Airports, air-traffic control

Nine airlines to shift operations to T4 over one-week period

Aeroflot’s Deputy CEO for Strategy and Alliances, Giorgio Callegari, has been made a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Moscow. 

In spring 2018, Ukraine International Airlines will map a new destination on its flight network in Africa – Cairo. 

Cargolux Airlines is set to introduce two new destinations in Africa, Douala in Cameroon and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Services to Lubumbashi will begin on 15 September while Douala is served as of 3 October.

On 27 August 2017, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air launched scheduled service from Budapest (Hungary) to Saint Petersburg (Russia)

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KLM’s Dreamliners are named for flowers or flowering plants, a typical Dutch export product, which suits KLM well.

Ukraine International Airlines regard the statement of a Raynair manager that has recently hit the media to fully comply with the Irish low-cost carrier’s corporate policy applied during entrance into new markets.

Emirates and the European Tour have renewed their existing European Tour Agreement for four years until 2021. The new deal includes Emirates becoming an Official Partner of The 2018 Ryder Cup.

Starting October 27, 2017, Ural Airlines will open scheduled direct service from St. Petersburg to the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Flights will be performed on A320 family aircraft every Friday.

Due to strike at the Lisbon airport immigration service on 24-25 August 2017 Aeroflot advises passengers of flight SU2607 to arrive early for check-in, by 06:40 local time.

 

Within the period of 2017/18 Winter Schedule, effective October 30, Ukraine International Airlines will launch non-stop scheduled flights between Kiev and Eilat, Israel

Emirates will be operating extra flights to Jeddah to help facilitate travel for thousands of pilgrims this year heading to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj.