Aviation News in brief – 31 October 2014

Aegean Airlines and Ryanair are the only two airlines cypriot government has shortlisted in a race to acquire Cyprus Airways.

AirBaltic launched Vilnius – Amsterdam (More)

Air France intends to resume its service from Paris to Maputo within the next two years.

Alitalia adds more flights to Germany (More)

British Airways has announced a new service from London Heathrow to Bilbao effective 29 March 2015.

Meridiana (Italy) being considered as a possible investment by Chinese government fund.

Metrojet (Russia) to appeal to Moscow court for recovery of about US$32.5 million from TUI (UK), regarding losses from charter flights.

Monarch Airlines today finalized an order for 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8s (More)

Nordstar Airlines (Russia) unable to operate its services to Baku as the Azerbaijani government did not give permission to fly.

Qatar Airways intends to fly between Barcelona and Latin America under agreement with Iberia.

SmartWings to connect Warsaw with Canary Islands (More)