German-based tour operator GTI Travel is to launch a new charter airline called German Sky on April 1. This will initially fly between Düsseldorf and Antalya and operate alongside Antalya-based charter carrier Sky Airlines, which is owned by parent company, Turkey's Kayi Group. Routes News reports.
Warsaw Chopin Airport is among the largest airports in Central and Eastern Europe. It handled a little over 550,000 passengers in January 2010 – a 4.2% year-on-year increase- and has capacity for more than 10 million passengers. The Airport has a comprehensive incentives scheme for airlines and a strong marketing approach.
Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport (RZE) is the gateway to the Podkarpackie region in South Eastern Poland – home to the expanding 'Aviation Valley'. The airport serves a catchment area of over 2.1 million people and its location attracts passengers from neighbouring Ukraine and Slovakia. 2009 was the airport's most successful year to date, posting traffic increases of 18.5%.
Overwhelmed with high staff costs, an expensive Madrid hub, intense pressure on its short-haul network from budget carriers, and announcing record (net) operating losses last year of €273 million, Iberia has decided that a new regional start-up with a lower-cost base would make sense to reduce the cost of its short-haul operations, which in turn feeds its long-haul network. Can it work? Iberia’s international spokesperson, Consuelo Arias, shares the company’s vision with Routes News.
