Europe

The European Commission has approved up to 4 billion Euros (US $4.7 billion) of French government issued financial aid for Air France-KLM. This amount will only benefit the French part of the Air … [read more]

Romanian carrier Blue Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The airline becomes the first Romanian operator of the 737 Max aircraft type. The new jet, registered … [read more]

French carrier Corsair has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. The airline’s A330neo is on lease from lessor Avolon. Corsair will receive an additional two A330neo jets through the leasing … [read more]

French maritime transport group CMA CGM has started its own cargo airline division. So far, the company only operated its transport lines on land and sea but now also expands into the … [read more]

Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus has announced new transatlantic routes. Against the current trend of reducing transatlantic services because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the airline will commence its first non-stop connections from the United Kingdom … [read more]

The two largest Icelandic airlines, Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect (AIC) have announced that they will combine their operations under the Icelandair brand. ‘New’ Icelandair will take off from March 16, integrating … [read more]

German low-cost carrier Eurowings has outlined how it will ramp-up its operations over the coming months. The airline owned by the Lufthansa Group is currently only flying about 20 of its aircraft. … [read more]

AerCap Holdings has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). GECAS is a subsidiary of GE Capital, the financial arm of General Electric, and the … [read more]