Airlines and airports are always happy to get involved on April Fool’s Day, and this year it has been no different. Now the clock has struck twelve, and the pranks are no longer, we’ve drilled down the top April Fool’s jokes in the aviation industry this year.
The airline will introduce a twice weekly connection between Budapest and Bologna from June 5, 2015 and a twice weekly link between Budapest and Glasgow from June 13, 2015. The latter service has been partly driven by recent surveys in which Hungarian consumers listed Scotland on top of their wish list for future routes from the carrier.
At Belfast in Northern Ireland, the airline’s winter schedule sees it increasing the number of seats for sale on routes to Gatwick, Luton and Stansted in London by more than 125,000, bringing the total number of seats to over 500,000 up to the end of February, 2016.
Every month Routesonline provides an update on the current schedules of five latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being deployed upon.
Every month Routesonline provides an update on the current schedules of five latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being deployed upon.
Every month Routesonline provides an update on the current schedules of five latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being deployed upon
Every month Routesonline provides an update on the current schedules of five latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being deployed upon.
Every month Routesonline provides an update on the current schedules of five latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being deployed upon.
The airline had originally planned to introduce the daily rotation from May 16, 2015 but is now seeking to delay the start of the new service until July 15, 2015.
King Shaka International Airport in Durban has been recognised as the Best Regional Airport in Africa by the SKYTRAX World Airport Awards, which were held in Paris.
AviaSolutions, a GE Capital Aviation Services company , has completed a project for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to arrange air service to the island of St. Helena beginning in 2016.
Bombardier Aerospace has confirmed that the aircraft, fitted with three-abreast business-class seating at the front of the cabin, will be used to increase the airline’s network service on its most popular business routes in West Africa.
March has seen a number of start-up carriers beginning to take shape across the world, including Malaysian carrier Flymojo, and restart-up Greenland Express which is to resume operations in May.
The airline, which is celebrating the first anniversary of its formation, introduced flights from its base at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Lamu, Malindi and Ukunda from March 28, 2015. These destinations complement its existing flights to Eldoret, Kisumu and Mombasa as it targets the growing domestic travel market in the East African country.
The new service will commence from September 7, 2015 with up to three flights per day, departing early morning, lunchtime and late afternoon and timed to coincide with many convenient onward long-haul connections available through Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport hub.
South Korea and Japan have issued bans on all new charter and scheduled flight services out of Thailand, following an ICAO report earlier this year that investigated issues with compliance standards on Thai-registered airlines.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) said it will allow Delta Air Lines to retain rights to a Seattle-Tokyo Haneda slot pair, but warned it will reallocate the slot pair to American Airlines if Delta fails to operate the route daily year-round.
The venture has been formed by Lithuanian operator Avion Express to support growing demand for ad hoc and charter aircraft capacity across the Americas, a market where the current supply is limited. The venture was awarded its Air Operator’s Certificate from Junta de Aviación Civil de la República Dominicana, the Dominican Republic's civil aviation authority, last autumn.
