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As part of its extended summer schedule, Ryanair will fly from Dublin to Amsterdam (four daily flights), Athens (three weekly flights) and Vigo (two flights a week). Ryanair plans Sunday-only operation on Budapest – Las Palmas/Gran Canaria route. First flight is scheduled on 03APR16. Ryanair in summ...

EasyJet has recorded a record profit in the full year to September 2015. The budget airline told investors on 17 November that pre-tax profit had jumped by 18% from 2014 as a result of low costs. Full-year revenue rose by 3.5% to £4.69bn (€6.68bn, $7.12bn) while profit fell in the middle of the guid...

17 November 2015 Press Release EasyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451. The agreement for six A320ceo and 30 A320neo makes easyJet one of the world’s biggest airline customers for the A320ceo Family with 321 ordered and al...

The Luxembourg government has acquired Lufthansa’s 13% stake in national carrier Luxair, a Lufthansa spokesperson confirmed to ATW in Frankfurt. “The deal was completed Nov. 6,” the spokesperson said without giving financial details. “To our understanding, the government will take these shares tempo...

Sale of 61 pct of TAP-Air Portugal officially completed

The contract for privatisation of 61 percent of TAP-Air Portugal was signed Thursday in Lisbon after the Cabinet approved the final draft of the carrier’s sales agreement, the Portuguese press reported.

Norwegian Air Shuttle received an air operator’s certificate (AOC) from the British regulatory authorities, enabling it to grow its UK operations. The Norwegian carrier has established a Norwegian UK subsidiary. This will allow it, as a UK-licensed operator, to make use of the country’s existing and...

Well, reading all the good things said here above about old aircraft (profitable, comfortable, reliable), 2-cents aviation enthusiasts like me may wonder that some airlines actually order new aircraft !
Do Ryanair, Wizz Air, Norwegian have it all wrong, with their hundreds of new aircraft ordered ?

Air France said on Saturday that it will maintain all flights to and from France after attacks in Paris prompted the government to decree a state of emergency.
It said delays are to be expected due to the reinforcement of border controls by authorities.

http://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/Services/voyager_a_letranger/conseils_par_destination/afrique/burundi/ra_burundi.jsp Tous les voyages au Burundi sont déconseillés. Il est conseillé aux Belges qui se trouvent actuellement au Burundi et dont la présence n’est pas essentielle de quitter le pays tant qu...

Air France has reportedly sacked four employees following violent protests at the airline's headquarters in October. A fifth worker, accused of serious misconduct for assaulting managers, is subject to a separate procedure because he is a union representative. The next Air France works council meeti...

An Air France passenger plane has made an emergency landing in Northern Ireland after it was diverted by stormy weather and ran low on fuel . The flight with 93 people on board was originally bound for Dublin but was diverted to Belfast International Airport because of high winds. It had circled Dub...

No more DC3 or other piston-engined planes in Bolivia ?

I had booked a Charleroi-Copenhagen- Charleroi in June - too early, of course - and paid 46,90 euros; other passengers told me they had bought the same for much less ... you can't win them all ! Anyway : 10 November 2015 Charleroi-Copenhagen : Ryanair flight FR201 - Boeing 737-800 EI-EBK Scheduled :...

Boeing and Ryanair celebrated the Irish low-cost carrier's 375th direct delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800 today. Ryanair is the largest Next Generation 737-800 customer in the world having ordered more than 530 of the airplane type. "As Europe's largest airline, the reliability and customer...

Lufthansa : the UFO union called on cabin crews to stage another day of strikes on Tuesday.
At Frankfurt and Munich, the strike will be only on the long-haul flights. At Düsseldorf, also the short- and medium-haul.

After a strike-free Sunday, the cabin crew union UFO is set to continue and extend its strike on Monday . According to the union, the strike of the Lufthansa flight attendants will continue at Frankfurt airport and Düsseldorf. The strike will also extend to Munich, an airport that was not affected b...

Saturday, the second day of labour action by Lufthansa's flight attendants led to the cancellation of 520 flights. Around 58,000 passengers were affected. The walkout mainly affected Frankfurt airport, where almost all short- and medium-distance Lufthansa connections were cancelled. Eighteen flights...

Those passengers were removed under the rules in the general terms and conditions and they are lucky they get the money for their return flight back because they are not even entitled to that! Just so. Jetairfly never refunds anybody. If Jetairfly spontaneously offer a refund here, it's because the...

Every company has the right to refuse passengers if they might pose a threat against the aircraft, crew or passengers and doesnt even have to give an explanation as to why. It has nothing to do with JAF in particular and this crusade of you is on the border of ridiculous Posing a threat because you...

http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_passageres-a-risques-empechees-par-jetair-d-embarquer-a-charm-el-cheikh-pour-rentrer-en-belgique?id=9129326 Gone five days ago for a holiday in Egypt, Albina and Paulina T. (Russian-sounding name) were denied boarding the Jetairfly flight that would take them b...