(IN SHORT) Wizz Air and Romaero have opened Romania’s first aircraft maintenance center at Romaero’s Băneasa facility near Bucharest Băneasa International Airport. Starting in October, the center will perform heavy and light maintenance on Wizz Air’s Romanian-based fleet of 43 aircraft, as well as visiting planes from nearby countries. A three-year contract with a certified… Read the full news article
(IN SHORT) Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Boeing for up to 210 widebody jets, including the largest order for 787 Dreamliners in Boeing’s history. The deal includes 130 Dreamliners, 30 777-9 aircraft, and options for 50 additional planes. The airline also reached a record deal with GE Aerospace for over 400 engines to… Read the full news article
(IN SHORT) Lufthansa City Airlines has received its first brand-new Airbus A320neo, registered as D-AIJP and named “Ingelheim am Rhein,” at Hamburg-Finkenwerder. This delivery marks a significant milestone in the airline’s strategy to revamp continental traffic within the Lufthansa Group, linking its current hub in Munich with the upcoming Frankfurt hub from 2026. The new… Read the full news article
(IN SHORT) South African Airways (SAA) has successfully expanded its fleet to 20 aircraft, adding two leased Airbus A320s from AerCap. This growth is a significant milestone for the airline, which began its recovery with only six aircraft three years ago. As part of its expansion strategy, SAA is increasing flight frequencies on several routes… Read the full news article
(IN SHORT) Fiji Airways has added two ATR 72-600 aircraft to its fleet to enhance domestic connectivity across Fiji and the South Pacific. These new planes will serve regional routes, including Nadi-Suva and Nadi-Labasa, and help meet growing demand for travel, particularly in Northern Fiji. Alongside this fleet expansion, Fiji Link, the airline’s regional subsidiary,… Read the full news article
Expansion of fleet enables extra long-haul routes Supervisory Board Chairman Füracker highlights benefit for Bavaria Jost Lammers: Boost for Munich as a premium hub COLOGNE, Germany, 2021-Dec-15 — /Travel PR News/ — The decision announced by Lufthansa today (December 14, 2021) to station four additional, state-of-the-art long-haul Airbus A350s at its Bavarian hub has been… Read the full news article
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 2017-Nov-17 — /Travel PR News/ — One of the world’s largest airlines picks the ultra-efficient 787 to optimize its future fleet Airplane deal to sustain tens of thousands U.S. jobs Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Emirates, one of the world’s largest airlines, announced a commitment to purchase 40 787-10 Dreamliners at the 2017… Read the full news article