EasyJet (UK) (London-Luton) has issued this new video (below) on the painting of the pictured Airbus A319-111 G-EZDE (msn 3426) (above) in the new 2015 color scheme.
Above Copyright Photo: Terry Wade/AirlinersGallery.com. G-EZDE arrives at London (Gatwick) in the new livery.
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Ryanair (Dublin) reported a fiscal third quarter net profit ofย โฌ49 million ($55.9 million), reversing a previous third quarterย โฌ1.13 billion net loss a year ago.
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In other news, Ryanair is expanding operations at Copenhagen, starting on March 26 with new daily routes to London (Luton), Milan (Bergamo) and Warsaw (Modlin) per Airline Route.
The ultra low fare airline will expand again on September 2 at CPH with new daily routes to Madrid (Barajas) and Rome (Ciampino).
Again on October 25, the airline will continue its expansion with new daily routes to Charleroi (near Brussels) and Skavsta (near Stockholm).
Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8AS EI-ENP (msn 40304) arrives in London (Gatwick).
Ryanair aircraft slide show:
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EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) expects first half losses to shrink, helped by growing capacity and record number of business passengers in the first quarter.
The economy airline expects losses of between ยฃ10 million ($15.1 million) and ยฃ30 million ($45.5 million) in the first half of the year, compared with ยฃ53 million ($80.4 million) last year. The company also hopes to pass lower fuel costs on to passengers.
Easyjet chief executive Carolyn McCall said in a statement:
“We further strengthened our network in the quarter adding around 500,000 seats, the majority of which are from airports where EasyJet has a number one or number two position,”
“This combined with our new TV ads aimed at business travellers enabled EasyJet to sell record numbers of seats to business travellers in the first quarter,” she added.
Oil prices:
The largest carrier in the UK said it expects to pass fuel cost savings on to passengers, probably cutting around ยฃ2 off its average fare.
“EasyJet expects that lower fuel costs will be beneficial for its customers as fares adjust,” it said.
Oil prices have fallen by more than half since the summer, and the firm expects its annual fuel bill to be between ยฃ90m and ยฃ130m less than it was in the 12 months to 30 September 2014.
Competitor Ryanair (Dublin) is also trying to attract more business travellers, with the Irish carrier adding new routes and boosted capacity, and has made moves to improve its customer service. Its shares hit an all-time high this month after a surge in passenger numbers.
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Assistant Editor Oliver Wilcock reporting from Manchester.
Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 G-EZWV (msn 6177) with Sharklets arrives back at bLondon’s Gatwick Airport.
EasyJet (UK) aircraft slide show:
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Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has announced new weekly nonstop flights between Stockholm (Arlanda) and Bastia in Corsica starting on April 25. Additionally the airline will launch new twice-weekly nonstop flights between Madrid and Nice starting on March 29 as well as weekly flights between London (Gatwick) and Kefalonia in Greece on April 18.
Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8Q8 LN-NOD (msn 35280) with Sonja Henie on the tail approaches the runway at Gatwick Airport near London.
Norwegian aircraft slide show:
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SmartWings (brand of Travel Service Airlines) (Prague) is adding three new holiday routes from Bratislava starting in June: Olbia (June 14), Palma de Mallorca (June 13) and Rhodes (June 9) per Airline Route.
Routes from Bratislava:
In addition, the carrier will also start seasonal service to London (Gatwick) from Prague from April 2. The route will be operated four days a week with Boeing 737-800s.
Routes from Prague:
Copyright Photo: Rolf Wallner/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8S3 OK-TSA (msn 29250) taxies at Zurich.
Smartwings aircraft slide show:
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Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi) is switching London airports. Starting on March 30 the flag carrier will switch from Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Airport. The airline currently operates twice-weekly Boeing 777-200 service from Hanoi and twice-weekly flights from Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).
The airline is planning to switch to the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners starting on July 1 per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Ole Simon/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 777-26K ER VN-A144 (msn 33503) taxies at Paris (CDG) in the now old livery.
Vietnam Airlines aircraft slide show:
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Video: The revised new livery of Vietnam Airlines:
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) set a new passenger ย record in 2014 with nearly 24 million passengers. The carrier transported three million more passengers in 2014 than the previous year. Since its inception in 2002, 130 million passengers have traveled with Norwegian.
According to the airline, “2014 was characterized by high capacity growth but also a high load factor. The load factor in 2014 was 81 percent against 78 percent in 2013. In 2014, the airline renewed the fleet considerably, launched many new routes – both intercontinental and in Europe and established new bases in the United States and Spain.”
Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYG (msn 39165) with Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind, arrives in London at Gatwick Airport.
Norwegian aircraft slide show:
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Ryanair (Dublin) hasย announced a further extension to its Manchester summer 2015 schedule with a new route to Stuttgart in Germany, which will operate six times weekly from April 2. This is in addition to two new summer 2015 routes to Eindhoven and Shannon (38 routes in total) and extra flights to/from Alicante, Lisbon and Madrid.
Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8AS EI-DCJ (msn 33564) approaches the runway at London (Gatwick).
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Gambia Bird Airlines (Banjul), since the Ebola crisis spread, continued to operate the Banjul – London (Gatwick) route but dropping the stop in Sierra Leone due to the on-going crisis. A few days ago, the company announced they would add London (Gatwick)-Accra and Gatwick-Lagos flights. However yesterday (December 30), the west African airline ceased all operations.
The airline issued this statement yesterday:
Gambia Bird Airlines has suspended commercial flight operations until further notice. This operational decision is effective as of December 30.
We wish to express our sincere regrets for disrupting the travel plans of those of our esteemed guests who are booked on the suspended flights. We further wish to confirm that we will provide a full refund of all tickets purchased prior to this flight suspension.
Furthermore, Gambia Bird Airlines wishes to reaffirm that we will comply with all our obligations and that we will provide all necessary support services to passengers affected by the flight suspension.
Copyright Photo: Terry Wade/AirlinersGallery.com.ย Gambia Bird Airlines-AJW Aviation (Germania) Airbus A319-112 D-ASTB (msn 4691) arrives at LGW.
Gambia Bird aircraft slide show:
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Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) flight VS 43 from London (Gatwick) to Las Vegas today encountered a technical problem after departure with its main landing gear. After dumping fuel over the Atlantic Ocean and circling south of LGW, the Boeing 747-400 landed safely at LGW. One of the main gears was not fully locked.
Virgin Atlantic tweeted this message:
Virgin Atlantic can confirm that flight VS 43 has landed safely back at Gatwick. Our priority now is to look after our passengers and crew.
Above Twitter photo by GorseFires Collectif. Boeing 747-443 G-VROM (msn 32339) circles over Brighton with the unsafe gear.
Below Copyright Photo: Robbie Shaw/AirlinersGallery.com. A close-up of the main gear moments before it landed at London Gatwick. The right outboard main gear did not deploy fully.
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Video of the landing minus one main gear:
Virgin Atlantic aircraft slide show:
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