AirlinesAirberlin to cut all Spanish domestic routes by summer 2016Airberlin, which is undergoing an extensive restructuring process, will cut all domestic routes from its Palma de Mallorca hub as well as from Ibiza to the Spanish mainland and to Portugal, a spokesperson confirmed. The company said competition on those routes has become strong and by summer 2016 flights will cease from Palma de Mallorca to Alicante, Bilbao, Ibiza, Jerez, Malaga, Seville and Valencia, as well as to Faro (Portugal). All Spanish domestic flights will be cut during the current winter schedule.
LinkAir Canada is "dedicated" to growth in Caribbean, exec saysSteve Goodfellow, director of sales for Eastern Canada at Air Canada, said the carrier is "extremely proud and dedicated to the growth of tourism in the Caribbean." Air Canada flies to 30 destinations in the Caribbean from five cities in Canada. Goodfellow made the remarks at Caribbean Week Canada.
LinkAir France Braces For Fallout From Paris AttacksAir France has experienced some reduction in traffic following last Friday's Paris attacks, but it is too early to say how severe the impact on bookings will be. "Clearly this type of absolutely tragic event has consequences, (but) it is too early to say what the impact is," an Air France insider said, adding, "We will have to adapt."
LinkAir Samara pilots blamed for landing accident Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has blamed Air Samara pilots for the hard landing accident of a Beechcraft B300 on Nov. 25, 2014. The aircraft, which belongs to State Transport Leasing Co., made a hard landing without gear at Samara Kurumoch International Airport. There were no passengers on board during the technical flight and the pilots were not injured.
LinkCathay details expansion with incoming A350s, 777XsCathay Pacific says all of its incoming widebody jets will be directed at growth, and that the group will expand to a fleet of over 230 passenger aircraft by 2025. Speaking to Flightglobal, chief operating officer Rupert Hogg details that Cathay will add 22 Airbus A350-900s to its fleet over the next two years, followed by 26 A350-1000s from 2018 through to 2020. From 2021, it will also take the first of 21 Boeing 777-9Xs on order.
LinkDelta, Trust Offer To Raise Aeromexico StakeDelta Air Lines said it intends to buy up to an additional 32 percent of Aeromexico, in what could be a nearly USD$600 million cash deal that strengthens its grip on a fast-growing market. The investment could raise Delta's 4.1 percent stake in Aeromexico to 49 percent if Delta and its pension trust also exercise share purchase options they hold. Delta offered to pay 52 percent above the Mexican airline's closing price of MXP28.74 pesos.
LinkFinnair deal wins final approvalFinland’s Competition and Consumer Authority has given final approval to a deal allowing Finnair to transfer 60% of its shares in Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) to StaffPoint Holding and Kilco.
LinkFashion students craft projects from Hawaiian seat coversHonolulu Fashion Week, which kicks off Friday, will showcase designs by fashion students that incorporate fabric from old Hawaiian Airlines seat covers. "For this project I have constructed a corset mixing both the first and the coach class seat material," said Randy Orobello, a participant from Honolulu Community College.
LinkLufthansa Goes On Charm Offensive With UnionsLufthansa has invited the main three unions representing its staff to a round table discussion on job and retirement schemes, as the carrier tries to improve relations with staff after damaging strikes. The airline has asked unions representing pilots, cabin crew and ground staff to a meeting on December 2 to discuss retirement and pension schemes as well as job prospects at Lufthansa.
LinkPegasus Airlines reports 9-month passenger growth of 12.1%Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines has posted passenger numbers for the first nine months of 2015 of 16.8 million, up 12.1% year-over-year. Sales revenue for the period rose 14% to TL2.7 billion ($950 million), producing an EBITDAR of TL636.6 million, up 22% compared to the year-ago period.
LinkWizz Air, Lufthansa Technik renew MRO contracts Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has renewed two eight-year MRO contracts with Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International (LTMI) and Lufthansa Technik Budapest (LTB) for line maintenance services on its fleets based in Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Under the agreements, LTMI and LTB will provide a single point of contact for all line maintenance issues, preventive maintenance and performance monitoring of the fleet.
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