Air Nostrum - Iberia Regional

Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum has handed its wet-lease flying to CityJet, as the two companies begin to roll out their post-merger integration.

Spanish aerostructures and engine components supplier Aciturri is to acquire a stake in Dovetail Electric Aviation.

Ground staff from Iberia Airport Services began a four-day strike Jan. 5.

Spanish/Australian company Dovetail is developing a battery-electric propulsion retrofit for the Cessna Caravan.

The airlines remain financially independent and will keep their headquarters, staff, brands and structures separately.

The additional aircraft would enable expansion of a planned Airlander network from Spain into the Mediterranean.

The Airlander 10 aircraft opens new possibilities with its potential ability to land on any large flat surface.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Korean Air restoring flights to Hawaii, Air Nostrum’s latest tender win, and Singapore Airlines restarting service to Houston are among the latest route announcements and services resuming.

VPs and Heads of Network Planning will utilise the event to focus on route development and plan for the next summer season.

The Iberia franchisee is adding new routes and increasing frequencies during July and August.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

Several domestic trunk routes are expected to reach 2019 capacity levels again.

More than 75 destinations will be served by the Spanish carrier this winter, with an emphasis on boosting business travel.

This week: Air Premia to become South Korea’s second Dreamliner operator; Vietjet to expand with A321XLR; investigation opened into Air Nostrum fleet renewal; Ryaniar increases London Southend presence; Iberia and Spring Airlines to codeshare and more.

Regional airlines could face a five-year period of consolidation as they are out-muscled by bigger rivals. Speaking at the Route Europe 2016 Strategy Summit in Kraków, Poland, Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum network planning and scheduling director Miguel Oliver said in the last 20 years in Spain, the country has lost 20 carriers.

Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of four latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being