All Airlines articles – Page 170
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US government pushes back vaccination deadline
The US government has pushed back its deadline for companies with more than 100 employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, from 8 December to 4 January 2022.
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Cargo lift helps Turkish Airlines top pre-crisis profits in third quarter
Turkish Airlines profits outstripped pre-crisis levels in the third quarter as the carrier benefited from a strong cargo performance.
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Lufthansa chief Spohr sees no let-up in strong cargo demand
While many of the fundamentals underpinning the strong financial performance of air freight have been driven directly or indirectly by the pandemic, Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr still sees demand remaining strong even as passenger activities recover.
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Belarusian authority suspends An-12 services after fatal Irkutsk crash
Belarusian authorities have suspended commercial operations with Antonov An-12s as a precaution following the accident involving an Aircompany Grodno aircraft at Irkutsk. The Belarusian transport ministry says the aviation division’s suspension has been put in place pending the findings of the inquiry. Seven personnel were on board, according to the ...
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Lufthansa still pondering MRO unit options as strengthening efforts continue
Lufthansa Group is still evaluating whether to carry out a partial divestment of its MRO business despite progress on improving its balance sheet.
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Atlas Air tops $1b in quarterly revenues for first time
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings reported strong third-quarter results as the demand for air freight transportation continues to outstrip supply, and problems with ground-based shipping networks are slowing down the global supply chain.
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Belarusian An-12 crashes during approach to Irkutsk
Russian investigators have opened a probe into an accident which destroyed a Belarusian-registered Antonov An-12BK in the vicinity of Irkutsk. The aircraft was operated by the carrier Aircompany Grodno – located in the city of Grodno, in western Belarus – and was conducting a freight service from Keperveyem to Yakutsk ...
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Lufthansa capacity to top 70% of pre-crisis levels in 2022 as US demand booms
Lufthansa Group expects its capacity to increase to more than 70% of pre-crisis levels next year as it flags strong demand in the key transatlantic market, particularly in premium cabins.
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Restructured Eurowings leads profit recovery for Lufthansa passenger units
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr believes the Covid crisis has accelerated the recovery of Eurowings, the low-cost unit it now expects to continue in profit after reaching that milestone in the third quarter.
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Departing with ice contamination 'normalised' before fatal West Wind ATR 42 crash
Canadian investigators believe the unsafe practice of departing from remote airports with a degree of icing contamination on critical surfaces had become normalised, before a fatal accident involving a West Wind ATR 42-300 at Fond-du-Lac. This normalisation resulted partly from the inadequacy of de-icing equipment or services at these remote ...
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EASA to examine safety concerns and risk-mitigation for single-pilot operations
Safety aspects of two potential scenarios for single-pilot operations in commercial aircraft are to be assessed under a new research project initiated by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. The project is intended to provide a “qualitative and quantitative” assessment of the main safety hazards as well as examine whether ...
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Lufthansa sees positive trend after returning to profit in third quarter
Lufthansa Group posted a positive adjusted operating profit for first since the pandemic and expects to avoid cash drain in the seasonally tough final quarter of the year.
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AirAsia logistics unit takes first freighter, eyes Airbus orderbook conversion
AirAsia Group’s logistics arm Teleport is considering converting a ‘meaningful chunk’ of AirAsia’s massive order book to freighters in the future, as it takes delivery of its first dedicated cargo aircraft.
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IndiGo sees strong demand as international routes open up
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is seeing strong demand on international routes as they start to open up with India’s emergence from the pandemic.
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US bankruptcy court approves Avianca reorganisation plan
A US court has confirmed Colombian flag carrier Avianca’s reorganisation plan, clearing the way for the airline to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings by the end of the year.
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Vietnam Airlines eyes scheduled USA flights from end-November
Vietnam Airlines expects to commence scheduled direct flights between Vietnam and the USA from end-November, after it secures regulatory approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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FAA proposes to extend required rest for flight attendants
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving forward with a rule mandating that airline flight attendants be given at least an extra hour of rest following duty periods.
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Air Canada recovery ‘decisively underway’
Air Canada’s post-coronavirus recovery progressed in the third quarter after Canada relaxed travel restrictions and travellers began booking air travel in higher numbers.
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European budget carriers retain traffic momentum in October
Wizz Air passenger levels remained steady at just under 3 million in October as stronger travel demand was sustained into the shoulder season.
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JAL narrows operating loss amid challenging first half
Japan Airlines (JAL) posted an operating loss of Y142 billion ($1.25 billion) for the first half of its 2021 financial year, an improvement on its operating loss of Y219 billion a year earlier.