AirlinesAlitalia Bid Deadline Set For Two Weeks’ Time Alitalia’s administrators have called time on the to-ing and fro-ing, and have invited expressions of interest for the airline by the middle of the Month. Investors are being invited to bid for the loss-making airline by midnight on March 18th.
LinkWhat Would It Take To Relaunch Mexicana Earlier this week the Mexican Government announced it would support the relaunch of Mexicana de Aviación. Yesterday we spoke with Rafael Suárez, Mexicana’s delegate in the Mexican Pilots Association (ASPA). He told us what do they need to, indeed, relaunch the oldest airline in the country. Let’s investigate further.
LinkTurkish Airlines Flies Boeing 787 Ghost Flight From Singapore To Istanbul On March 4th, Turkish Airlines flight TK55 flew from Singapore to Istanbul completely void of passengers. This wasn’t due to an absence of ticket holders. Rather, it was because a passenger on the inbound flight from Istanbul tested positive for COVID19 – or the coronavirus. As a result, the decision was made not to operate the flight as scheduled.
LinkRyanair Boss Believes Virus Spread Will Slow Down Post Easter Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary has told Simple Flying that he expects the spread of coronavirus to slow down following Easter. The comments were made during an interview with Simple Flying on the sidelines of the Airlines for Europe conference in Brussels earlier this week.
LinkKuwait Airways Set To Receive First Rare Airbus A330-800neo In November We asked the question earlier this year: When will Kuwait Airways receive its first Airbus A330-800neo? Well, it seems we finally have an answer to the question. According to FlightGlobal, it appears that the Middle Eastern carrier is set to take delivery of its first -800 in the third quarter of this year.
LinkAzul Shareholders Agree To Lease Embraer 195's To Breeze Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aéreas has officially received approval from its shareholders to sub-lease 53 Embraer E195s to US start-up carrier Breeze Airways and to Poland’s LOT. The go-ahead was given yesterday during an Extraordinary General Meeting and gained 97% of the votes. In line with the airline’s policies, the controlling shareholder abstained from the vote.
LinkLoganair Steps Up To Replace Routes Abandoned By Flybe Failure Scottish airline Loganair has announced this afternoon that it will take steps to safeguard the UK’s regional connectivity by launching services on abandoned Flybe routes. Overall, it will launch almost 400 new flights per week, replacing 16 of the lost services Flybe used to operate.
LinkLufthansa Group Cancels Over 7,000 Flights In March The Lufthansa Group has canceled all flights to Tel Aviv for the next three weeks from the 8th of March. The move is prompted by increased travel restrictions enacted by the Israeli government and is part of over 7,000 flight cancellations announced by the group.
LinkAmerican Airlines Mechanic Jailed Following Aircraft Sabotage An American Airlines mechanic who deliberately sabotaged a Boeing 737 last July has been sentenced to 37 months in prison. The 60-year-old tampered with the aircraft in an attempt to gain more overtime.
LinkWhat To Do If You Have A Booking With Flybe With Flybe finally closing its doors for good, many passengers will have been left wondering what to do next. Many will be holding hundreds of pounds worth of useless tickets, while others may have been stranded away from home. Here’s what you need to know about your rights and options in the wake of Flybe’s collapse.
LinkThe Collapse Of Flybe: What Went Wrong It was Europe’s biggest regional airline and the biggest operator at many smaller UK airports. It had the largest fleet of Dash 8s in the world and provided the routes no other carrier would touch. For its nine million annual passengers, Flybe was a vital link and will be sorely missed.
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