Air Belgium was not forced to lay off any employees during the corona crisis. The extra pilots that are now being recruited are needed to expand the activities. The company will start a scheduled service from Brussels Airport to Mauritius this Friday (October 15), also the first commercial flight of the A330neo in Belgian service. … Read more
The strict travel restrictions in Western Australia are preventing the resumption of the scheduled service via Perth for the time being. Qantas was therefore forced to look for an alternative, which was found in Darwin. That city’s airport already served as a springboard to and from Europe for repatriation flights. Initially, travelers will not be … Read more
“Since the announcement of the US easing for fully vaccinated travelers, the demand for tickets to the US has doubled,” said CEO Ralf Teckentrup. Condor has already flown to Seattle, where partner Alaska Airlines provides connecting flights to 30 domestic destinations in the US. Canada has also already been flown in: Toronto and Halifax returned … Read more
The travel group previously decided to bring its five airlines (in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia and the UK) closer together and to bring certain activities together in one location. In addition, Brussels Airport has been designated as the maintenance hub for all narrow bodies of the five airlines. TUI mainly concerns Boeing 737s. A … Read more
On Sunday (September 12), KLM will celebrate the 55th anniversary of subsidiary KLM Cityhopper, although the first flights were already operated on August 29, 1966. The Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (NLM) launched two Fokker F-27 Troopships leased from the Royal Netherlands Air Force with flights to Maastricht via Eindhoven and to Groningen via Enschede. Domestic flights … Read more
“We see a continuing demand for sun holidays in the autumn and especially in the autumn holidays. That is why we deployed extra capacity during that period to be able to meet the demand. This expanded range is the result of both the deployment of larger aircraft and the deployment of additional flights,” TUI said … Read more
The Embraer 190-E2, the second largest version of the E2 series, was approved for use at London City Airport in early June. The London business airport has strict noise regulations, and a fairly steep approach is required to land there. London City has a runway length of 1,508 meters and has an approach procedure that … Read more
The US bankruptcy judge in New York has yet to approve the plan, which provides for a $2 billion debt reduction. Under its majority shareholder’s plan, Philippine Airlines will receive $505 million in equity and debt financing, as well as $150 million in debt financing from new investors. The company reports that 90 percent of … Read more
Embraer has been loss-making for so long, in part because a lot of money was invested in Boeing’s failed takeover of the commercial aircraft division. This was followed by the corona crisis from the beginning of last year, with a huge impact on the aviation sector. Orders and deliveriesThe Brazilians delivered 14 commercial aircraft and … Read more
The desire to fly between the US and Great Britain had been alive for some time at JetBlue, and was made possible by the purchase of the Airbus A321LR, the Long Range version of the A321neo. As a result, the budget airline was finally able to announce the long-awaited regular service in March this year. … Read more