WOW Air Airbus A320 TF-BRO (Image: Nick Harding / Aviation Wales)
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Bristol Airport loses the WOW factor

Budget carrier WOW has dealt a blow to Bristol Airport as it drops the Bristol – Reykjavik service after just 2 summers. Bristol Airport heralded WOW’s arrival which offered initially a daily flight to Reykjavik (KEF/BIKF) but the Icelandic low-cost carrier (LCC) has struggled to make the route profitable. The [read more]

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Flybe shares crash after profit warning

Europe’s largest regional airline, Flybe has seen its shares drop overnight by nearly 20% after investors bail out of what appears to be another European airline hitting turbulence.  The drop in shares comes after the airline warned that escalating maintenance and IT costs would mean its half-year profit would be [read more]

Alitalia - Fight or Flight?
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Alitalia – Fight or Flight?

Alitalia – Italy’s long-troubled national carrier has been operating under bankruptcy protection since the start of May 2017, after the Gulf airline Etihad Airways refused to help bankroll the failing airline any further. This came just days after its employees rejected a radical rescue plan. The rescue plan would have [read more]

Lufthansa set to sign air belin deal
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Lufthansa to buy majority of bankrupt Air Berlin

Lufthansa (LH/DLH) is set to buy the majority of bankrupt Air Berlin’s fleet and network including Fly Niki & Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter. Air Belin filed for insolvency in August but has remained operating thanks to a 150m euro loan from the German Government. Talks have been ongoing with Lufthansa and Easyjet being [read more]

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Flybe German codeshare ends with Air Berlin

Bankrupt German carrier Air Berlin (AB/BER) has announced that is ceasing operations on the 28th October 2017 effectively ending its Cardiff codeshare with Flybe. Flybe entered into a codeshare with Air Berlin last year to provide connections from Cardiff to Germany but the airline which has been in bankruptcy protection [read more]

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Air Berlin cancels all flights from 28th October

Bankrupt German carrier Air Berlin (AB/BER) has announced that is ceasing operations on the 28th October 2017. The airline which has been in bankruptcy protection since the 15th August but despite interest from airlines such as Lufthansa and Easyjet, no buyer has yet been found. Whilst Air Berlin operates primarily [read more]