Tag: Madrid

Ryanair signs 5-year deal with Enilive for access to up to 100,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel

Ryanair welcomes commercial court of Madrid’s ruling against Kiwi

Ryanair today (3 Oct) welcomed yesterday’s ruling of the Commercial Court of Madrid, which rejected Kiwi’s injunction application seeking to remove Ryanair’s enhanced-security check-in procedures for passengers whose bookings are made by Online Travel Agents (OTAs). Ryanair’s Dara Brady s...

CAE increases pilot and cabin crew training capacity in Madrid for Air Europa

CAE and Air Europa today announced that they are building on their longstanding partnership with a long-term agreement to provide pilot and cabin crew training in Madrid, Spain. As part of this agreement, CAE will deploy a B737NG full-flight simulator (FFS) at its Madrid training centre in Oc...

Iberia Aeropuertos appoints its new director in Madrid

The first challenge for Antonio Rodríguez Aranda will be the deployment of the new licenses in Madrid   Alfons Obradors will occupy the responsibility of senior manager in El Prat Iberia Airport Services strengthens its two main bases where it serves its most important clients: I...

Ryanair Release Over 5,000 Extra Seats For Fans Travelling To Champions League & Europa League Matches Next Spring

Ryanair Release Over 5,000 Extra Seats For Fans Travelling To Champions League & Europa League Matches Next Spring

Ryanair, Europe’s No 1 airline, today (15 Nov) added over 5,000 extra seats for football fans travelling to Champions League & Europa League matches across Europe next Spring. To support pent up demand, Ryanair has added extra seats for fans in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Germany and Por...

Wizz Air Announces Major Expansion in Romania

Wizz Air Announces Major Expansion in Romania

Wizz Air, Romania’s largest and Europe’s fastest growing, most sustainable airline, today announces significant expansion in Romania, adding five aircraft to its base in Bucharest, as well as increasing capacity on flights to Bacau, Cluj-Napoca, Iași and Sibiu. As part of this growth, the ai...

More than 1.7 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in June

More than 1.7 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in June

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.7 million passengers in June, an increase of 168% compared to June 2021 and 72% of the number of passengers in 2019, before the Covid crisis. Brussels Airport continues its momentum as these are again the highest monthly figures since the crisis began in Marc...

Almost 1.5 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in April

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.5 million passengers during April, an increase of 527% compared to April 2021 and a decrease of 31% compared to April 2019 (before the Covid crisis). This is the highest number of passengers since the start of the crisis in March 2020. Air cargo volumes ar...

Emirates adds Kabul to list of passenger destinations

Emirates adds Kabul to list of passenger destinations

Emirates has received approvals to carry passengers on flights to Kabul in Afghanistan, starting from 25 June, taking to 30 the total number of destinations currently offered to travellers. In addition to Kabul, flights to the following cities can be booked on emirates.com or via travel agents:...

Emirates resumes passenger flights to 9 destinations

Emirates resumes passenger flights to 9 destinations

Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services from 21 May to nine destinations: London Heathrow Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne. The airline will also offer connections in Dubai for customers travelling between the UK and Australia. ...

Budapest boosts Spanish seats with Wizz Air

Budapest boosts Spanish seats with Wizz Air

Budapest Airport has announced a new route to the Spanish city of Santander with its home-based carrier Wizz Air. Launching the 1,846-kilometre sector with the low-cost carrier (LCC) on 2 June, the twice-weekly service becomes the airline’s 70th destination served from the Hungarian gateway. W...

Royal Air Maroc to join oneworld on 1 April

Royal Air Maroc will join the oneworld alliance effective 1 April 2020, becoming oneworld’s first full member in the African continent and bringing even more destinations and benefits for oneworld’s frequent flyers. The airline’s regional subsidiary Royal Air Maroc Expres...

ISAGO overhaul paying off and more plans are in the pipeline

ISAGO overhaul paying off and more plans are in the pipeline

Overhauling the IATA Safety Audit of Ground Handling (ISAGO) has been a "game-changer" and plans are afoot for more change, delegates heard at IGHC in Madrid today. ISAGO was given a revamp by IATA in 2017 and last year was the first full year that the new audit model was used across the ground ...

Calls for more innovation on the ramp at the opening of IGHC in Madrid

Calls for more innovation on the ramp at the opening of IGHC in Madrid

The ground handling industry needs to innovate on the ramp to meet future demand and challenges of air transport, the 32nd IATA Ground Handling conference (IGHC) heard in Madrid today. This year's event was opened by IATA's head of ground operations, Joseph Suidan (pictured above) who welcomed d...

Air Europa owner plans domestic operations in Brazil

Air Europa owner plans domestic operations in Brazil

Air Europa owner Grupo Globalia has reportedly submitted a request to regulators in São Paulo, Brazil to launch a new airline that will operate domestic flights in the South American country. The airline already operates flights to Brazil, but only international routes from Madrid to destinatio...

Air Europa to launch first direct route from Stockholm Arlanda

Air Europa to launch first direct route from Stockholm Arlanda

Spanish carrier Air Europa will for the first time launch non-stop service from Stockholm Arlanda Airport when it starts on 17 June to Madrid. During the summer of 2019, passengers will be able to fly direct to Madrid, with three weekly departures. The direct route between the two capitals will ...

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