volumes of the freight uplifted in July 2009. Aeroflot-Cargo met this year budget targets that were revised in May 2009 to consider world economy crisis situation.
12-Aug-2009
Starting 29 July, Air France will be welcoming its Business Class customers as well as Flying Blue Gold, Platinum and SkyTeam Elite Plus cardholders to its refurbished 138sq.m. lounge, reflecting the Caribbean atmosphere, in Aimé Césaire Airport, Fort de France (Martinique).
11-Aug-2009
Bombardier Aerospace welcomes AirVolga (Volga AviaExpress) of Volgograd, Russia to the CRJ aircraft family. Today, at a press conference in Volgograd, the airline announced that it is preparing to start service with two previously owned CRJ200 LR regional jets acquired from a third party. AirVolga has stated that the CRJ200 LR aircraft are part of a strategy to modernize its fleet, and that they may acquire additional previously owned Bombardier 50-seat regional jets.
11-Aug-2009
Consultation Period started on EUROCONTROLs Guidelines on assessing the impact of wind turbines on surveillance systemsEUROCONTROL has developed draft guidelines on how to assess and mitigate the effects of windfarms on the performance of a range of surveillance systems and will be making them available for consultation with concerned parties until 31 January 2010.
11-Aug-2009
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in its history during the month of July. With 427,618 air travellers, the monthly figure was 1,770 passengers or 0.5% higher than the figure for July 2008 (425,848 passengers), the month with the greatest number of passengers to date. The cargo sector also looks very impressive.
11-Aug-2009
From 3-Jul-2009 to 28-Aug-2009 works will be carried out on the airport which necessitate the temporary closure of the runways at different intervals.
11-Aug-2009
The Iberia Plus programme now boasts nearly 4 million members and 70 associated companies, Cardholders registered on line can manage their accounts on the www.iberia.com web site.
10-Aug-2009
An aircraft operated by Austrian Airlines made an emergency medical landing at Helsinki-Vantaa on Wednesday, 5 August 2009 at 2:40 p.m., due to a passenger who suffered a medical attack. The aircraft was en route from Tokyo to Vienna.
10-Aug-2009
Augsburg Premium AEROTEC today has begun the construction of the new 25,000 m² hangar, which will be the manufacturing plant for fiber composite components of the new Airbus A350 XWB. The last weeks already have seen the delivery of about 20 truck loads of steel to the site of the new factory, just westerly of the Impuls Arena. The shell of the building is due to be completed by the beginning of November. Premium AEROTEC is the largest aerostructures supplier for the new Airbus A350 XWB. The total investment for this new long-haul aircraft will amount to approximately €360 million between 2009 and 2011 at the Premium AEROTEC sites.
10-Aug-2009
Finnair's President & CEO Jukka Hienonen has resigned from his
post. My four years in Finnair's service has included both periods of success as well as the increasingly adverse development of the entire sector, and now a clear change of course is required. I am not satisfied with the results achieved; the rate of change has been insufficient, says President & CEO Hienonen.
10-Aug-2009
Consultation Period started on EUROCONTROL’s Guidelines on assessing the potential impact of wind turbines on surveillance systems Brussels, Belgium EUROCONTROL has developed draft guidelines on how to assess and mitigate the effects of windfarms on the performance of a range of surveillance systems and will be making them available for consultation with concerned parties until 31 January 2010.
10-Aug-2009
SAS Group's traffic decreased by 13.6% during July and seat capacity was down 17.3% vs. 2008, SAS Group carried 2.0 million passengers in July, down 14.1 % vs. 2008, total passenger load factor in June was 83.8%, up 3.6 p.u. vs. July 2008.
07-Aug-2009
The British airline easyJet will be connecting Dusseldorf and Basle twelve times per week from 2 November. The airplanes type Airbus A319 will be taking off from Dusseldorf from Monday to Friday in the morning at 8.45 a.m. and in the night at 9.20 p.m., Saturdays at 1.00 p.m. and Sundays on 9.20 p.m. The flight time is about one hour 20 minutes.
07-Aug-2009
Finnair's scheduled traffic declined in July by nearly seven per cent and passenger numbers were around three per cent lower than in July 2008. Capacity was cut by nearly nine per cent, which meant that passenger load factor rose to 81 per cent. We have managed to adjust our capacity to correspond to lower demand, which has improved the passenger load factor. The price level is still regrettably poor, as has been the case throughout the early part of the year, says Deputy CEO Lasse Heinonen.
07-Aug-2009
Swissport International, the world’s leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, has appointed Stefan Roschi as the new head of its aviation security business. He will assume his duties on 1 September. Roschi succeeds Louis Seliner, who will be taking on a new professional challenge.
07-Aug-2009
Leif Rasmussen will return to the SAS Group as SAS Cargo’s new President and CEO, following the departure of Kenneth Marx. Leif has a long and strong background in the airline industry, including several leading positions within SAS. Leif takes on the new position August 17.
07-Aug-2009
Fleet capacity utilization at the previous year's level Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, was able to increase its revenue per available seat kilometer for July 2009.
07-Aug-2009
Passenger; 0.7 point rise in load factor to 85.1% thanks to a limited decline in traffic (-3.3%),
Cargo; Stabilization of the decline in traffic and progressive adjustment of capacity to demand
06-Aug-2009
Lufthansa ticket cancellations and refunds now also online - PayPal new online payment system Pre-flight info-service for all Miles & More customers
06-Aug-2009
Skytrax, an independent air traffic research institute, has selected the world’s ten best airports. Its Top 10 List is based on a survey conducted among more than eight million air passengers. The study shows that six of the world’s ten best airports are equipped with baggage handling systems (BHS) from Siemens Mobility.
06-Aug-2009
U.K.’s Inflite to support the Phenom family and the Legacy 600 São José dos ampos, August 5, 2009 The U.K.’s Inflite maintenance services provider, based at London Stansted Airport, was certified, this week, by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for Phenom 100 maintenance. Inflite is the first Embraer authorized service center in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to be awarded this certification.
06-Aug-2009
SunExpress, the joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, will start to the first nonstop flights between Ýzmir and Athens by August 15th 2009. The flights will be operated twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays connecting one of Turkey’s biggest industrial zones and tourism destinations on the coast with the Greek capital.
06-Aug-2009
After strengthening its executive management in April 2009 with the joining of Jerome Lorrain and Heath White, Wallenborn Transports S.A. is making the next steps in the dynamic implementation of its strategy announced at the beginning of 2009.
06-Aug-2009
Four more French airports using FREQUENTIS communication technology The Austrian high-tech company Frequentis AG has supplied new voice communication systems to four French airports: Le Bourget, Ajaccio, Metz Nancy Lorraine and Saint Denis de la Réunion. The solutions all entered successful operation within a few months of each other.
06-Aug-2009
Thanks to strict cost management and a consistently implemented cost-cutting program, the Panalpina Group succeeded in significantly reducing its cost base year-on-year and as a result was able to compensate for the fall in volume.
