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UK carrier Monarch has announced their intentions for a continuation in operations after receiving a £165m investment from Greybull Capital. The airline originally had an extension on their ATOL license to give more time in providing assurances about the airline’s finances. This now enables the airline to receive their full ATOL license. In October 2014, […]

Finnair continues to grow its Asian traffic, and has today announced it will add capacity and frequencies to both its Tokyo and Hong Kong routes with the Airbus A350XWB for the Summer 2017 season. This is following news that the airline reporting a 6% increase in passenger traffic overall. Finnair plans to increase their current flight […]

Air Berlin has recently announced plans to restructure itself following crippling year-on-year financial results which saw a record loss of €446m back in April of this year. In a move to assist with current attempts to complete with the likes of Ryanair, easyJet and Lufthansa’s Eurowings, the airline has had to rely on bailouts from its parent owner […]

As of October 7, 2016, Moscow based carrier AirBridge Cargo added Seattle to their international route network. Their service launch was celebrated with an aircraft dedication event at Sea-Tac Airport. The brand new Boeing 747-8F Freighter aircraft was brought in on a short flight directly from Paine Field in Everett and greeted with a water […]

As Hurricane Matthew began to bear down on southern Florida on Thursday, airlines cancelled thousands of regularly scheduled flights in preparation for airport closures. A few carriers also ramped up flights in an attempt to evacuate everyone from the areas in the path of the storm. According to FlightAware, over 3,700 flights had been cancelled nationwide […]

Romanian carrier Blue Air has announced a further growth strategy for their Liverpool operations. The airline has stated that Liverpool is to be their 8th European base for an expansion of operations. Blue Air will have one 189-seat Boeing B737-800 at Liverpool by the beginning of summer 2017. Furthermore, on top of this new base announcement, […]

Exeter-based Flybe, the largest independent regional airline in Europe, today announced its support for the long awaited expansion of London Heathrow Airport. The airline currently has hubs in Manchester and Birmingham, but doesn’t serve Heathrow. However, today its CEO, Saad Hammed,  said “give Heathrow the green light, so we can jump into action on critical regional routes.” Last week […]

Hours before the deadline on Friday, September 30th, UK carrier Monarch Airlines has been given an extension on their Air Travel Organizer’s License (ATOL) Award. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) agreed to temporarily extend the airline’s license to fly. It was due to run until October 1st at 00:00BST and was seeking approval from the […]

On September 28th, Envoy Air announced that they will re-open their base at LaGuardia starting in 2017. By the first quarter, Envoy will have pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics to yet again operate American Eagle flights. “This exciting development is just the latest in a string of great news for Envoy,” Senior VP of Air Operations, Dee […]

This morning, Air Canada announced the growth of their route network through the addition of six new destinations. The new nonstop routes, all with a launch date in summer of 2017, will be from three of their four hubs. The routes include Toronto to Mumbai, Berlin, Montreal to Algiers and Marseille, and Vancouver to Taipei […]