SAS to open direct route to Tokyo Haneda, replacing Narita
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) announces a direct route to Tokyo Haneda International Airport from Copenhagen Kastrup. The route gives travellers better access to downtown...
Air France flies again to Monrovia from next summer
As from 20 April 2020, Air France customers will once again be able to travel to Monrovia (Liberia) thanks to five weekly flights operated...
International Civil Aviation Day 7 December: 75 years of connecting the World
The purpose of International Civil Aviation Day is to help generate and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation to the...
2.4 million passengers travelled with SAS in November (-0.5%)
The number of travellers flying with SAS during November was in line with last year, whereas currency-adjusted unit revenues and passenger yield increased with...
KLM Boeing 747-400 touches parked service truck at Toronto Pearson Airport, Canada
On 6 December, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines safely operated its Boeing 747-400 (PH-BFH) between Amsterdam Schiphol, The Netherlands and Toronto, Canada as KL691. After...
Lufthansa reinstates route from Munich to São Paulo Guarulhos
Reintroduction of the Munich–São Paulo direct connection with the Airbus A350-900
Lufthansa Group offers 17 flights from Europe to São Paulo per weekOff...
Air Belgium launches its scheduled flights ‘Relaxing Antilles’ with new livery
Air Belgium launches its direct flights to the French Antilles from Brussels Charleroi Airport with a surprise unveiling of an aircraft featuring Martinique and...
Lufthansa Group long-haul destinations from Düsseldorf now bookable in the 2020 summer schedule
North America focus with destinations New York, Miami and Fort Myers
From May 2020 daily service to New York-Newark (EWR)
Three times a...
Wizz Air further expands in Bucharest
NEW BASED AIRBUS A321 AIRCRAFT AND TWO NEW ROUTES TO PRAGUE AND SEVILLE
Wizz Air announced further development of the operation in Bucharest basing 1...
Austrian Airlines and ÖBB Austrian railways welcome more than 100,000 AIRail passengers
• Cooperation between railway and airline has persisted since December 2014
• Expansion from originally eight to up to 35 daily Railjet connections as AIRail...
easyJet announces four new destinations from Bordeaux
easyJet announces four new destinations and 36 new hires for summer 2020 with the arrival of a fifth aircraft at its Bordeaux base.
easyJet is...
Finnair traffic performance in November 2019: +10.6 percent
Despite the support strike in Finland, passenger load factor growth remained strong
In November, Finnair carried 1,084,000 passengers, 10.6% more than in the corresponding period of 2018. The overall capacity measured in...
Norwegian’s unit revenue increased by 18% on a traffic down by 23% in November
Norwegian’s traffic figures for November show an increased unit revenue for the eighth consecutive month and was up 18 percent compared to the same...
Emirates to expand reach in Mexico via enhanced agreement with Interjet Airlines
Emirates and Interjet Airlines have announced an enhanced interline agreement, which is set to open new routes and destinations for passengers travelling between Mexico,...
South African Airways has been placed into “business rescue” – modus
South African Airways (SAA) has been placed into business rescue modus, Minister of Public Enterprises P.J. Gordhan wrote in a statement. "Over the past...
A world first: an autonomous baggage tractor tested in real conditions by Air France
In November 2019, Air France, CHARLATTE AUTONOM and Toulouse-Blagnac airport brought into service an autonomous tractor for transporting baggage between the baggage sorting area...
Dieter Vranckx to become the new Brussels Airlines CEO
Invited by LN24 this morning, Brussels Airlines’ Chairman of the Board Count Etienne Davignon announced that the number 2 of the airline, Belgian CFO...
Alitalia carried 1.5% more passengers in November, signs codeshare agreement with Azul
Alitalia reported a growth in passenger revenues and number of travellers carried in November
According to the preliminary figures of the eleventh month of this...
Air France and the Solar Impulse Foundation call for solutions for the future of sustainable aviation
The aim of this partnership is to accelerate the implementation of economically and ecologically viable solutions in the aviation industry.Air France and the Solar...
Budapest Airport set for Sanya (Hainan Island, China) with Sunday Airlines
Together with tour operator Robinson Tours, Budapest Airport will launch a new connection to Hainan Island’s Sanya next February. The leading Hungarian travel group...