Aegean Airlines reports positive Q2 results, despite Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan challenges forcing the grounding of several of its A320neo-family aircraft.
Aegean Airlines will acquire four Airbus A321neos with extended range to explore broadening its network as far as Central Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
The codeshare with the Greek carrier comes as Emirates plans to launch Airbus A380 flights to Bengaluru for the first time and reintroduce the aircraft on its route to Perth.
The Spanish carrier has signed a codeshare with Aegean Airlines and expects capacity over the next six months to increase by more than a third compared with 2019 levels.
This week: India and Australia sign open skies agreement; Virgin Atlantic drops LHR-DXB; Ethiopian Airlines to resume Eritrea flights; AEGEAN firms up A320neo order; European slot allocation; Swoop to open second base and more.
The “TAG Athens” project, which is a collaboration between AIA, Singapore Airlines and Aegean Airlines aims to promote Athens Airport as an intermediate point on a traveller’s route by highlighting the connecting opportunities at an “attractive price”.
The Greek airline has released its summer 2015 schedule to include a total of 38 new routes. The Star alliance carrier initially released 23 new routes in September, followed by a further three at the beginning of October and an additional 12 today (October 20, 2014).
