Germany’s second largest airline ‘Air Berlin’ has ended all flight operations in the night from October 27th to 28th Air Berlin’s final arrival was flight #AB6210 from Munich to Berlin Tegel. It was greeted by hundreds of airport employees and media reporters at Munich Airport before departure. The flight landed in Berlin at 23:44 local…
Lufthansa plans to dissolve the brand name of Austrian based Niki The German flag-carrier wants to fully integrate Air Berlin’s subsidiary Niki into its low-cost airline Eurowings. On September 26th, Lufthansa’s Supervisory Board approved a one billion Euro investment for the acquisition of up to 61 aircraft for Eurowings. Niki operates short and medium haul flights from…
Super Typhoon Lan is threatening Japan with winds of up to 155mph (250km/h) on Sunday and Monday. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 16:22 UTC Tokyo Haneda Airport is reporting winds of 46kts+, flights to HND are diverting/returning. UPDATE 15:55 UTC Tokyo Haneda Airport is reporting winds of 31kts+, flights to HND are diverting/returning.…
Air Berlin to fire around 4000 employees in the coming weeks, if no additional buyers can be found. In an interview with Rheinische Post, Air Berlin liquidator Frank Kebekus said the airline may will have to fire around 4000 employees in late October/early November. “I expect that in the end of October/beginning of November, we will…
Lufthansa Group will use long-haul aircraft on flights from its main hubs to Berlin due to very high demand – starting October 23rd. Flag-carrier Lufthansa (LH) will use the Airbus A330-300, A340-300 and A340-600 on selected flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Berlin Tegel starting 23OCT and the Boeing 747-400 from 01NOV. UPDATE: Lufthansa to extend…
An Air Berlin Airbus A320 is grounded at Reykjavik Keflavik Airport due to unpaid charges The A320 (registration D-ABDX) on flight #AB3928 from Düsseldorf arrived in Reykjavik at 10:55pm yesterday, but the return flight earlier this morning was cancelled. Isavia, Iceland’s airport operator issued a statement saying “Air Berlin filed a petition of the opening…
Embraer plans to deliver the first E190-E2 jet to its launch customer Widerøe in April 2018. The regional airline from Norway has 3 E190-E2 (+12 purchase rights) on order. According to Embraer, this contract is worth almost 880 million USD. Widerøe currently operates an all-Bombardier turboprop fleet of 40 aircraft. It is the largest regional airline…
The Hawaiian regional carrier Island Air has filed for bankruptcy, but continues to fly for now. Island Air – Hawaii’s second largest carrier – has filed for insolvency on Monday, October 16. The airline was close to grounding aircraft and letting down thousands of passengers just recently. Island Air’s fleet consists of 10 turboprop aircraft,…
Travel company Thomas Cook wants to start a new airline in Spain, with hub on Mallorca. The airline will be called Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics and – according to Thomas Cook Holdings – won’t be a ‘standard’ leisure carrier. Balearics will start operations with three A320s in early 2018. The airline will – in the…
Final Air Berlin A330 flight’s epic low pass on arrival at Düsseldorf Airport, now under investigation by the LBA The Luftfahrt Bundesamt (LBA) – Germany’s aviation administration – is investigating Air Berlin’s final wide-body landing at DUS airport, the airline has confirmed this on Tuesday afternoon. Air Berlin’s final long-haul flight, coming from Miami, performed…
EasyJet has confirmed a bid for parts of insolvent Italian flag-carrier Alitalia. The British low-cost carrier has not named any details about the offer. Six other airlines are reportedly bidding for Alitalia as well, including Lufthansa Group. The Italian carrier currently employs almost 12,000 people and had filed for Bankruptcy in May this year, after workers…
Airbus and Bombardier have announced a partnership for the CSeries program Airbus to acquire a 50.01% majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries. The aircraft manufacturers plan to reduce production costs through Airbus’ supply chain expertise and boost sales. Assembly and headquarters of the CSeries will remain in Quebec, Canada. The Bombardier CSeries currently has 360 orders…