Air Belgium to launch first service April 16

New Belgian airline, Air Belgium, will begin ticket sales April 3 for flights set to launch April 16. 

Lack of pilots shuts down US regional Great Lakes Airlines

US regional Great Lakes Airlines, which operates domestic scheduled and charter services, ceased scheduled passenger flight operations March 26.

Delta rolls out biometric fingerprint entry at US member lounges

Mark Nensel

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines rolled out new fingerprint biometric check-in devices at all 50 of its US Delta Sky Club locations last week; it is available free for Delta Sky Club members who are US citizens or permanent residents, and who have registered with Delta’s biometrics program.

US majors’ domestic growth boost not response to United plans, analysts say

Sean Broderick

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An analysis of second- and third-quarter schedules at US majors Dallas/Fort Worth-based American Airlines, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines show an aggregate domestic capacity boost of 4%, compared to just 1% internationally.

European air traffic up 4.3% in 2017, Eurocontrol says

Bill Carey

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The number of controlled flights in Europe increased 4.3% to 10.6 million in 2017, the fourth year of growth, according to Eurocontrol.

HNA Airport Group to operate Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Airport

China’s HNA Group’s subsidiary HNA Airport Group has won a 35-year concession to operate Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria to facilitate its European market expansion.

Kazakhstan-based SCAT Airlines takes first MAX
ALTA: Proposed Colombian travel tax will damage competitiveness
Russia’s Nordwind Airlines expands regional services from Simferopol 
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