April 10, 2024

Zagreb Airport looks back on a successful March

Ermal Muji 10 April 2024 18:01

Zagreb Airport looks back on a successful March. 300.914 passengers were processed this month. Zagreb Airport was able to end the month of March successfully. In March, the Croatian airport was able to achieve a passenger volume of 300.914 passengers, which represents an improvement of 13,7 percent compared to the same month last year. In the first quarter, a total of 795.753 passengers were processed, as reported by the Ex-Yu Aviation News portal.

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Finnair is increasing flights to Japan

Ermal Muji 10 April 2024 17:57

The airline Finnair plans to increase the number of its flights to Japan in the summer of 2025. Specifically, the number of flights to Tokyo Narita and Nagoya is to be increased. The airline Finnair plans to increase the number of flights to Japan in the summer of 2025. Specifically, the number of flights from Helsinki to Tokyo Narita and Nagoya is to be increased. The Helsinki-Tokyo Narita route is currently served six times a week, and there will be seven weekly flights in the summer. The route between Helsinki and Nagoya is also to be increased, as the Aero Routes portal reports. The expansion is to take place from two to three weekly flights.

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Edelweiss flies to Pristina with Airbus A340

Amely Mizzi 10 April 2024 16:32

The Swiss holiday airline Edelweiss Air plans to operate individual routes between Zurich-Kloten and Pristina in May 2024 with the Airbus A340 aircraft. According to a report by the portal Aeroroutes.com, the four-jet aircraft will be used as WK6 between Zurich-Kloten and the capital of Kosovo on May 13, 21 and 2024, 402. The background: both the high demand and the fact that Edelweiss Air conducts pilot training. The short route is apparently ideal for this.

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USA: Spirit Airlines terminates around 260 pilots

Jan Gruber 10 April 2024 15:32

The US low-cost airline Spirit Airlines has agreed with Airbus that the aircraft that were supposed to be delivered from the second quarter of 2025 will not be handed over until 2030. As a "side effect", around 260 pilots will be laid off. Spirit Airlines is officially citing problems with the Pratt & Whitney engines as the reason. However, it is likely that the fact that the carrier has been deep in the red for a long time is also behind this. Around 260 pilots are to have to leave the low-cost carrier on September 1, 2024. It is not the only airline that currently has too many pilots. For example, United Airlines wants to make unpaid vacations attractive.

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Antonia Gilbert is the new Mjet CCO

Amely Mizzi 10 April 2024 14:32

The business jet operator Mjet has appointed Antonia Gilbert as its new Chief Commercial Officer. The manager is now responsible for the commercial affairs of the Austrian-licensed aviation company. The carrier has been on the market since 2017 and is mainly active in the areas of aircraft management and the operation of on-demand flights. According to the company's statement, Gilberts has around 17 years of previous experience in the industry.

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Southwest: Boeing 737-800 loses engine cover

Jan Gruber 10 April 2024 13:39

On April 7, 2024, Southwest Airlines flight WN3695 had to make a return landing on its way from Denver to Houston. The aircraft lost the fairing of the right engine during the climb. The Boeing 737-800 with the registration N8668A was affected. According to reports, the wing was damaged. The captain decided to return to Denver Airport for safety reasons. The landing was completed safely, so that all passengers and crew members were able to leave the medium-haul jet unharmed. The NTSB has now begun its investigation. A passenger filmed the landing with the damaged engine from the cabin and published it on the YouTube portal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1-Wszopfy

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Swiss flies with Airbus A330 within Switzerland

Amely Mizzi 10 April 2024 12:31

In the 2024 summer flight schedule, the Swiss airline will repeatedly use long-haul Airbus A330 aircraft within Switzerland. The Geneva-Zurich route is affected. The carrier's reservation system shows that routes LX10 and LX13 are to be served with A2024s between May 2802 and 2807, 330. This model is also to be used between August 4 and 27, 2024 on Tuesdays and Sundays. Background: The short domestic connection is used for pilot training. Geneva-Zurich is the last remaining domestic route served by Swiss. All other domestic routes have since been abandoned or shifted to rail as part of a cooperation with the SBB.

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SAS is leaving the Star Alliance on August 31, 2024

Amely Mizzi 10 April 2024 11:33

Effective August 31, 2024, the Scandinavian airline SAS will leave the Star Alliance airline alliance. It will join the Skyteam around Air France-KLM. SAS is a founding member of the Star Alliance and has therefore been part of this alliance, which is dominated in Europe by the Lufthansa Group, from the beginning. Due to the fact that a consortium to which Air France-KLM belongs is taking over the Scandinavian carrier, it will switch to the Skyteam. The formal exit from the Star Alliance will take effect on August 31, 2024.

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Hainan Airlines announces Beijing-Prague

Jan Gruber 10 April 2024 11:00

The Chinese airline Hainan Airlines will fly from Beijing to the Czech capital Prague from the end of June 2024. Effective June 24, 2024, the carrier will initially operate three weekly rotations between Beijing and Prague. This route will generally be served with long-haul Airbus A330-300 aircraft. It is planned to increase the connection at a later date if demand develops accordingly.

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Beond flies Dubai (DWC)-Male with A321

Amely Mizzi 10 April 2024 10:32

The Maldives-based airline Beond has put its first Airbus A321 into active scheduled service. The medium-haul jet will initially fly four times a week between Male and Dubai-World Central. In July 2024, the carrier plans to increase this to six rotations per week. Until now, the route was not part of the program as a standalone service, but only as part of European flights that included a refueling stop at Dubai's second airport.

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More articles from the category

Zagreb Airport looks back on a successful March

Finnair is increasing flights to Japan

Edelweiss flies to Pristina with Airbus A340

USA: Spirit Airlines terminates around 260 pilots

Antonia Gilbert is the new Mjet CCO

Southwest: Boeing 737-800 loses engine cover

Swiss flies with Airbus A330 within Switzerland

SAS is leaving the Star Alliance on August 31, 2024

Hainan Airlines announces Beijing-Prague

Beond flies Dubai (DWC)-Male with A321

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