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…
Horizon Air today announced it will grow its fleet with the purchase of 30 new three-class Embraer E175 jets, which will fly exclusively for Alaska Airlines. The order, which also includes 33 options, will be delivered over three years starting next year, and is valued at $2.8 billion at Embraer’s current list price and represents…
The C Series CS300 aircraft’s first operator airBaltic and Bombardier have entered into a firm agreement to convert seven optional aircraft to firm orders as the Riga-based airline aims to transition to an all-bombardier fleet. This brings the airline’s total firm orders of the CS300 to 20 aircraft. The agreement follows the airline’s conversion of…
JetBlue have announced an expansion of their most popular service called Mint on their transcontinental routes, which creates an opportunity to introduce competition in east and west coast markets where customers are faced with very little choice in terms of airline operators. The expansion will bring the Mint experience to 4 cities for the first…
UPDATE A limited number of flights will be possible between 17h45 & 19h45.
Pending government approval, Cathay Pacific will be the only airline that flies their Airbus A350 to London Gatwick from Hong Kong. If approved, the route will be operated 4x per week using the airline’s A350-900 aircraft when they are delivered. The route is scheduled to commence on September 2nd 2016. “Cathay Pacific has been flying…