Lufthansa Group member Austrian Airlines is to restructure its operations and make Vienna Schwechat Airport its central hub. The airline will also grow the continental fleet while studying plans to renew the long-haul fleet, Austrian announced on January 17 during…
Lufthansa Group confirmed its position as Europe’s leading airlines group by carrying a record number of 142.3m passengers in 2018, it announced on January 10. This is a 10% increase over 2017 and 9.4m passengers more than its next competitor…
With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that airplanes are vulnerable. There is nothing quite like an airline/airplane scary story to catch people’s attention. The industry safety statistics are too good to…
Various sources have reported today that IAG has taken a 4.6% stake in Norwegian. Both sides are being careful with any statements. Norwegian is going to spin this as being good because they are attractive with a viable business model. …
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Air Berlin is gone. What was once a significant airline is now bankrupt. The chart shows the airline’s fleet history. As the chart shows, the airline was in trouble for some time, at least since 2011. Social media has several…