Deutsche Lufthansa AG has reached an agreement on wages with cabin crew, ending months of intensive negotiations that had been disrupted by crippling strikes at Europe’s largest airline group. In particular, Lufthansa and the UFO union, which represents 19,000 cabin crew members of the German airline, including flight attendants, have agreed on a wage increase, […]
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LOT Polish Airlines launches direct flights from Athens to Warsaw daily from 11 April 2024. These flights will be operated all year round. LOT Polish Airlines is re-establishing the connection between Athens and Warsaw as from 11th of April 2024. The Polish carrier‘s aircraft will be flying to Warsaw everyday at 2.10 p.m. The flight […]
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March was the second consecutive month in which Heathrow Airport handled a record number of passengers this year, despite a decline in transit travellers, with a spokesperson for the airport sounding the alarm over the number of such travellers, which appears to be down due to the implementation of the electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) system. […]
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The annual gathering of Europe’s regional airports and their business partners takes place in Dubrovnik. The event is the opportunity to review trading conditions and the latest industry analysis from ACI EUROPE. While larger regional airports and in particular those serving popular tourism destinations or relying on VFR demand (Visiting Friends and Relatives) have generally […]
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ΕasyJet cabin crew will receive a 20% basic pay increase from 1 May 2024, according to their union Unite. Unite tried hard and long to secure a long term deal with the airline and eventually signed an 18-month agreement with EasyJet, which confirmed that the airline’s crew would receive an extra 3% per flight. In […]
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With the new summer tourist season just around the corner, and travel demand expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels, while aircraft deliveries are significantly reduced due to production problems at Boeing and Airbus, the global aviation industry is expected to face new pressures. Airlines spend billions on repairs to keep flying older, less fuel-efficient aircraft and […]
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Ryanair is launching a new attack on online travel agencies, with its research for April highlighting eDreams as the top “pirate”, as it overcharges the travelling public by 216% (€25.24) for booking a seat that costs just €8 on Ryanair’s website. The same online travel agency also charged consumers double for the transport of 10 […]
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Spirit Airlines Inc. announced an extensive cost-cutting program, postponing delivery of some new aircraft to the next decade and planning pilot layoffs shortly after its proposed merger with JetBlue Airways Corp. was rejected because of antitrust concerns. In particular, the low-cost airline announced that it has reached an agreement with Airbus to delay deliveries of […]
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SAS has given EuroBonus members the option to sign up for the “Destination Unknown” flight experience. More than 1000 members signed up for the opportunity to embark on this mysterious journey, which showed that Athens was the destination of choice. This extraordinary SAS experience promises to add additional excitement and adventure to the trip. The […]
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-Steadily increasing international passenger traffic in Athens and Thessaloniki during the winter months -High flight occupancy rates exceeding 80% AEGEAN’s passenger traffic report for the first quarter of the year is particularly positive, with an 11% increase in traffic on both the domestic and international networks. In particular, AEGEAN in the traditionally weaker quarter of […]
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