The Symbiose consortium has acquired 49.99% of Aéroport Toulouse Blagnac, the manager of Toulouse Airport, which is extensively used for Airbus aircraft testing and assembly.
Etihad Airways contributes considerable benefits to the European economy, Etihad president and CEO James Hogan told European Commission Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc in response to “protectionist competitors” that threaten the Abu Dhabi-based carrier’s ability to provide jobs and invest in partner airlines.
Austria-based airberlin subsidiary FlyNiki has dropped plans to establish a base in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, the airline has confirmed to ATW.
Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport has reported handling 3.2 million passengers in the first quarter, up 23% year-over-year, despite the traffic decrease of its main carriers.
In the worst clash so far among European airlines over how to deal with the Persian Gulf carriers, Iberia and British Airways (BA) left industry lobby group Association of European Airlines (AEA) at the end of March.
In the ongoing debate about whether additional runway capacity for the UK should be added at Heathrow or Gatwick airports, Heathrow has said members of London First, an influential business membership organization, backs Heathrow’s expansion.
Air New Zealand has announced it will start flying to Houston, Texas, from December this year, marking the first direct connection between New Zealand and America’s South.
Ethiopian Airlines is moving its European hub to Dublin Airport from next month which will see the airline transit 10 transatlantic flights per week through the airport to destinations in the US and Canada.
Vagar Airport was originally a military installation, built by British forces during World War II. In the early 1960s the need and popular demand in the Faroe Islands for civil aviation grew to the point of modernising the runway to facilitate passenger traffic. It became operational for civil aviation in 1963, initially restricted to just propeller aircraft, but since 1977 jet aircraft have been able to use the airport.
The destination is investing in attracting more airlines into the city and over the past year completed 450 activities in cooperation with airlines, airports and the whole tourism industry to promote Valencia destination, as a summer and winter destination. Additionally this year, it is working with airlines on achieving and sharing new additional ancillary revenues, by selling tourism services.
Working with Routes Europe 2015 host partners, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, along with the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre and Aberdeen International Airport, the Routes team chose to support Somebody Cares as the Official Charity partner for the event.
In the last five years, Europe has lost a total of 73 scheduled airlines, meaning that if the trend continues - there will be no European-based airlines in 25 years, according to John Grant, Executive Vice President of OAG.
German aviation authorities are again questioning the continuation of codeshare routes for the upcoming winter schedule between Etihad Airways and its strategic equity partner airberlin.
The company part of the independent Jota Group, which also comprises Jota Sport, Jota Design and Jota Historic was set up four years ago to cater for the travel and cargo demands of the motorsports industry, but has grown to be a leading air charter specialist across the UK and Europe, introducing the larger BAe 146-200 jet in October last year.
Almost a year after its official closure, the long-running saga of Manston Airport in Kent in the South East of England rumbles on, with a potential stay of execution following the government’s decision to appoint an independent consultant to review the airport’s future.
Southwest Airlines has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide daily, nonstop service between Denver International Airport and Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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