AirlinesNetwork Expansion Delays 1/3 Of Air Serbia Flights Over 6 Months Air Serbia is a rapidly growing European airline, but its expansion has come with increased unreliability. An investigation by BIRN found that almost a third of its flights were delayed between June and November 2019. Let’s have a look why.
LinkTurkish Airlines Shows Off Its Brand New Airbus A350 Turkish Airlines has continued to generate excitement over its upcoming Airbus A350XWB deliveries. Today, the airline posted a new image of the first of its order on Twitter under the hashtag #WidenYourWorld. The new aircraft will allow Turkish Airlines to further develop its route network which already operates in more countries than any other airline in the world.
LinkBulgaria Air Launches Valencia Flights From Sofia This summer, Bulgaria Air will begin service connecting Sofia – Bulgaria’s capital city to Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city. This once-weekly flight will take place every Tuesday, leaving Sofia around 1310h and arriving in Valencia at 1515h. It will then depart Valencia on the return journey at 1600h, arriving back in Sofia at 1945h. The services commences on 2 June.
LinkBritish Airways Now Has A Quarter Of Its Airbus A350 Fleet British Airways has now received over a quarter of the Airbus A350 aircraft it has ordered. The British flag carrier yesterday took delivery of its fifth A350 in Toulouse, France.
LinkSouthwest Airlines Revises MAX Return To Service To August Southwest Airlines, the largest operator of the 737 MAX, has revised its expectations to say that it will not include the troubled aircraft in schedules until August. Previously the airline had said it hoped the plane would return by 6 June.
LinkVietnam Airlines Set To Lease Their A350s & 787s To Other Airlines Vietnam Airlines has announced it will be putting some of its aircraft up for lease. At the moment the airlines says it will be leasing either its Airbus A321s, its Airbus A350-900s and/or its Boeing 787-9/10s.
LinkEl Al Relaunches Flights To London Stansted Airport Israeli carrier El Al is set to resume its service to London Stansted following an 11-year hiatus. The carrier will begin flying to the low-cost hub five times a week with the Boeing 737-800.
LinkAmerican Airlines To Return To India Earlier today we saw that Alaska Airlines will be joining oneworld. Well, it seems as though American Airlines is already looking to take advantage of this new partnership. The existing oneworld member will add new services from Seattle, which is a major hub for Alaska Airlines.
LinkBreaking: Alaska Airlines Intends To Join oneworld Alliance Breaking news coming out of Seattle is that Alaska Airlines intends to join the oneworld Alliance from summer 2021. This move will give Alaska passengers a number of new options for travel around the world.
LinkInside Aegean's Brand New A320neo Yesterday we revealed the new livery for Aegean Airlines, as seen on one of its brand new A320neo aircraft. Today, we want to take a deeper dive into what we can expect from these new aircraft on the inside, and how the new livery came about.
LinkGreen Africa Signs MoU For 50 Airbus A220-300 Aircraft Airbus and Green Africa Airways have today announced a huge order for 50 of the popular Airbus A220 narrowbody jet. All are to be the larger A220-300 variant. It’s one of the biggest orders for the A220 to date, and the first major order from the African continent.
LinkWhat Happened To Emirates' Boeing 727s? Emirates has had an incredibly diverse fleet of aircraft over its many years of operation, from smaller Boeing 737s to gigantic Airbus A380s. But not many people know that the airline did operate three Boeing 727s in its early days.
LinkSpirit Airlines Eyes Huge Capacity Increase At Fort Lauderdale The South Florida-based ultra-low-cost-carrier Spirit Airlines eyes a huge capacity increase at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The move will make it the largest international airline operating out of Fort Lauderdale.
LinkSouth African Airways Being Taken To Court Over Job Cuts South African Airways is in the midst of carrying out a business rescue plan. The financially struggling airline is looking to cut some of its workforce in order to reduce expenses. However, this week we learned that two labor unions are taking court action to stop this from happening.
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