Tag: Anniversary

airBaltic aircraft participates in the Latvian ceremonial parade

In honour of the 107th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia, the Latvian airline airBaltic today participated in a ceremonial parade with a special flyover along the 11th November Embankment by its Airbus A220-300 aircraft (registration number YL-CSL) painted in the red-white-red colours of the Lat...

Lufthansa special livery arriving in Frankfurt this December

The Boeing 787-9 with the iconic Lufthansa special livery for the 100th anniversary in 2026 will be delivered to Lufthansa in December. The aircraft, which received its livery at Boeing in Charleston (South Carolina), was transferred to Everett (Washington) yesterday. The aircraft, named Berli...

airBaltic celebrates 30 years in Helsinki

At the beginning of October 2025, the Latvian airline airBaltic marks the 30th anniversary of the route between its home base in Riga, Latvia, and Helsinki, Finland. This was the airline’s second-ever direct service, following the first commercial flight from Riga to Stockholm, Sweden, on Octob...

Lufthansa special livery to mark centennial anniversary

Lufthansa Airlines is presenting a special livery to mark its 100th anniversary in 2026. Starting in December, a new Boeing 787-9 will proudly carry the symbol of Lufthansa's unique identity around the world: the crane. The special livery features a blue fuselage with a white crane hovering ab...

Vietjet marks ceremony for its first Boeing aircraft

Vietjet is celebrating its first Boeing 737-8 aircraft from the airline’s landmark order of 200 jets valued at US$32 billion with Boeing. The ceremony took place at Boeing’s Delivery Center in Seattle, Washington, attended by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong, senior officials from both natio...

airBaltic begins celebrating its 30th anniversary

Today, on 28 August, the Latvian national airline airBaltic celebrates its 30th anniversary. While this day marks the official date of the airline’s founding, a series of special celebratory events and activities will unfold in the coming weeks, culminating on October 1, 2025 – the date of the a...

Copenhagen Airport reports record passenger numbers in centenary year

Copenhagen Airport has reported record passenger numbers for the first half of 2025, as strong demand for international travel drove profits higher in its 100th anniversary year. The airport handled 14.9 million passengers in the first six months – up 8% on the same period last year and the highe...

Brussels Airport operations centre celebrates its 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, Brussels Airport opened its Airport Operations Centre (APOC), the nerve centre where all operational partners, including airlines, baggage handlers, and emergency services, work side by side to coordinate airport operations. What began as an innovative collaboration between a few a...

Korean Air celebrates 50 years of service between Paris and Seoul

Korean Air has celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Seoul Incheon-Paris route, commemorating five decades of cultural, economic, and tourism exchanges between Korea and France. Launched on March 14, 1975, the route is one of the airline’s longest-standing long-haul services and remains a vita...

Munich Airport is celebrating 15 years of partnership with three intercontinental airlines

This year, Munich Airport is celebrating a special anniversary together with Continental Airlines, now part of United Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and All Nippon Airways (ANA): For 15 years, a continuous partnership has existed with these three Star Alliance carriers. This collaboration reinforc...

Delta Air Lines to fly WWII veterans to Normandy for 81st D-Day anniversary

For the fourth consecutive year, Delta is continuing its Normandy Legacy Flight, supporting the first-of-its-kind program that flies World War II veterans and students back to Normandy, France to commemorate the anniversary of the D-Day invasion, honour the legacy of these heroes and educate the nex...

Etihad Airways celebrates 20th anniversary and increases number of flights to Munich

To mark the 20-year jubilee of its flights to and from Munich, Etihad has announced two daily flights to Bavaria from May 2025 onwards. This is part of Etihad Airways' strategic goal to operate twice-daily flights to key destinations. Thanks to the increase, departures and arrivals are optimal...

Jewel Changi Airport celebrates its 5th anniversary

Jewel Changi Airport enters its fifth year on a strong footing, welcoming more visitors as travel recovers. In tandem with the growth in passenger traffic at Changi Airport, it has witnessed a corresponding uptick in footfall traffic, registering a 26% increase for financial year 23/24 compared t...

airBaltic Pilot Academy celebrates the fifth anniversary

On September 4, 2023, during a special event, the fifth anniversary of the Latvian national airline’s airBaltic Pilot Academy was celebrated. At the same time, six students graduated from the Academy, receiving a commercial pilot license upon completion of the full-time airline transport pilot ...

Emirates launches movie collection onboard honouring 100 years of Warner Bros. Studios

Emirates is launching a special collection of 100 films to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studios, marking a history signposted by some of the world’s most beloved films. The capsule collection of classic films and documentaries will be available on the award-winning inflight e...

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