The HNA Group, which is the Chinese Conglomerate of Hainan Airlines have supposedly been in talks with Monarch Airlines to acquire the airline as part of their global takeover spree. If the deal is completed, it would represent the biggest investment into a British Airline. Monarch is owned by Greybull Capital who got the airline…
Thomson, alongside their holiday package company First Choice have announced plans to expand into the Emirates Market. They have announced that they will be adding holiday packages to Dubai into their mid haul winter programme from December 2016. Tickets for flights are now on sale and the airline will operate flights to Dubai from London…
Emirates has announced it has placed an order with manufacturer Airbus for an additional two new A380 aircraft, to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2017. Emirates already operates the world’s largest fleet of Airbus A380s, with 75 in service and a further 65 on firm order.
Speaking in a press event in Dublin yesterday, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary stated that there is a “50-50” chance that he will retire as Ryanair CEO in 2019 when his 5 year contract expires. He insisted that he doesn’t plan to be hanging on until he’s 75 and said there is succession planning at Ryanair.…
Russian Su-24 jets buzz USS Donald Cook. The planes made 20 passes of the US Navy ship, according to officials, passing within 1,000 yards at an altitude of just 100ft. The American ship had just left the Polish port of Gdynia and was in the Baltic Sea about 70 nautical miles off Kaliningrad.
