fleet News
12-May-2009
Dublin based lessor, AWAS, delivered the first MD-11 freighter to the re-launched cargo carrier Cargoitalia.
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01-May-2009
London Luton Airport is delighted to announce the arrival of Blue Air with flights to Bacau, Romania. Another new airline for the Airport and more choice for passengers.
Commencing 01-Jun-09, the Romanian based airline will further expand the London Luton Airport route network into Romania with twice weekly services to/from Bacau Airport. Offering low fares and flying a Boeing 737 jet aircraft, Blue Air expects the London Luton flights to be a resounding success.
El aeropuerto de Londres Luton ya cuenta con vuelos a Bacau, Rumania ofrecidos por Blue Air. Se trata de una nueva aerolínea para el aeropuerto y una nueva opción de destino para el pasajero. Blue Air empezará a operar a partir del 01de junio de 09 con dos vuelos semanales desde y hacia el Aeropuerto de Bacau, usando un Boeing 737.
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29-Apr-2009
Estonian Air offers 29-Apr-09 and 30-Apr-09 extra attractive fares for inauguration flight on 30-Apr-09 between Pärnu and Stockholm.
One-way fares from Pärnu to Stockholm inauguration flight, if purchased from www.estonian-air.com, start from 608 SEK (713 EEK) including all fees and taxes, subject to availability.
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27-Apr-2009
CZECH REPUBLICH :
SmartWings offers flights from Prague and Budapest to Madrid for the summer season. Flights will be operated once a week by a modern Airbus A-320 aircraft.
SmartWings ofrece vuelos desde Praga y Budapest hacia Madrid para la temporada de verano una vez a la semana en un moderno Airbus A-320.
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09-Apr-2009
Dublin based lessor, AWAS, has completed a lease transaction with Europe Airpost for the lease of a Boeing 737-300QC.
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07-Apr-2009
Transaero’s 2009 summer timetable offers flights to nearly 80 destinations within Russia and to Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
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06-Apr-2009
CZECH REPUBLICH :
SmartWings lanza el servicio Brno-Heraklion
SmartWings opens new route from Brno to Heraklion.
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12-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
The Supervisory Board of the Lufthansa Group approved the order for 30 short-haul aircraft in its meeting on 10-Mar-09. The Bombardier CSeries Aircraft will be used by Lufthansa’s subsidiary, Swiss International Air Lines, and will be ready for the fleet as of 2014. The new aircraft will replace the existing Avro RJ100 short-haul aircraft.
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26-Feb-2009
Dassault Falcon announced (25-Feb-09) that the Falcon 7X recently received approval to fly into London City Airport (LCY). The 7X offers the most range and cabin size of any business jet permitted to fly from London City Airport and links the heart of one of the world’s largest financial centres with nonstop access to the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
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25-Feb-2009
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines received (24-Feb-09) the 27th А320 craft by Airbus. At the moment, Aeroflot’s fleet includes 49 crafts from the A319/320/321 family. The new aircraft was named after V. Obrutchev, a famous Russian geologist, geographer and science fiction writer.
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24-Feb-2009
GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) announced (23-Feb-09) the delivery of a new Airbus A320-200 to Aeroflot as part of the airline’s fleet modernization plan.
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23-Feb-2009
FRANCE :
Boeing celebrated (19-Feb-09) the delivery of the company's first 777 Freighter to launch customer Air France in a ceremony at the Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour near Paine Field.
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17-Feb-2009
Air Dolomiti commenced (16-Feb-09) scheduled services in Munich with the first Embraer ERJ-195. A total of five of these jets are scheduled to join the fleet of Air Dolomiti in the course of the year.
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06-Feb-2009
Ryanair confirmed (05-Feb-09) that the Government’s new EUR10 travel tax is already having a damaging impact on forward bookings from 30-Mar next. This EUR10 tourist tax, which has already caused traffic declines in the UK and Holland when previously introduced, is devastating forward bookings in Shannon, because in many cases it exceeds the air fare paid by many passengers on Ryanair’s low fares routes from Shannon.
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06-Feb-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet Chairman, Colin Chandler, announced that in light of the current economic environment the Board will continue to adopt a cautious approach to growth and will focus on maintaining a strong balance sheet.
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04-Feb-2009
KOREA REPUBLIC OF :
Korean Air placed firm orders with Airbus for two more double-deck A380 aircraft. This latest purchase agreement brings the total number of A380s ordered by Korean Air to ten aircraft. The carrier will operate the aircraft in a three-class layout on routes linking Seoul to destinations in North America and Europe, including Los Angeles, New York and Paris.
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28-Jan-2009
Air Berlin stated (27-Jan-09) its new B737-700 aircraft became the 35,000th aircraft registered by the LBA (German Federal Aviation Office). The new Boeing 737-700 with the code D-ABLD has been entered in the official German aviation register.
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20-Jan-2009
SAS introduced (19-Jan-09) the new next generation CRJ900 aircraft on its service from Birmingham to Copenhagen. The NextGen CRJ900, produced by Bombardier, is the most fuel efficient in its class.
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16-Jan-2009
Air Austral has signed (15-Jan-09) a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for the purchase of two A380s in a single-class configuration. In a single-class configuration the aircraft will seat around 840 passengers in economy class seats.
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03-Oct-2008
POLAND :
Wizz Air announced (02-Oct-08) that it would add three new Airbus A320 aircraft and double its capacity in Romania in the next six months.
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17-Sep-2008
Embraer announced the sale of the first Embraer 195 jet to Montenegro Airlines. The agreement with the airline from the Republic of Montenegro also includes purchase rights for two more aircraft of the same model.
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15-Sep-2008
IRELAND :
Ryanair announced the postponement of the basing of its seventh aircraft at Bergamo by four weeks. The deferral of the aircraft from its original date of the 01-Oct-08 to a new date of 29-Oct is as a result of the strike by Boeing employees in Seattle which has resulted in the indefinite delay of the shipment of new aircraft to Ryanair.
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15-Sep-2008
Ryanair announced the postponement of the opening of its Reus base by five weeks. The deferral of the opening from its original date of the 01-Oct-08 to a new date of 05-Nov-08 is as a result of the strike by Boeing employees in Seattle which has resulted in the indefinite delay of the shipment of new aircraft to Ryanair.
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10-Sep-2008
S7 announced it is in negotiations with ILFC to lease five B767-300s, four B737-800s and two B737-400s by Jan-09, and would use the aircraft to retire the last of its Soviet-era aircraft.
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10-Sep-2008
CSA Czech Airlines announced (09-Sep-08) plans to take delivery of its sixth A319 on 30-Sep-08, the final aircraft of a 2004 order for six A320s and six A319s.
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10-Sep-2008
Ryanair announced that it has had to postpone the opening of its Edinburgh base as a result of strike action at airplane manufacturer Boeing.
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