Lufthansa bid on ITA Airways could start more consolidation

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We are seeing conflicting trends in the number of traffic from two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines, Ryanair and Wizz Air. While the Central Eastern European carrier reports recovery of passenger numbers for December, its Irish competitor saw a decline to…

To bring you more aviation news, Airinsight introduces News in Brief. During December, we compile a rolling story by date with news that is sometimes too small for a deep analysis but still interesting enough not to be missed. 22…

British Airways will launch operations of its new London Gatwick-based short-haul subsidiary BA Euroflyer on March 29. The airline has announced 35 destinations that it will serve and has opened bookings today, December 14. BA starts selling tickets for its EuroFlyer…

The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) is defying claims that a hydrogen-based, long-haul airliner isn’t possible by presenting just that: a concept of a 279-seater aircraft that could go London-San Francisco nonstop. UK’s FlyZero demonstrates midsize hydrogen airliner. The 12-month…

It’s still too early days to specify the effect of the latest Omicron Covid-mutation, but if it remains limited, then UK low-cost airline easyjet expects to return to close to 2019 capacity levels by summer 2022. Demand for both the coming…