Aerospace & Defence

Russia waits on Ukraine, NATO vigilant

Russian forces did not invade Ukraine today, confounding earlier US intelligence statements this was likely to happen on Wednesday. The…

2 years ago

Polish FM offers Russia ‘informal platform’ to de-escalate tensions

Poland Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau met his opposite number in Moscow, Sergei Lavrov, to offer a “new initiative for dialogue”…

2 years ago

Pilots union opposes Wizz Air’s US market ambitions

Hungarian airline Wizz Air’s plan to enter the American market is being opposed by a US pilots’ union, which claims…

2 years ago

US to lead NATO war games in Latvia

The Latvian Defence Ministry has revealed that 400 US troops, 100 units of military vehicles and 22 US Apache helicopters…

2 years ago

Lithuania invites NATO troops for good

NATO has sent troops to Lithuania, which the country's head of state says should be permanently stationed in the Baltic…

2 years ago

Riga plans green, futuristic ‘airport city’

Riga International Airport will invest more than EUR 247 million in developing the facility by 2027, according to its Runway…

2 years ago

Discount flyers want fairer fuel deal

A group of four European budget airlines have allied to lobby against them shouldering the bulk of the cost of…

2 years ago

EIB halts Hungarian govt’s Budapest Airport plans, due to dearth of impact studies

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has suspended a EUR 200 million credit line towards the expansion of Hungary's Budapest Liszt…

2 years ago

Croatia tops aviation upturn list – Eurostat

European commercial aviation enjoyed an upturn last month, as the number of flights in the EU climbed 130% year-on-year. While…

2 years ago

Wizz Air makes massive reduction of routes

Central and Eastern Europe's premier budget air carrier appears to have initiated a significant pull-back in terms of where it…

2 years ago