March 4, 2024

From Rome Fiumicino: ITA Airways plans to expand flights to Buenos Aires

Ermal Muji March 4, 2024 19:40

The Italian airline ITA Airways plans to increase its flights to Argentina in the summer of 2024. The airline is planning additional flights on the Rome Fiumicino-Buenos Aires route. The Italian airline ITA Airways plans to increase its flights to Argentina in the summer of 2024. The airline plans to increase the Rome Fiumicino - Buenos Aires route from seven to nine weekly flights. The increase is to take place from June 4, 2023, according to the Aero Routes portal.

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From Beijing: Air China increases Frankfurt flights

Ermal Muji March 4, 2024 17:41

The airline Air China is planning to expand its flights on the Beijing-Frankfurt route. Frankfurt will be served with three additional flights per week. The airline Air China is planning to expand the connection between Beijing and Frankfurt. Specifically, the airline wants to offer three additional flights per week on this route, reports the Aero Routes portal. The increase from 14 to 17 weekly flights is planned for April 27. A Boeing 777-300ER will be used.

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The former Tegel airport area is to be turned into a park

Amely Mizzi March 4, 2024 16:35

Berlin Tegel Airport was taken offline in late autumn 2020. Since then, discussions have been going on about how the area could be used later. Politicians have now announced that a 190-hectare park will also be created. According to the statement, this will be a "central building block of the vision of the future use of Tegel Airport". It is currently planned that the green areas around the runways, which are to be preserved, will be created. The building plans will then be officially submitted in winter 2025. The opening is scheduled for 2029. This is therefore a rather long-term project. Aviation.Direct has provided some photos taken shortly before Tegel Airport closed at this link. A report on Berlin Tempelhof Airport can be found here.

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From Los Angeles: Delta Airlines cancels flights to London Heathrow

Ermal Muji March 4, 2024 16:33

Delta Airlines plans to remove the Los Angeles-London Heathrow route from its flight schedule for the 2024 summer season. The last flight is scheduled to take place on May 5. Delta Airlines plans to reduce air traffic to the UK in the summer of 2024. The airline plans to remove the existing flights from Los Angeles to London Heathrow from the flight schedule, reports the Aero Routes portal. The last flight from Los Angeles to London is scheduled to take place on May 5. The last flight will be operated with an Airbus A330-900neo.

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February: Ryanair handles 11 million passengers

Ermal Muji March 4, 2024 15:51

The airline Ryanair was able to handle eleven million passengers in the previous month of February. This figure exceeded the previous February. The airline Ryanair was able to handle 11 million passengers in February. Compared to February 2023, an improvement of 5 percent was achieved; last February, the low-cost carrier handled 10,6 million passengers. In February, the airline operated 63.000 flights, of which 800 flights had to be removed from the flight schedule due to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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East German politicians are calling for more long-haul flights

Jan Gruber March 4, 2024 15:30

Even more than 30 years after German reunification, there are only a few long-haul connections in eastern Germany. Now the state premiers are demanding that the service from Leipzig/Halle and Berlin-Brandenburg be increased. The state premiers of the eastern German states recently held a meeting and then ranted that this region of Germany was almost completely cut off from long-haul air traffic. They are also demanding that the federal government work to ensure that there are more intercontinental flights from Berlin and Leipzig/Halle.

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Airbus sets up fire protection center in Bremen

Amely Mizzi March 4, 2024 14:38

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is building a new center in Bremen that will specialize in fire protection. This is expected to open in the second half of 2025. It will consist of a total of six fire laboratories. In these, Airbus wants to research how hydrogen-powered aircraft can be made safer in terms of fire protection. The work carried out in Bremen is intended to advance the development of such machines. It is currently assumed that the first hydrogen-powered Airbus aircraft can be put into service in 2035.

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On credit: Ita Airways acquires its first Airbus A330-900

Amely Mizzi March 4, 2024 13:04

With the help of funds placed on the capital market via a private bond, Ita Airways was able to purchase its first Airbus A330-900. It raised 80 million euros for this. A further 90 million euros were arranged in the form of loans from Italian banks. The aircraft in question was purchased from Castlelake, an international leasing company that also specializes in so-called sale-and-back transactions.

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Annual figures: Air France-KLM with a profit of 934 million euros

Amely Mizzi March 4, 2024 12:39

The French-Dutch aviation group Air France-KLM made a profit of 2023 million euros in the 934 financial year. Sales increased by 14 percent to 30 billion euros. According to the company, the capacity offered was 93 percent of the value it had in the last year before the corona pandemic. The fourth quarter of the 2023 financial year was not particularly successful, however. Air France-KLM had to announce a loss of 256 million euros. This is attributed to the complicated situation in the Middle East and in some African countries.

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USA: Justice Department examines cases against Boeing

Jan Gruber March 4, 2024 11:35

The US Department of Justice has announced that it will take a closer look at the incident that occurred in early January 2024 with a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines. It is suspected that the manufacturer could be prosecuted for this. According to a report by Bloomberg News, the Department of Justice is to investigate whether the lack of bolts in the emergency exit area, which spectacularly "went off" shortly after takeoff, violated the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. The FAA recently sharply criticized Boeing's safety culture and set a deadline of 90 days to improve quality management.

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More articles from the category

From Rome Fiumicino: ITA Airways plans to expand flights to Buenos Aires

From Beijing: Air China increases Frankfurt flights

The former Tegel airport area is to be turned into a park

From Los Angeles: Delta Airlines cancels flights to London Heathrow

February: Ryanair handles 11 million passengers

East German politicians are calling for more long-haul flights

Airbus sets up fire protection center in Bremen

On credit: Ita Airways acquires its first Airbus A330-900

Annual figures: Air France-KLM with a profit of 934 million euros

USA: Justice Department examines cases against Boeing

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