Thomas Cook have announced new routes from Leeds Bradford Airport for their Summer 2017 schedule. They have announced that they will be starting services to Faro, Naples, Mahom, Tenerife, Larnaca & Alicante with Monarch from Leeds, as well as operating flights to Palma Di Mallorca with Evelop Airlines. James Burrows, Thomas Cook’s aviation director, said:…
The TUEM (Trade Union Eurocontrol Maastricht) made a post on Facebook about the Belgian ATC’s social conflicts with Belgocontrol, the local Belgian Air Traffic Control organisation. The TUEM posted this on Facebook: “The Belgian Air Traffic Controllers have for some time been in a social conflict with their employer, Belgocontrol. The retirement age is a small…
Blue Islands have announced on April 15th that their new franchise partnership with UK carrier Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline will start operating on June 6th 2016 with seats on sale now for the first route to operate under the new partnership from Jersey to Southampton. Under this agreement, the service will be operated on…
Meet Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Vietnam’s first female self-made billionaire. Much of her net worth comes from her company VietJet Air, which on its website calls itself a “dynamic, innovative airline.” But some might have other words for what it is her company is doing. Indeed, VietJet isn’t known so much for its CEO as…
Delta Airlines reported yesterday their final results for March 2016’s quarter, including an adjusted pre-tax income of $1.56 billion, a $966 million increase over the March 2015 quarter. Net income was also adjusted to $1.0 billion or $1.32 per diluted share. The March adjusted pre-tax profit was an $11 million improvement over the December quarter…
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.…
The families of those killed when pilot of a Germanwings flight crashed into the Alps are suing a US flight school who trained pilot Andreas Lubitz. The suit is about the flight school’s failure to properly screen Andreas himself. The crash occurred last year in March when Lubitz locked the plane’s captain out of the…
Ryanair launched their Winter 2016/17 schedule for Liverpool Airport with a new route to Sofia and 5 new winter services to Bergerac, Gran Canaria, Pisa, Porto & Szczecin as well as increased frequencies on flights to Alicante & Malaga. The announcement of this schedule will bring additional weekly departures during the Winter season and through…
Dubai state-owned carrier Emirates said on Wednesday that it has ordered an additional 2 Airbus A380 aircraft from Airbus for an estimated delivery of Q4 2017. This brings the airline’s total orders to 142 aircraft. The airline currently has 75 in service and are to receive another 67 more on firm order. The ordered aircraft…