A French Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet has crashed
A French Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet has crashed this Thursday. A French Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet crashed this Thursday, November 3 in the Luxeuil-les-Bains region in…
Hundreds of flights affected after uncontrolled re-entry of Chinese rocket
Hundreds of scheduled flights were delayed after Spain closed its airspace due to safety concerns over debris from a Chinese rocket. A similar preventive move was taken by France. According…
Wizz Air to close base in Moldova from December due to safety threats: report
Wizz Air will close its base at Chisinau International Airport (KIV) in Moldova for an “indefinite period”, according to the country’s media. The Hungarian ultra-low-cost will suspend all flights from…
British Airways Says There are No Signs of a Slowdown in Ticket Sales
There is currently “no indication of weakness” in forward bookings, despite concerns that rising inflation, a cost of living crisis, and Covid uncertainty could significantly drag down ticket sales in…
Lufthansa raises 2022 profit outlook on strong demand for air travel
Lufthansa raised its forecast for full-year adjusted operating profit to over 1 billion euros ($980.40 million) on Monday, boosted by strong demand for air travel that continued its post-COVID recovery.…
Lufthansa CEO sees sector growth buoyed by pickup in travel demand
The re-opening of Japan to tourists and a rise in demand for business travel will keep the aviation sector growing, Lufthansa’s chief executive said, though the war in Ukraine, inflation…
Eurowings warns pilot demands threaten jobs
Lufthansa’s budget division Eurowings warned on Saturday that pilots’ demands to ease their workloads is putting jobs at the airline at risk. The statement came in response to Friday’s announcement…
European airlines see travel withstanding consumer squeeze for now
British Airways-owner IAG, Europe’s biggest airline Ryanair and rival easyJet said demand for travel was holding up, calming worries that pressure on household budgets could stall aviation’s recovery from the…
Ryanair CEO predicts higher fares on ‘surprisingly strong’ bookings
Ryanair‘s bookings for the autumn mid-term and Christmas holidays are ahead of pre-COVID levels and it sees average fares rising by more than expected for the financial year to end-March,…
ITA Airways board strips chairman of powers to discuss sale -source
The board of ITA Airways has stripped executive chairman Alfredo Altavilla of his powers, giving Chief Executive Fabio Lazzerini the task of negotiating the sale of the Italian state-owned carrier,…