All Airlines articles – Page 194
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News
AirAsia Group logistics arm to add six narrowbody freighters
The logistics arm of the AirAsia Group plans to obtain additional narrowbody freighters over the next two years.
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Southwest is ‘delighted’ with recovery progress
Southwest Airlines is “very delighted” with the post-coronavirus crisis rebound in air travel and has not yet seen any indication that the more-contagious “Delta variant” has had any effect on business.
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Alaska Airlines ‘on the path to profitability’
Alaska Air Group narrowed its loss in the second quarter of 2021, as passenger demand rose in line with the entire air transport industry.
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Icelandair signs with Universal Hydrogen for potential Dash 8 conversion
Icelandair is to work with Universal Hydrogen to examine the potential for conversion of the carrier’s De Havilland Canada turboprops to hydrogen-electric power – the latest in a string of deals for the US clean-fuel start-up.
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Government aid pushes American to small second-quarter profit
American Airlines achieved a profit of $19 million in the second quarter of the year as the airline ramps up its operations in the face of dramatically increased leisure demand.
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Opinion
Can Kirby deliver on United’s vision of the future?
United Airlines has been on an order spree, assembling the building blocks it thinks will be required for 21st century air travel. Is chief executive Scott Kirby a visionary or a gambler?
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Analysis
Embraer waits on market return to boost E175-E2 sales
The smallest member of Embraer’s E2 family, the E175-E2, has a long road ahead if it is to embark on the same path to success as its larger siblings, the E195-E2 and the E190-E2.
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Qatar Airways chief dangles freighter launch order interest to Airbus and Boeing
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker has indicated he is ready to place a launch order for a new freighter with Boeing or Airbus by the end of the third quarter, though he added the caveat that the carrier would need to see concerns around the A350 settled before ...
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Boeing integrates Superjet data into its flight-performance calculation tool
Boeing is integrating aircraft capability data for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 into the US airframer’s performance tool platform to enable improvement to the type’s take-off and landing operations.
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American ups pilot hiring targets due to rapidly increasing demand
American Airlines will hire 350 new pilots this year, up from 300, as the industry recovery accelerates following the year-long coronavirus crisis.
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United ‘bullish’ about business and international travel rebound
United Airlines executives are “bullish” about the carrier’s post-coronavirus recovery trajectory, and expect the business travel segment to accelerate significantly in the coming months.
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Asymmetric braking cited after Pegas Fly 767 excursion at Simferopol
Russian investigators have determined that pilots of a Pegas Fly Boeing 767-300ER lost directional control of the aircraft on landing at Simferopol after applying asymmetric braking on a wet runway in a crosswind. The aircraft (VP-BMC), with the first officer flying, touched down on runway 19 – which has a ...
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Canada’s WestJet declines federal aid
WestJet, Canada’s second largest airline, says it is “not actively pursuing financial support from the federal government” to help it navigate through the Covid-19 crisis
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Aeromexico continues a steady recovery in Q2
Grupo Aeromexico, the parent company of Mexico’s legacy carrier, says the airline continued steadily recovering from the coronavirus crisis during the second quarter of the year, as both domestic and international travel contributed to narrowing its financial loss.
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United's Q2 ‘exceeded expectations’ as business travel returns
United Airlines says its second quarter results “largely exceeded original expectations” as business and international travel began to make a stronger return in addition to leisure travellers’ run on tickets for the beginning of the summer holiday travel period.
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JetBlue and American start next phase of Northeast Alliance
JetBlue Airways and American Airlines have launched the next phase of their so-called Northeast Alliance (NEA), together offering more than 700 daily flights from Boston and New York.
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Investigators probe double engine failure before An-28 crash
Dual engine failure preceded the crash of an PZL-Mielec An-28 in the Tomsk region of Russia, investigators have disclosed. Flight-recorder information is being extracted to assist the probe into the 16 July accident which all 18 occupants survived, although some sustained injuries – including the captain, who suffered fractures. The ...
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Airbus develops mobile interactive A320 cockpit for pilot training
Airbus has developed a cockpit-training platform for the A320 family which is designed to support initial and recurrent training for pilots through mobile devices and cloud technology. It is planning to extend this capability – known as ‘MATe Suite’, for Mobile Airbus Training experience – to the A350 and A330 ...
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In depth
Heart swells as market for electric aircraft sparks into life
Swedish start-up grabbed headlines with triple-digit orders from United Airlines and Mesa Airlines for developmental all-electric 19-seater, but chief executive Anders Forslund believes the benefits of battery power will drive sales higher.
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EasyJet turns to EU network as it lifts capacity to 60% for key summer months
European low-cost carrier EasyJet expects to fly 60% of its pre-crisis capacity in the three months ending 30 September after operating less than a fifth of capacity in the previous quarter.