Lufthansa's airline within an airline - Lufthansa City Airlines has launched operations at Frankfurt am Main Airport.  The launch at the airline's main hub of Frankfurt follows its commencement of operations at Munich Airport last year. The first flight, VL946, took off from Frankfurt to Manchester in the late afternoon and was operated by an Airbus A320neo with the … [Read more...]

It seems focuses are changing for Qantas Aviation Group, with them preparing to transition out its shareholding in Jetstar Japan. Qantas and Japan Airlines (JAL) have announced that they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the transition of Jetstar Japan to a new Japanese capital-led ownership structure. If approved, Qantas would shed … [Read more...]

UK Regional Carrier Eastern Airways is in a big pickle, with the airline suspending services and returning leased aircraft as it files a notice of intention to appoint an administrator - a step to the airline failing Eastern Airways BAe Jetstream 41 - by Arpingstone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The carrier was based at Aberdeen and Humberside, offering … [Read more...]

For those who have been looking forward to Riyadh Air flying its first commercial flight, there's some good news - with the first flight launching on the 26th October. Beginning October 26th, Riyadh Air will commence daily launch flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). The airline will launch services with what the airline describes as its "technical … [Read more...]

Braathens has two divisions - its ATR division and its Airbus division Sadly, the money monster has claimed another airline, Braathens, flying its Airbus operation, Braathens International Airways, along with Braathens Crew AB, filing for bankruptcy. Braathens has been forced to file for bankruptcy for its Airbus operations in the company Braathens International … [Read more...]

Icelandic operator PLAY has thrown in the towel and has ceased services. The airline - Fly PLAY hf. - has ceased operations. As such, all flights operated by the airline have been cancelled. The move comes after attempts to restructure both its network (by cutting back its US Network and focusing on Iceland as an origin and destination traffic), whilst moving aircraft … [Read more...]

In trade shows, we've seen Lufthansa Technik show off its AeroSHARK technology developed in collaboration with BASF Coatings. To expand the use case of AeroSHARK, it is going through the certification process for use on the Airbus A330ceo family. | AeroSHARK film being installed - Image, BASF Coatings/Lufthansa Technik. AeroSHARK is a film that is applied to an aircraft … [Read more...]

It's that time again - with Heathrow Airport unveiling what it calls a "shovel-ready" proposal for a third runway as well as the expansion of the Heathrow Airport Campus. The grand vision for the "new" Heathrow - Image, Heathrow Airport  The blueprint submitted to the UK Government today includes: A north-western runway up to 3,500m – a design that already has … [Read more...]