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TAP Air Portugal accepts maiden A320neo
TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) has taken delivery of its first A320neo following the handover of CS-TVA (msn 8043) on April 7. According to Skyliner Aviation, the twinjet is currently undergoing painting at Châteauroux ahead of its formal presentation later this quarter.
The Portuguese carrier currently has thirteen A320neo and twenty-two A321neo on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).
TAP Air Portugal currently operates twenty-two A319-100s, twenty-one A320-200s, and four A321-200s.
The Portuguese carrier currently has thirteen A320neo and twenty-two A321neo on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).
TAP Air Portugal currently operates twenty-two A319-100s, twenty-one A320-200s, and four A321-200s.
France's Aigle Azur outlines longhaul growth plans
Aigle Azur (ZI, Paris Orly) President Frantz Yvelin has mapped out the company's growth plan following US aviation entrepreneur David Neeleman's accession to the carrier's shareholding late last year.
France's second-largest carrier currently operates one A319-100 (wet-leased to TAP Air Portugal) and nine A320-200s (of which one is wet-leased to TAP) on scheduled flights from cities across France to 10 countries including Algeria, Mali, Germany, Russia, Portugal, Lebanon, and ...
France's second-largest carrier currently operates one A319-100 (wet-leased to TAP Air Portugal) and nine A320-200s (of which one is wet-leased to TAP) on scheduled flights from cities across France to 10 countries including Algeria, Mali, Germany, Russia, Portugal, Lebanon, and ...
Finnair gives up hope for investor amid gov't intransigence
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has given up hope of landing an external industry investor as the Finnish government is reluctant to relax laws governing the carrier's ownership and thus, permit privatisation.
"We will go for our growth opportunities and define our future by ourselves," CEO Pekka Vauramo told Reuters in an interview.
In line with Finnish law which requires that the state controls the majority stake in the airline, Finnair is currently 55.8% state-owned. Vauramo has ...
"We will go for our growth opportunities and define our future by ourselves," CEO Pekka Vauramo told Reuters in an interview.
In line with Finnish law which requires that the state controls the majority stake in the airline, Finnair is currently 55.8% state-owned. Vauramo has ...
