Airlines

FILED - 03 June 2022, Berlin: An easyJet airplane arrives at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) "Willy Brandt". The British low-cost airline Easyjet wants to push ahead with the renewal of its fleet with another major purchase from Airbus. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa.

Tourism

AIRLINES

Easyjet cabin staff in Spain to strike in July for more pay

The Nomad Today 6/22/22

Around 450 cabin staff stationed in Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Málaga will go on strike to demand a pay increase of at least 40%

02/28/2022. Defense Minister Margarita Robles attended in Lebanon the inauguration of the head of the United Nations Interim Force Mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Photo: Ricardo Pérez/MDE.

Spain

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain prohibits Russian flights, proposes extending ban to ports

The Nomad Today 2/28/22

Read in this article the list of flights scheduled for today between various Spanish cities and Moscow that will not be operated due to the sanctions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine

15 February 2022, Spain, Vilanova D'alcolea: The five Ukrainian Boeign 737-800 aircraft that landed at Castellon airport in light of the political situation in Ukraine and Russia. Following US warnings of a possible imminent start of war, Ukrainian carrier Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has had aircraft brought out of the country. Photo: Carme Ripollés/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Ukrainian airline moves planes to Spain following war alert

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/14/22

Previously, the Dutch airline KLM and the air carrier Norwegian had completely suspended flights to Ukraine

FILED - 05 April 2020, Ireland, Dublin: Ryanair jets park up on the runway of Dublin airport as flights are down by 83% due to Coronavirus. Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost airline, said that traffic for the month of December surged to 9.5 million passengers from last year's 1.9 million. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire/dpa.

Economy & Business

AIRLINES

Ryanair loses 96 million euros due to Omicron

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/31/22

However, the loss was narrower than last year's loss of 321 million euros

A passenger plane takes off from the airport in Frankfurt am Main. Photo: Julia Cebella/dpa.

Economy & Business

CANCELLATIONS

Thousands of flights axed worldwide at Christmas due to Omicron

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/25/21

US media reported that airlines had been hit by a shortage of healthy staff amid a spike in Covid-19 infections

Qatar airways aircraft boeing 777 by Pixabay.

Economy & Business

AIRLINES

Qatar Airways launches legal proceedings against Airbus

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/21/21

The airline noted that it currently has 21 A350 aircraft grounded

FILED - 16 February 2014, Berlin: An Airbus aircraft of the Scandinavian Airlines SAS lands at Tegel Airport. SAS recorded huge losses in the last quarter due to the collapse of air travel demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the Scandinavian airline announced on Tuesday. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

Economy & Business

AVIATION

Scandinavian airlines abolish mask requirement on regional flights

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/18/21

At Gardermoen Airport, near the Norwegian capital Oslo, the mask requirement was lifted on Friday

15 October 2021, Italy, Fiumicino: Employees of the Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) Airline work at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport after the company started operations on Friday. The first ITA flight is scheduled to take off from Milan Linate Airport. Photo: Redazione Telenews/ANSA via ZUMA Press/dpa

Economy & Business

AIRLINES

Italy's new state airline ITA begins operations

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/15/21

ITA begins operations with 52 aircraft and 2,950 employees - a massive reduction from Alitalia's staff of some 10,000

An Alitalia aircraft in flight. Photo: Pixabay.

Economy & Business

AIRLINES

Last-ever Alitalia flight scheduled for Thursday evening

10/14/21

The airline will go out of service after 74 years in the aviation industry

Economy & Business

AIRLINES

Air carrier Swiss warns cabin crew to get vaccinated or face layoffs

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/28/21

Anyone unwilling to get the jab can expect to be fired in January

21 March 2021, Spain, Palma: A man stands at the exits for arriving flights at Palma de Mallorca airport. Airlines plan from Sunday after a long forced break to bring the first holiday makers from Germany to Majorca again. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa

Tourism

AIR TRAFFIC

Spain recovers 70% of 2019 air capacity by the end of summer season

The Nomad Today 9/23/21

From the UK, more than 3.2 million seats are expected to be operated between September and October

An AirBaltic plane is seen landing in Stockholm Arlanda airport. Photo: Pixabay.

Tourism

AIRLINES

AirBaltic starts operating direct flights from Turku to Riga

The Nomad Today 9/9/21

The Turku Airport has been in business during the entire pandemic

FILED - A man boards a Belavia flight in Minsk in 2012. The European Union will seal off its skies and runways to Belarusian airlines as of Saturday in response to the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight and detention of a dissident journalist and his girlfriend last month. Photo: picture alliance / dpa

World

CONFLICT

EU bans Belarus airlines from its airspace after journalist's arrest

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/5/21

The 27 countries are obliged to deny permission to land in, take off from or overfly their territories to any aircraft operated by Belarusian air carriers.