Lufthansa to lease in Fokker 100 capacity for Summer 2018

EAT Leipzig (QY, Leipzig/Halle) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) as it prepares to launch direct scheduled full-cargo services between Leipzig/Halle and New York JFK.

"EAT plans to begin operating scheduled all-cargo air service between Leipzig, Germany, and John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, New York, as soon as it has obtained all necessary governmental approvals. EAT requests expedited approval of this ...

The Council of the European Union, a body consisting of ministers from all 28 member states of the EU, adopted a general approach on the proposed rules for safeguarding competition in air transport on June 7, 2018. The idea behind the proposal is to ensure fair competition between EU and non-EU airlines.

"Once adopted, this instrument will provide the European aviation sector with a tool similar to those existing at an international level in other areas of commercial activity," Ivaylo ...