• Official Airline of Champions adds Patriots’ 2017 title

    By Anthony Black The New England Patriots completed a record comeback to defeat the Atlanta Falcons and capture Super Bowl LI Sunday night. The win gave the Patriots their fifth league title. For Delta, the Official Airline of Champions, the victory meant the airline has now carried the eventual NFL champion in six of the past…

  • Alitalia: new non-stop flight Rome-Kiev in the summer New seasonal international and domestic services to meet high demand during summer In August a new Boeing 777-300ER will join the fleet.

    With the 2017 summer flight programme, Alitalia is set to launch new non-stop flight Rome-Kiev, as well as new seasonal international and domestic services that, together with the resume of further seasonal services and increase in number of flights, will meet high demand during summer. To help support Alitalia long-haul flight network, a new Boeing…

  • Transavia offers five additional destinations from Rotterdam The Hague Airport

    A total of eighteen new routes this summer. As of today, Transavia is offering five extra routes from Rotterdam The Hague Airport. Passengers can now also book tickets to Venice, Pisa, Valencia, Pula and Bergerac from Rotterdam The Hague Airport. This brings the total number of destinations that the airline flies from Rotterdam The Hague…

  • CityJet acquires SAS subsidiary Cimber A/S

    Wins major contract to operate regional routes from Copenhagen and places order for up to ten new Bombardier CRJ900 jets. CityJet today announced the acquisition of Cimber A/S, the Copenhagen-based subsidiary of SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) and has won a major six year wet lease contract from SAS to operate regional services from Copenhagen, Denmark. CityJet’s…

  • Air France will exceptionally lease its Boeing 787 to Barcelona, for the Mobile World Congress

    Air France offers its customers participating in the Mobile World Congress, an international gathering for the mobile industry, the possibility to travel on board its latest-generation Boeing 787 aircraft. Two round-trips connecting Paris-Charles de Gaulle to mobile world capital Barcelona, will be exceptionally operated by Boeing 787, with a capacity of 276 seats. Flight schedules…

  • Brussels Airlines starts year of digitalization with launch of mobile app

    Today Brussels Airlines released its mobile app in the App Store as well as on Google Play. The launch marks the begining of the era of digital transformation for the Belgian airline to further improve their products and services for their clients. As more and more travellers use online and mobile channels to plan their holidays and business…

  • Austrian Starts Training for Its Own Pilots at the European Flight Acade

    • 23 pilot trainees started their training as “first officers” yesterday • Further courses will take place in April and August • Prospective pilots can apply on http://www.austrianpilot.at In the year 2016, Austrian Airlines hired 145 fully qualified pilots. Now Austria’s flag carrier is launching training for its own pilots in cooperation with the European…

  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has held a workshop on Aviation Safety at S7 Training

    S7 Training, aviation training centre, and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have held a two-day workshop on Aviation Safety Development for the representatives of aviation authorities, airlines and crew training centres. ICAO chose S7 Training – the largest training centre for aircrew, cabin crew and ground personnel training in Eastern Europe – as a venue…

  • Aeroflot Announces Results Of Board Of Directors’ Meeting

    PJSC Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces the results of the Board of Directors’ meeting held on 2 February 2017 and chaired by Kirill Androsov. The meeting agenda included the following items: PJSC Aeroflot flight safety in 2016. In 2016 PJSC Aeroflot completed a total of 715 thousand flight hours, up by 52 thousand year-on-year.…

  • Ballast Nedam and ULC Groep redesign KLM Crown Lounge at Schiphol

    Today, Royal Schiphol Group and KLM awarded the contract for the redesign and extension of the international KLM Crown Lounge to Ballast Nedam and ULC Groep. The work will include adding a new floor to the lounge, building an outdoor terrace and a new interior design. When work is completed, the lounge will approximately have…