Scandinavian airlines says its flights operated by swedish pilots are being canceled due to a strike. Nearly 160 flights and 20000 passengers are affected this Saturday. The Stockholm based subsidiary says that routes with pilots from other nationalities than Sweden are not affected. The Swedish Pilots’ Union demand a 3.5 percent increase in salary while…
BA9238 and BA9239 – Airbus A320 G-EUUM operated from Heathrow to Bastia, France BA9136 and BA9137 – Airbus A320 G-EUUV operated from Heathrow to Izmir, Turkey BA9232 and BA9233 – Airbus A321 G-EUXF operated from Heathrow to Rhodes, Greece BA9216 and BA9217 – Airbus A320 G-EUYH operated from Heathrow to Cagliari, Italy BA9218 and BA9219 –…
On June 10th, Chinese Carrier Hainan Airlines launched their brand new Manchester route from Beijing. B-8287, their Airbus A330-300 in the Hai Manchester Livery arrived at around 6am and departed at 12:25pm. This is a significant route in terms of UK Aviation History as well as Manchester’s history as this is the first direct Chinese…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has marked the first anniversary of its service to Edinburgh Airport, which was launched on 8 June 2015. Over the past year, the top five destinations for the airline from Edinburgh Airport have been Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Bangkok, Melbourne and Perth. In March 2016, Etihad…
Head of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev has ordered the grounding of the country’s entire Su-27 fleet, until the reasons behind the crash that led to a pilot’s death on Thursday are clear, the TASS news agency reported. The Defense Ministry confirmed that the jet crashed while returning to the airbase after a…
UK Regional Airline Flybe has returned to profit after a tough period. The airline had a loss of £35.6m the previous year but have miraculously brought the airline back into profit with a pre-tax annual profit of £2.7m. Over the past year, the airline have launched 52 new routes, which helped the airline increase passenger…
New pieces of debris have been found in Madagascar by a man searching for parts of missing flight MH370. Blaine Gibson, who has already found possible debris in Mozambique, made the latest discovery on the east coast of Madagascar. Boeing 777 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished…
The danish company jet time which for the most part flies charter flights for a few Norwegian carriers as well as subcontractor for SAS has announced that it will be reducing its fleet by 30%.
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Hainan Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the carrier’s first 787-9 Dreamliner. Hainan becomes China’s first operator of both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family. Hainan Airlines, the largest privately owned airline in China, leased the airplane through an agreement with Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The delivery is…
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has announced its Brussels-Atlanta service will resume from March 2017, doubling its network from Belgium. The U.S. airline currently operates a daily year-round service between Brussels and New York-JFK. The service, which will begin on March 26, 2017, will be the only nonstop flight between the Belgian capital and Atlanta and…
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, is pleased to report that its third franchise partner, Blue Islands, took to the skies on Monday 6th June 2016 in its distinctive new operating colours. Vincent Hodder, Flybe’s Chief Revenue Officer said: “The start of Blue Islands’ Flybe franchise operation marks a significant milestone for both airlines, creating an…
