The economic woes in Greece have had a profound effect on the aviation business in the country but passenger numbers at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (AIA) have remained relatively robust and during the last quarter of 2013 the facility returned to growth.
The European Commission (EC) is urging the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit, arguing that the application does not violate the US-EU Open Skies agreement’s clause on labor regulations.
Russian authorities are discussing responding to sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) that led to the grounding of Aeroflot subsidiary Dobrolet.
Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport could be a contender for low-cost carrier (LCC) dominance in Southeast Asia following the addition of Thai Airways LCC subsidiary Thai Smile.
African low-cost carrier Fastjet has launched its third international route this week, with the inauguration of flights between its home base of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Harare, Zimbabwe.
Air Seychelles and Alitalia have inked a codeshare agreement enabling passengers on both airlines to fly between Rome, Milan and Venice to Seychelles via Abu Dhabi, with just one ticket for their entire journey.
Air France has announced it will deploy an Airbus A380 on its Paris Charles de Gaulle – Miami International route this winter. The flag carrier confirms the Super Jumbo will replace a Boeing 777 on its daily flight on the route from December 1, 2014 through to the end of the winter schedule on March 28, 2015.
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, announced it has signed a codeshare agreement with Alitalia, Italy's leading airline.
fastjet's has announced that its inaugural flight between Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Harare in Zimbabwe took place on Tuesday, marking the launch of the low-cost airline's third international route in Africa, and the only direct air link between the two African capital cities.
The airline says forward bookings for the current twice-weekly flights are “well ahead of management expectations” and with the first flights from Zimbabwe already “operating to full capacity”, fastjet has quickly decided to boost the frequency of the link.
The total traffic for the four days is an increase of 36 per cent over the same period at the end of Eid Al Fitr in 2013, when 133,007 passengers took an Etihad Airways flight.
Since launching flights on the Amritsar - Delhi - Birmingham route on a four times weekly schedule on August 1, 2013, the carrier has handled more than eighty thousand passengers onboard 210 return flights, providing better connectivity between the Midlands and India for business passengers, tourists and people visiting friends and relatives.
German air navigation services provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung has confirmed plans to increase charges 30% from next year, pending approval by the European Commission, which is expected to rule in November.
Royal Brunei Airlines will reopen Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh route, which was cut in October 2011, to close up a gap in coverage between its Hong Kong and Bangkok destinations.
As with the smaller 787-8, the US major will be the first North American operator of the larger 787-9 and is expected to receive its first aircraft next month.
Qatar Airways will boost capacity on routes from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Madrid and Perth through increased frequencies on the route to Europe and the permanent deployment of a larger capacity airliner on the Australian link.
Emirates has now connected Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to its worldwide network. Abuja is Emirates 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
According to a study by Oxford Economics, Air Serbia is making a significant contribution to the Serbian economy. The combined direct, indirect and induced economic contribution to the Serbian economy is expected to be more than US$700 million in 2014.
