SAS and Estonian Air reached a codeshare agreement under which Estonian Air will place its code on SAS's daily Stockholm-Vilnius service beginning Oct. 31.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the launch of the iFlex programme which will allow airlines to reduce carbon emissions and fuel burn by up to 2% on certain long-haul flights.
With many of the carriers in the MENA region flying multi-daily services into Europe, news from Geneva today on the latest progress of flying environmental approaches to European airports could lead to fuel savings for operators as well as reducing noise pollution too/
Lufthansa delayed its new four-times-weekly Munich–Baghdad service that was supposed to start Sept. 30 until further notice, citing weak demand. Subsidiary Austrian Airlines also postponed its Vienna–Baghdad service until further notice. Blue1 launched daily Helsinki–Munich flights aboard a 717 seating 212 passengers.