The Lufthansa Group has made a successful start to the new year with the transfer of the Düsseldorf–Zurich route from Lufthansa to Germanwings on Thursday, January 8th, 2015). One of the biggest structural projects ever undertaken by the company has thus been successfully completed on time. The concept of the new Germanwings was presented in
WestJet announced December 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 80.9%. Traffic increased 5.1% year over year, and capacity grew 6.1% over the same period.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has appointed Henrik Ambak to the position of Senior Vice President, Cargo Operations Worldwide. Henrik, a Danish national, took up his new position in Dubai earlier this month. He joins Emirates SkyCargo after having spent the past 27 years in various roles in the air cargo industry, having
On a routine flight between Glasgow and Belfast’s George Best City airport, Flybe’s flight BE130, believed to be a turboprop Bombardier Q400 twin engine aircraft, suffered an engine fire while over the Irish Sea and was subsequently forced to divert to Belfast International Airport where it successfully landed on one engine. On board the flight
Norwegian wants equal conditions of competition in the Scandinavian aviation market and has therefore submitted a formal complaint regarding unlawful differential treatment in favour of SAS to the European Commission and ESA (EFTA Surveillance Authority). Discriminatory conditions and liscencing practises prevent Norwegian from obtaining access to traffic rights on the same terms as SAS; in
Air Canada said that it will launch non-stop service between Toronto and Dubai beginning in November 2015. The new route will extend the airline’s international network farther into the Middle East at a time of increased travel between North America and the region. The new route will increase Air Canada’s presence in the Middle East
Virgin America reported its preliminary operational results for November 2014. The airline’s traffic increased 9.8% on capacity that was 1.3% higher than the same month in 2013. Load factor was 78.8%, up 6.1 points from November 2013. The number of onboard passengers increased 9.8% from the same month last year.
Finnair firmed up an order for eight further Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, which means additional Trent XWB engine business worth US$450m at list prices, for Rolls-Royce. The aircraft are in addition to 11 Airbus A350 XWBs that the airline already has on order, powered by the same engine. Finnair was the first airline to select
Airbus Group and Safran announced the creation of their new Joint Venture named Airbus Safran Launchers. With an initial workforce of around 450, starting operations on January 1st, 2015, Airbus Safran Launchers will maintain the outstanding level of quality and reliability of Ariane 5, while working on a new family of state-of-the-art space launchers to
Etihad Airways and Alitalia will offer enhanced connections between Abu Dhabi and three of Italy’s biggest cities next year, with combined double-daily flights to Milan and Rome, and a new daily service to Venice. The two airlines signed a major codeshare expansion, which subject to government approval, will result in Etihad Airways placing its ‘EY’
