German media reports that Lufthansa Group is going to take over 81 Air Berlin aircraft (including subsidiary airlines Niki and LGW) as well as 3000 employees. The internal talks between the two airlines were successful, LH Group and its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings are getting the biggest part of Air Berlin’s leftover. Contracts will be signed…
What will become of Air Berlin routes and aircraft, after the airline is ending flight operations on October 27th? Everything you need to know in this article. Update: Please see: “Air Berlin is gone. What will become of aircraft, routes and employees now?” for the latest information about this topic. Two airlines are still bidding…
Three students have sued two Israeli airlines over what they claim was an ethnically profiled strip search amounting to sexual assault. The three masters students of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are Palestinian citizens of Israel and were on their way back from Belgrade in October 2016 when they were told they couldn’t board the…
Global airlines carried 3.8 billion passengers last year, according to new statistics published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The figure was up 7pc over 2015, and Ryanair was also confirmed as the world’s fourth-biggest airline, having carried 117 million passengers in 2016. The biggest was US-based Southwest Airlines, with 151.8 million. The report shows that…
Insolvent German airline Air Berlin is cancelling all flights from October 28th. The final flight will operate on October 27th before the airline is suspending operations. Air Berlin will cancel their four remaining longhaul routes from Düsseldorf Airport on October 15th, after the airline has already suspended all longhaul operations from Berlin Tegel Airport and…
A dog checked as cargo by a passenger on a Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo’s Haneda airport Monday morning escaped before being loaded onto the plane, causing a runway to be shut temporarily and disrupting a total of 14 flights. The large poodle had been placed in a special basket but when JAL staff tried…
Minister of Tourism & Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Wednesday announced that Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA/SXM Airport) will open to accept all commercial flights as per October 10, 2017. “We will be back in business,” the Minister said. The symbolism of the date was also important to the Minister, marking seven years since St.…
Several Air Traffic Controller Unions in France have called for industrial action in support of a national call for strike on Tuesday 10th October. The industrial action will start on the evening of Monday 9th at 17:00 and end on the morning of Wednesday 11th at 04:00 Local time. Eurocontrol is expecting a significant impact with…
Belgium has said it intends to take Ryanair to court, accusing it of illegally punishing customers hit by thousands of flight cancellations. Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Kris Peeters, who handles the consumer affairs portfolio, said in a statement that the airline has “shown a lack of professionalism”. Mr Peeters accused Ryanair of a series of failings,…
On 30 September, the cockpit of an Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737-800 was flooded after somebody left the right cockpit window open during a heavy thunderstorm at Buenos Aires airport. The airline was forced to cancel several flights as the Boeing 737 needed to dry, the aircraft was released again on 2 October to San Carlos…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the UN in New York to announced a commitment by the carrier to order 40 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in what was seen as a reaction to tension between Turkey and the EU. The agreement stops short of an actual order and the number of aircraft quoted indicates the details…
