SAS Group to invest $9.24 million in Estonian
Please click on photo for full view and caption. The SAS Group (Stockholm) is planning to pump in $9.24 million for Estonian Air (Tallinn) to improve the liquidity of the flag carrier. This comes...
View ArticleFirst Flight Couriers’ ATPs go into storage
The former VT-FFA (msn 2054) of First Flight Couriers arrives back at Southend for storage as G-MANC. Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. First Flight Couriers’ (Mumbai) two ATP freighters have returned...
View ArticleEmirates to bring the Airbus A380 to Toronto
Please click on photo for full view and caption. Emirates Airline (Dubai) will upgrade the Dubai-Toronto route to the new Airbus A380 on June 1, 2009. The new type will be operated three times a week...
View ArticleAir Azul to start Melbourne-Newark charters
Please click on photo for full view and caption. Air Azul (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) will start twice-weekly public charter flights between Melbourne, FL and Newark on June 10. Fares will start at...
View ArticleFlybe to make Gatwick Airport its 14th base
Please click on photo for full view and caption. Flybe (Exeter) will make Gatwick Airport near London its 14th base with its new route from LGW to Dusseldorf starting on June 22. The new route will...
View ArticleLAN Cargo (Colombia) is operating as Lanco
Boeing 767-316FER N418LA (msn 34246) taxies at Miami in the new look. Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. LAN Cargo (Colombia) (subsidiary of LAN Airlines Chile) (Bogota) which started cargo operations on...
View ArticleThomson Airways retains the First Choice name
Please click on photo for full view and information. Posted in Air 2000, First Choice Airways, Thomson Airways Tagged: 33099, 757, 757-200, 757-28A, Air 2000, Airliners, Airlines, Boeing, First...
View ArticleCzech Airlines sale down to two bidders
Please click on photo for full view and other Czech-CSA aircraft. The Czech government has narrowed the potential winning bidder for stated-owned Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) down to two bidders – Air...
View ArticleNorwegian to provide high-speed broadband
Please click on photo for full view, information and other Norwegian aircraft. Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.no and Norwegian.com) (Oslo-Fornebu) is equipping its entire fleet with high speed...
View ArticleAirberlin introduces Berlin-Oslo flights
Please click on photo for full view, information and other Airberlin photos. Airberlin (Berlin-Tegel) on April 24 launched a new route from Berlin (Tegel) to Oslo with Boeing 737-700s. Posted in...
View ArticleS7 Airlines to join the Oneworld Alliance
Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. S7 Airlines (Moscow) is expected to become the 11th member of the Oneworld Alliance. The Russian carrier will soon start the...
View ArticleSkyEurope wins creditor protection
Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. SkyEurope Airlines (Slovakia) (Bratislava) yesterday (June 22) received bankruptcy court approval for creditor protection as it...
View ArticleTurkish finalizes order for seven 777-300 ERs
Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) and Boeing have now finalized an order for seven additional 777-300 ER (Extended Range) jetliners (total...
View ArticleUkraine International to add Abu Dhabi
Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. Ukraine International Airlines (Kiev) will add Abu Dhabi and the Kiev-Abu Dhabi route on September 25. Posted in Ukraine...
View ArticleRyanair takes on Jet2.com’s home base
Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. Ryanair (Dublin) has decided to add more routes from Leeds/Bradford, the home of rival low-cost carrier Jet2.com. Two Boeing...
View ArticleLibyan Airlines to offer Wi-Fi services on A320s
Libyan Airlines (Tripoli) is planning to become the first African airline to offer Internet and mobile phone service on its new Airbus A320s due in 2010. News item:...
View ArticleJat Airways is poised for new Boeing 737NGs
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. Jat Airways (Belgrade) is reportedly getting ready to finalize a deal with Boeing for “up to five”...
View ArticleBangkok Air’s A319-132 HS-PGS is now M-ABCL
M-ABCL arrives at an overcast Southend. Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Bangkok Air’s (Bangkok) Airbus A319-132 HS-PGS (msn 3142) arrived at Southend with the new registration marks of M-ABCL from the...
View ArticleDHL Air places first two 767-300Fs in service
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. DHL Air (East Midlands) inaugurated Boeing 767-300 ERF freighter service on September 22 between...
View ArticleA crew fight breaks out on Air India A320!
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos. Air India (Mumbai) yesterday (October 3) had an in-flight fight involving four crew members on flight...
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