ASTRA 5B lands in French Guiana for its upcoming Ariane 5 flight

Payload preparations for Arianespace’s next heavy-lift mission are ready to move into gear as the ASTRA 5B satellite has arrived in French Guiana. ASTRA 5B – which Arianespace will launch for Luxembourg-based operator SES – was delivered by an An-124 cargo aircraft to the Félix Eboué Airport near Cayenne this week, approximately one month prior … Dowiedz się więcej

International passenger numbers increase by 91 per cent as Air Seychelles records strong growth in Q3

Air Seychelles today reported international passenger growth of 91 per cent to 55,238 in the third quarter (Q3 2012: 28,847), a result of the airline’s expanded international fleet and schedule in Q2. Overall passenger numbers on the airline’s combined domestic and international services grew by 42.4 per cent to 99,946 (Q3 2012: 70,193). Air Seychelles’ … Dowiedz się więcej

Air Moldova increases number of flights between Moldova and Italy

Air Moldova, the largest national air carrier, increases number of flights between Chisinau and Italian cities –Bologna, Milan, Rome and Verona. This became possible due conclusion of code-share agreement with Italian carrier Meridiana Fly. Starting from November 25, 2013 Air Moldova will be offering its passengers 19 weekly flights and, starting from December 09, 2013 … Dowiedz się więcej

Aeroflot Presented New Subsidiary – United Far Eastern Airline „Aurora”

Aeroflot presented a new Aeroflot Group member – the consolidated Far Eastern airline „Aurora”. JSC “Aurora Airlines” was established by the order of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on the basis of two Far Eastern air carriers – SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Avia (both in Aeroflot group since 2011). The main objective of … Dowiedz się więcej

Brand New A321 “K. Stanislavsky” Joins Aeroflot Fleet

Aeroflot took delivery of A321 airplane made by Airbus. The aircraft is named in honor of Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky — the great Russian theater director, actor and theatre theorist. Now the Aeroflot fleet counts 89 A319/320/321 aircraft with the average airplane age of 5.1 years. All Airbus aircraft are received by Aeroflot directly from Airbus … Dowiedz się więcej