easyJet celebrates new German domestic route between Berlin-Tegel and Cologne/Bonn with delivery of 300th aircraft

easyJet welcomed its 300th aircraft, an Airbus A320-214, into the fleet on the new route between Berlin-Tegel and Cologne/Bonn airport. This is also the 111th aircraft with an Austrian AOC. The aircraft is a former airberlin-aircraft that has been converted and transferred into the easyJet fleet and marks a milestone in the airline´s recent expansion…

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plane made first ever landing at new Istanbul airport

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aircraft on Thursday made the first ever landing at Istanbul’s new colossal airport, which is expected to formally open to air traffic on Oct. 29. The Turkish presidential aircraft TC-ANK took off after Erdogan’s election rally in Gaziantep to make its historic landing on the 3,750-meter-long and 60-meter-wide runway. The Istanbul’s…

Easyjet hopes for third runway at heathrow

EasyJet has claimed air fares on some UK and European routes would be cut by nearly a third if a new runway is built at Heathrow. The Luton-based budget airline said expansion of the London hub would lead to greater competition from more low-cost carriers. Chief commercial officer Robert Carey said: “This expansion would enable…