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TAP Portugal is facing a 10-day strike by its pilots
TAP Portugal’s (Lisbon) pilots union, SPAC, has announced a 10-day strike starting on May 1. The pilots, as previously reported, are unhappy with the ongoing privatization process. TAP Portugal issued...
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Hawaiian Holdings produces record GAAP net income of $25.9 million for the...
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Honolulu), parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (Honolulu), reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2015: GAAP net income of $25.9 million or $0.40 per...
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Monarch retires its last Airbus A330, becomes a completely scheduled airline
Monarch Airlines (London-Luton) officially retired its last Airbus A330 from revenue service on April 30. The last flight, operated by the pictured Airbus A330-243 G-EOMA (msn 265), was a short trip...
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Alitalia returns to China with a nonstop Milan – Shanghai route
Alitalia (3rd) (Rome) has announced new intercontinental nonstop service from Milano (Malpensa) to Shanghai (Pudong), which marks the return of the airline in China and a further stage in the...
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Air France-KLM to increase the number of flights to North America this summer
Air France-KLM Group (Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) (Paris and Amsterdam) have issued this statement: This summer, in response to high market demand, Air France-KLM is strengthening its...
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Thomas Cook announces new U.S. routes from Manchester, cancels London...
Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) (Manchester) has announced that it is expanding its services to the United States from its Manchester hub. From May 2016, the carrier will fly to Los Angeles and Boston....
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Azul to debut nonstop Belo Horizonte – Orlando flights
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Azul Brazilian Airlines) (Sao Paulo-Campinas) is expanding its service between the U.S. and Brazil, with a new route to Belo Horizonte, the first-ever nonstop flight on...
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Air France to resume services to Freetown, Sierra Leone
Air France (Paris) on June 30, 2015, is resuming services to Freetown with three weekly frequencies from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Flights will be operated by Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 208 seats:...
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Etihad Airways posts its fourth consecutive profitable year
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi) posted a fiscal year net profit of $73 million on total revenues of $7.6 billion, up 52.1 percent and 26.7 percent respectively over the previous year. The airline continued:...
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Airberlin to restore Berlin – Miami service this winter
Airberlin (Berlin) has announced it will restore the Berlin (Tegel) – Miami route again on November 5. Every Thursday and Saturday, Airberlin will fly an Airbus A330-200 Airbus to Florida. Airberlin...
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The new Alitalia introduces a new livery today
Alitalia (3rd) (Rome today (June 4) introduced a new livery reflecting the new ownership group. The airline issued this statement, images and videos: Alitalia today introduced its new brand, new...
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Tunisair takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-200
Tunisair (Tunis) took delivery of its first Airbus A330-200 in Toulouse yesterday (June 9), thus becoming a new operator of this type of aircraft. Named “Tunis”, the pictured A330-243 F-WWKR became...
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Kuwait Airways takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-200
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City) has taken delivery of its first A330-200, becoming a new operator for the type. In February 2014, Kuwait Airways announced the lease of 12 Airbus aircraft including 7...
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Airbus’ Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) certified by EASA for A330...
Airbus (Toulouse) has issued this statement: Airbus has achieved EASA certification of its innovative Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology on A330 Family aircraft. This on-board cockpit...
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Jetstar Airways is planning to retire the last Airbus A330-200 in September
Jetstar Airways (Melbourne) is planning to phase out and retire the last Airbus A330-200 in September. According to Airline Rouge, currently (subject to change) the last scheduled international route...
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Hawaiian reports second quarter adjusted net income of $37.5 million
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc, (Hawaiian Airlines) (Honolulu) has reported the financial results of its second quarter: GAAP net income of $48.8 million or $0.79 per diluted share. Adjusted net income,...
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Air Transat to offer winter service between Toronto and Paris via Montreal
Air Transat (Montreal) has announced it fly from Toronto (Pearson) to Paris this winter thanks to the addition of new connecting flights to Montreal. The airline continued: Air Transat will also be...
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Azul to start the Sao Paulo Guarulhos – Orlando route
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Campinas-Viracopos) is adding another route to Orlando. The carrier will launch a new daily route connecting Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) and Orlando starting on December 15....
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IAG orders 31 Airbus wide body and narrow body airliners
International Airlines Group (IAG) (British Airways, Iberia and Vueling Airlines) (London) has signed a firm order for 31 Airbus aircraft, which includes 11 wide-body aircraft (eight A350-900s, three...
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Iberia to introduce the new Airbus A330-200 in January
Iberia (Madrid) will introduce the new 288-seat Airbus A330-200 on January 1, 2016 on the Madrid – Panama City route with a one-off flight per Airline Route. The following day it will be introduced on...
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