Ukraine International Airlines – the leading Ukrainian carrier – was named one of Ukraine`s 25 best employers according to the rating of the Capital business newspaper. The best ones were defined based on feedback from experts, current and potential employees. 15 Ukraine-owned and 10 foreign-owned companies entered the top 25 best employers...

Nov. 28 - It seems nobody is interested in Croatia’s troubled national carrier Croatia Airlines. Last night was the deadline for interested parties in the tender issued for a 49% stake in the airlines, and according to daily Jutarnji list, not one offer was received… There had been speculation that the Chinese and Indonesia’s Garuda...

The Croatian government has invited Chinese investors to purchase a share in national carrier Croatian Airlines... “The government continually invites investors from the People’s Republic of China, as well as all other investors to invest in Croatia, but under the conditions of a tender process, where everyone has the same requirements,”...

From right: Senior Manager Eastern Europe Giovanni Simonini and Country Manager Russia & Ukraine, Nazir Abduvakhidov pictured during the Press Conference in Moscow Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar celebrated 10 years of service to Moscow with a press conference and gala dinner. Qatar Airways is currently...

From its beginnings, the aim of CEPA was to bring together and connect aviation professionals fromEast and West. This year’s CEPA-EXPO introduced a new crossroads feature that may be considered a ‘World-Premiere’. Philippe Lienard “We are the first conference in the world that brings partners from both commercial and private...

 Today Aeroflot took delivery of A320 airplane. The jet was handed over to the airline at the Airbus manufacturing plant in Toulouse. The aircraft is named in honor of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical producer, director and actor. Now the Aeroflot fleet includes 89 A319/320/321 aircraft with the average airplane age...

After another conference day of interesting panel discussions and delegate networking between sessions, it is my honest and objective conclusion that this was a highclass aviation industry symposium. I was a speaker myself at the first CEPA EXPO conference four years ago when it was a relatively small conference but a beginning with the right...

Marian Jancarik is Sales Director of Colibri Aircraft. He is one of the three panel members of the Aircraft Broker Session covering the topic of the pre-owned aircraft market. Marian operates in the Central and Eastern European market from his office in Bratislava, Slovakia, while the Colibri Headquarters and its dedicated marketing and support...

Alain Champonnois, Vice President & General Manager, Jet Aviation Saudi Arabia Jet Aviation announces the appointment of Alain Champonnois as the new vice president and general manager of the company's FBO and line maintenance operations in Jeddah, Riyadh and Medina, Saudi Arabia, effective January 1, 2014. As general manager for Jet...

Keith Hunter, Senior Vice President Qatar Duty Free delivers the keynote address at the MEADFA Conference 2013 held in Doha Qatar Duty Free, the second largest Duty Free operator in the Middle East, hosted the 2013 MEADFA Conference, which is being held at the Ritz Carlton on 25 and 26 November. This is the first time that the MEADFA...

November 20, 2013, Ukraine International Airlines expanded its fleet with brand new Boeing 737-900ER aircraft produced at Boeing production facilities in Seattle in 2013. The aircraft passed an official registration procedure in Ukraine and received UR-PSJ registration number. The new Boeing 737-900ER aircraft became the UIA 39th aircraft, the...

On Nov 21, Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC), announced it will start operations at Osijek (Ryanair’s 4th Croatian airport) with a route to/from London (Stansted) from the 31st of March 2014, which will deliver over 30,000 passengers p.a. and sustain over 30* “on-site” jobs at Osijek Airport with 2 weekly flights (Monday...

21/11/2013 - Wizz Tours, the new online travel platform launched by Wizz Air in October, today opened its English language website for bookings of package holidays on wizztours.com. Wizz Tours was launched with Polish and Hungarian language websites at the beginning of October and is now available in English to bring greater convenience and...

DOHA, Qatar 20 November 2013 – Qatar Airways announced it will begin flights to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh effective 28 May 2014, operating five flights weekly. Flying direct from Doha, Qatar Airways will provide seamless connections for passengers to many of its destinations worldwide including the Middle East, India and the Far...

CEPA founder Dagmar Grossmann and Chairman Philippe Lienard at the Prague press conference. CEPA (Central European Private Aviation) has announced at a press conference in Prague that the Government of the Czech Republic has officially shown its support for the CEPA EXPO by confirming the attendance of two Ministries at this year’s...