The much-delayed opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport is creating a “high double-digit million euro amount of damage” to airberlin, CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer told ATW.
Irish budget carrier Ryanair will open bases at Athens and Thessaloniki in April 2014, adding three more aircraft and nine new routes to its Greek operations.
American Airlines Group said it has started the first phase of codesharing between American Airlines and US Airways as the carriers’ merger integration process gets underway in earnest.
Airberlin and Etihad Airways, which have been in a strategic partnership for two years, have unveiled an Airbus A320 aircraft in a specially designed joint livery at Berlin Brandenburg International Airport.
Russian and UK aviation authorities have agreed to designate second carriers for the Saint Petersburg-London route, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, said in a statement.
London Heathrow and Gatwick airport management has criticized the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which announced new limits on increases in charges the two airports can levy for services.
All liquids, regardless of volume, will be banned in carry-on luggage in Russian airports from Jan. 11 as Russia increases security for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Ministry of Transport said.
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle is about to open its first US crew base as it prepares to step up transatlantic flights by its new long-haul division.
Brazilian airlines have asked Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to allow 1,500 extra domestic flights between June 6 and July 20 to meet a huge increase in demand during the FIFA 2014 World Cup, which will be held between June 12 and July 13.