Effective immediately, Roland Schütz has been appointed chief information officer of all Lufthansa Group airlines. Alongside the premium hub airlines Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss, are the flight operations of the second brand, Eurowings, which is to be developed into the third largest European carrier for point-to-point traffic. Details
Turkey’s leading low-cost airline Pegasus Airlines achieved 13.2 per cent year-on-year growth in the number of guests carried, flying a total of 22.3 million guests in 2015. In 2015, 13.81 million guests flew on domestic routes in Turkey, translating to an increase of 15.4 per cent compared to the previous year, while the number of…
It is a very happy Chinese New Year for the UK’s third largest airport, as Hainan Airlines has increased capacity on its Manchester-Beijing route, before it has even launched. Starting on June 10th 2016, Hainan Airlines will fly four times a week to the Chinese capital and has announced this week it will increase capacity…
fastjet’s inaugural flight between Harare in Zimbabwe and Johannesburg in South Africa took off earlier, marking the low-cost airline’s newest international route in Africa. Flight FN8102 departed Harare International Airport at 06:15 and landed in Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport at 07:55. The return FN8108 flight from Johannesburg took off at 08:40 and was welcomed…
Etihad Airways has appointed Craig Thomas as general manager for the United States. Thomas, the first general manager for the United States in the airline’s history, will be based in New York where he will be responsible for all commercial activity for Etihad Airways, as well as further growing the airline’s relationships with trade and…
Ryanair has launched its first flights at Toulouse Blagnac, its 32nd French airport, with 7 routes to/from Berlin, Brussels, Fez, London, Madrid, Malta and Warsaw from November 2016. The carrier expects the route to support 450 “on-site” jobs at Toulouse Airport. Details
easyJet has launched flights from Edinburgh to Venice. Additionally this week the airline will make a further addition to its Scottish network with services from Edinburgh to Vienna commencing on 6 February. Details
American Airlines and Sabre Corporation announced the availability of American’s Preferred and Main Cabin Extra Seats through Sabre’s travel marketplace using NDC-based technology standards. This launch represents both companies’ first implementation of NDC technology standards for ancillaries sold through a global distribution system (GDS). Details
Austria’s flagship carrier, Austrian Airlines, is launching a new mobile solution, eFlight Manager, developed by Sabre Corporation, which will enable real-time NOTAM, weather and flightplan updates throughout the lifecycle of the airline’s flights if air-to-ground communication is available in the cockpit. Details
Qatar Airways started non-stop service between Doha and Ras Al Khaimah, its fifth destination in the United Arab Emirates. An Airbus A320 operates the Ras Al Khaimah route, featuring 144 seats in a two-class configuration of 12 seats in Business Class and 132 seats in Economy. Details
Ryanair has launched its first flights at Toulouse Blagnac, its 32nd French airport, with 7 routes to/from Berlin, Brussels, Fez, London, Madrid, Malta and Warsaw from November 2016. The carrier expects the route to support 450 “on-site” jobs at Toulouse Airport. Details
easyJet has launched flights from Edinburgh to Venice. Additionally this week the airline will make a further addition to its Scottish network with services from Edinburgh to Vienna commencing on 6 February. Details