As of October 26, Nordica will hand over ticket sales to LOT and only operate flights for the foreseeable future.
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Widerøe Airlines flies to Montenegro
The Norwegian carrier Widerøe has begun operating flights to Tivat using the latest generation of the Embraer E190 aircraft.
Read More »Icelandair to start long turboprop flights
Icelandair is planning to use leased Bombardier Dash-8 Q400s to open up new routes from Keflavík to both Dublin and Manchester.
Read More »Plane flies nine hours from Brussels to Brussels
A Brussels Airlines flight from Belgium to the United States turned back above the mid-Atlantic for “operational reasons”.
Read More »Uber Air to trial in Australia
Melbourne will be the first pilot city for Uber Air outside of the US, with test flights scheduled to start from 2020 and commercial operations from 2023.
Read More »Lufthansa to fly to two new destinations
The German airline will begin two new services from Munich to Newcastle in the UK and Tallinn in Estonia.
Read More »IAG backs Boeing
International Airlines Group has announced its intent to buy 200 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 10 jets.
Read More »Lithuanian aviation group to acquire UK charter company
Avia Solutions Group will acquire Chapman Freeborn with the predicted revenue of the new group to reach €1 billion in 2019.
Read More »Lufthansa signals turbulence for European aviation
A revised outlook of significantly lower profits from Lufthansa Group due partly to its subsidiary Eurowings sent the airline’s stock price tumbling.
Read More »ATR faces slump in deliveries
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is facing a drop in deliveries resulting from a pilot shortage and other factors.
Read More »Airbus launches longest-range single-aisle airliner
Airbus has unveiled the A321XLR at the Paris Air Show 2019, complementing its A321neo family of aircraft.
Read More »LOT restarts flights to Lebanon
The first of new LOT Polish Airlines flights to Beirut have begun from Warsaw Chopin Airport.
Read More »Copenhagen Airport to be declared carbon neutral
Copenhagen Airport will be certified CO2 neutral in the coming week, based on a project employing climate compensation.
Read More »SunExpress opens new route from Oslo to Turkey
Avinor Oslo Airport announced that the Lufthansa-Turkish airlines joint venture will operate a new direct flight from Oslo Airport to Konya in Turkey.
Read More »Finnair’s new Busan route irritates Korean airlines
Korean carriers are grumbling about Finnair opening up a new route to the southern coastal city when it already flies to Seoul.
Read More »SAS announces first A350 flights
The Scandinavian carrier says that flights on its new fuel-efficient and comfortable Airbus A350s will begin in January 2020.
Read More »Latvian aviation could catch up to Sweden
Latvia’s transport minister says that the Latvian aviation industry could reach Swedish levels within the next decade.
Read More »Norwegian extends Shannon and Cork re-routing
Budget airline Norwegian has confirmed it will not resume its transatlantic flights from Cork or Shannon this year and will bus passengers booked on those flights to Dublin.
Read More »EU to rate aircraft by emissions
Europe’s air-safety regulator has revealed plans to grade aircraft according to carbon emissions so passengers can make a choice when flying.
Read More »Missile hits airport arrivals hall
A Yemeni rebel missile hit Abha International Airport’s arrivals hall in southwestern Saudi Arabia on June 12, wounding 26 civilians.
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