Ariana Afghan Airlines adds another A310 from Iran
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Russia's North Ossetia gov't to place own SSJ with airlines
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UK’s Eastern Airways seeks Delta codeshare, namesake objects
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for permission to codeshare with Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and add its designator code to wet-lease flights it operates for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) and KLM cityhopper (WA, Amsterdam Schiphol). To do so, it asked the [...]
Activist hedge fund raises stake in Ryanair to over 7%
Parvus Asset Management has increased its shareholding in Ryanair Holdings PLC, parent entity of Ryanair (FR, Dublin International), to in excess of 7%, the airline disclosed in a TR-1 filing to the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. The Irish Times newspaper said the activist hedge fund spent almost EUR230 million euros (USD251.5 million) last week to [...]
Ryanair, minister fail to reach Dublin traffic cap deal
Ryanair (FR, Dublin International) Group CEO Michael O’Leary and Irish Transport Minister Eamon Ryan have failed to find common ground on their differences regarding Dublin International's 32 million passenger traffic cap, the Irish Times newspaper reported. After meeting on March 7, the minister confirmed that they still disagreed on the cap and that he could [...]
Malta's Universal Air to launch scheduled ops out of Malta
Universal Air (VO, Malta International) has announced plans to operate scheduled flights out of its home airport in Malta, on top of the previously announced routes out of Pecs in Hungary. The airline will connect the island with: Athens (weekly from May 6, 2x weekly from May 27); Kerkyra (3x weekly from June 1); Ibiza [...]
Slovenia's Alpavia to launch leisure charters from France
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Airbus Beluga Transport triggers US-bound services
Using one of its A300-600STs, Airbus Beluga Transport (BCO, Toulouse Blagnac) has operated its first cargo flight to the United States after securing a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) earlier this year. The freight carrier transported an Eutelsat 36D satellite on March 11 using F-GSTF (msn 796). It is the third time the European manufacturer [...]
Foreign ownership of South Africa's FlySafair under scrutiny
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Bulgaria's Cargo Air suspends fleet renewal
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