Aviation

The Finnish air carrier Finnair re-launched scheduled flights between Helsinki and Ljubljana after a three-year hiatus on 10 April. It will be flying between the two capitals four times a week.

Finnair will be flying an Airbus A319 to Helsinki on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Flights from Ljubljana will depart at 9:25am and arrive in Helsinki at 1.05pm local time.

One of the Pentagon documents leaked on social media reveals what the United States believes is the intention of some European countries to donate to Ukraine the fighter jets it has been asking for more than a year, CNN reports.

Around 7 million Russians are expected to visit Türkiye this year, up from 5.5 million in 2022 as more flights are planned between the two countries.

Some 171 flights from Russia to Türkiye will take place each day during this summer season, according to a report on ekonomim.com.

BELGRADE - Air Serbia introduced scheduled service to Ankara early on Friday.

"Direct flights between the Serbian and Turkish capitals will be operated four times a week, every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, by Airbus A319 aircraft," it said in a statement.

The Hellenic Armed Forces (HAF) participated on Wednesday in a military exercise organized by the French military, called "Anaximandre-23," in the Nicosia FIR. French air and naval units also took part in the exercise.

BELGRADE - After a hiatus of more than three years, Air Serbia re-established direct flights between Belgrade and Tel Aviv on Thursday.

The national airline will be operating flights to Tel Aviv on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, and four times a week from May 8, when it will also start flying to the Israeli city on Mondays.

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has said that it would stop night flights and bar private jets in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions and noise pollution.

Aircraft will be banned from taking off between midnight and 6 a.m. and will not be allowed to land before 5 a.m., Royal Schiphol Group chief executive Ruud Sondag said in a statement.

Aegean reported a significant increase in passenger traffic during the winter period, reflecting the airline's investment in the weakest quarter of the year and the positive outlook of tourism in the country.

Passenger traffic exceeded 2019 levels by 5% in the first quarter of 2023 and jumped 72% compared with 2022, totaling 2.6 million passengers.

Croatia Airlines is planning to expand its services out of Athens, linking the Greek capital with three Croatian cities.

It is planning to start operating two flights a week on the Athens-Dubrovnik-Zagreb route on April 20 - on Thursdays and Sundays.

Overview of the site of the 2021 Alaska Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter crash from the NTSB preliminary report. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.