All Air Transport articles – Page 247
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NewsBoeing set to start ecoDemonstrator flights using Etihad-bound 787
Covid-19 aside, Boeing plans later this year to roll out its latest ecoDemonstrator – an Etihad Airways-bound 787-10.
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NewsAirbus preparing for uncertainty as it navigates ‘gravest crisis’
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has warned that the company may need to adapt again in future as it navigates the “gravest crisis” in the company’s history.
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NewsIran transfers recorders of shot-down 737 to French investigators
Iranian investigators have arrived at the facility of French accident analysis bureau BEA with the flight recorders from the Boeing 737-800 shot down over Tehran in January. The arrival of the Iranian team at BEA’s facility in Paris marks an important advancement in the investigation, after six months of uncertainty ...
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NewsIcelandair withdraws mass cabin crew lay-off after new deal emerges
Icelandair Group has reversed an extraordinary decision to dismiss all its cabin crew, after a swift resumption of negotiations resulted in another tentative collective bargaining agreement. The operator’s mass sacking of its flight attendants, which would have involved replacing them with pilots from 20 July, had initially spurred a strike ...
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NewsIcelandair cabin crew to ballot for strike after mass dismissal
Icelandair’s cabin crew union has called a ballot to vote for strike action following the failure of talks over a new collective agreement, after which the airline sacked all its flight attendants. The proposed strike would be indefinite and begin on 4 August, subject to a confirmation vote to be ...
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NewsIcelandair orders pilots to take over after dismissing all its cabin crew
Icelandair Group is dismissing its entire cabin crew corps and placing the responsibility for on-board safety with Icelandair’s pilots, after efforts to reach a new collective bargaining agreement failed. Cabin crew members with the FFI union rejected a tentative agreement on 8 July and Icelandair Group says subsequent talks have ...
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NewsAirbus begins delivering sustainable-fuel-powered jets from Hamburg
Airbus’s Hamburg Finkenwerder assembly site has started delivering aircraft powered by a sustainable-fuel blend, handing off an A321LR to Canadian carrier Air Transat. The European airframer has delivered jets powered by sustainable fuel since 2016, but until now only from its Toulouse facility and the US assembly site in Mobile, ...
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NewsUnited’s pilot union green-lights voluntary measures to mitigate layoffs
The union representing United Airlines’ pilots has voted to accept voluntary staff reduction plans that would help reduce the number of pilots who might be laid off in the coming months.
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OpinionWhy aviation should burn hydrogen, not time, to repair reputation
While aviation deals with the immediate fall-out of the coronavirus pandemic, longer term it must also face up to its environmental responsibilities; hydrogen power could help it meet those challenging targets
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OpinionTransferable skills give pilots a reason to stay positive
Despite the havoc wreaking on the air transport industry by Covid-19, flightcrew should not despair even if a career change looms
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NewsGovernment to provide support as Royal Jordanian losses soar
Royal Jordanian Airlines has posted a pre-tax and net loss of JD25.4 million ($35.8 million) for the first quarter, five times the figure recorded last year. The company recorded a 21% fall in revenues to JD114 million, including JD87 million from scheduled passenger services, but only a 6% reduction in ...
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NewsGovernment yet to clarify any funding commitment to rescue SAA
South African Airways’ state shareholder, the department of public enterprises, is claiming that the government is committing to funding the newly-agreed rescue plan for the airline, but details on the source of any financial support remain hazy. The department says the government is required to provide the rescue practitioners with ...
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NewsAirbus arm signs carriers to new aircraft-derived runway-condition monitor
Airbus’s specialist flight-operations division, Navblue, has unveiled a new runway contamination reporting system which uses the aircraft as a condition sensor during landing roll-out. Over 10 carriers have signed up for the system, designated RunwaySense, covering a total of more than 880 aircraft. Airbus had signalled to FlightGlobal more than ...
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NewsAir travel in Malaysia showing further signs of recovery: MAHB
Malaysia Airports (MAHB) says air travel in Malaysia is showing further signs of recovery, as the country’s gradual easing of lockdown measures and travel restrictions, which were implemented in May, enters its second month. Based on statistics from the 39 Malaysian airports managed by MAHB for the first nine days ...
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NewsEl Al pilots absent as negotiators reach cockpit savings agreement
Israeli trade union centre Histadrut has reached a new efficiency agreement covering flag-carrier El Al’s pilots, although the pact has been arranged without the pilots’ representatives. Histadrut states that the agreement, reached on 15 July after discussions with the transport workers’ union, will enable the carrier to save $105 million ...
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NewsFAA bans DuPont fuel additive from use in 737 Max
Citing the risk of dual-engine power loss, the US Federal Aviation Administration has prohibited airlines from adding a DuPont-made biocide to the fuel of Boeing 737 Max.
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NewsUnstable approach rate rose sharply as air transport crisis unfolded
Analysis of flight operations data during the downturn in air transport activity has revealed a sharp increase in the proportion of unstable approaches. The number of unstable approaches per 1,000 operations increased to around 28 in April and 37 in May, two months in which air transport was badly affected ...
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NewsAir Partner set for first-half revenue boost on back of coronavirus travel surge
Strong demand for freight transport, group travel and repatriation flights during the coronavirus pandemic helped to bolster the performance of global aviation services company Air Partner in the first five months of its financial year.
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NewsHelvetic converts E2 order to larger variant
Swiss operator Helvetic Airways is to switch part of its order for Embraer regional jets to the larger E195-E2 variant. Helvetic will configure the aircraft with 134 seats, in a single-class layout, compared with the 110 seats of its E190-E2s. The airline had originally ordered 12 E190-E2s, powered by Pratt ...