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NewsAegean to restore 80% of capacity as losses narrow
Aegean Airlines’ losses almost halved year on year in the first quarter of 2021, and the Greek carrier aims to restore 75-80% of its capacity in the third quarter.
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NewsIndustry keeps pressure on as travel restrictions eased for UK residents
UK airline industry bodies have welcomed as a first step government moves to allow quarantine-free travel from 19 July for fully-vaccinated UK residents returning to England from countries classified as “amber” under its traffic light system.
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NewsMore than 70 airlines trialling IATA Travel Pass
More than 70 airlines are at various stages of trialling the IATA Travel Pass, the mobile application developed to help smooth the processing of passengers’ travel health credentials.
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NewsJet2 waits on summer demand after losses in pandemic-hit year
UK leisure carrier Jet2 continues to have “limited visibility” for the key summer period and the coming winter season as it eyes a pick-up in travel demand after posting an operating loss of £373.8 million ($463.9 million) for the pandemic-hit year to March 2021.
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NewsLow-cost, long-haul Flypop expects surge in demand for Indian flights
UK-based start-up says country’s extensive diaspora not being served by existing airlines and plans to launch services as soon as travel restrictions are lifted
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NewsTwo months after launch, Avelo cuts destination cities, raises prices
Just over two months after launching operations, US startup carrier Avelo Airlines is pulling back service to several of its launch cities, and raising prices.
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NewsUS travel lobby groups urge swift reopening to foreign visitors
Aviation and travel lobby groups have once again urged the US government to ease restrictions on foreign visitors as coronavirus case counts decline and vaccinations increase.
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NewsDebt-hit airlines may struggle to meet demand ramp-up: Walsh
IATA director general Willie Walsh believes a more cautious approach to network expansion from airlines battling to restore balance sheets ravaged by the crisis may mean capacity falls short of demand as travel restrictions are lifted.
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NewsIATA foresees healthy air cargo market beyond pandemic
IATA expects cargo demand to remain strong after global air freight volumes increased 9.4% in May over pre-crisis levels.
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NewsLufthansa Cargo converts two A321s to meet e-commerce demand
Lufthansa Cargo is increasing its capacity in view of rising e-commerce demand by permanently converting two Airbus A321 passenger aircraft to freighters.
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NewsAurigny clarifies role in HyFlyer II programme
Channel Island-based Aurigny Air Services has identified the aircraft it is selling to advanced propulsion developer ZeroAvia as a 1985-built Dornier 228.
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NewsGaruda pilots applied dual pitch input before ATR’s bounced excursion
Pilots of a Garuda Indonesia ATR 72-600 applied dual pitch inputs just before the turboprop touched down on its nose-gear at Ende, bounced to the left, and touched down again on the runway shoulder before the crew diverted to Labuan Bajo. The aircraft’s approach to Ende’s runway 27 had been ...
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NewsUK carriers to demo fast-track lanes for vaccinated passengers at Heathrow
UK carriers British Airways and Virgin Altantic are working with London Heathrow airport to carry out proving trials aimed at demonstrating the smooth processing of fully vaccinated travellers entering the country.
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NewsProposed Russian labour revision aims to allow female civil aircraft engineers
Russian legislators are preparing documentation which aims to remove, from autumn this year, the prohibition preventing women from working as civil aircraft mechanics and engineers. Under Russian labour law there is a list of professions and occupations which either exclude or limit the employment of women. It features professions which ...
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NewsLeisure markets lead return in European flight activity
Greece, Turkey and Spain led the growth in flight activity across Europe over the past two weeks as Eurocontrol data illustrates leisure markets are benefiting most from the easing of travel restrictions in the region.
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NewsNo survivors after Kamchatka An-26 collided with steep cliff
None of the 28 occupants of an Antonov An-26 survived after the aircraft collided with high ground while attempting to land at Palana airport on the Kamchatka peninsula. The regional government has confirmed that the fatalities from the 6 July accident included six crew members: the two pilots, a navigator, ...
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NewsVietnam Airlines signs $87 million loan agreement with SeABank
Vietnam Airlines has signed a credit contract with Vietnam’s Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank for up to D2 trillion ($87 million).
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NewsWestJet names Diederik Pen as new COO
Canada’s WestJet has appointed former Wizz Air executive Diederik Pen to be its next chief operations officer.
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NewsKamchatka An-26 struck high terrain in poor weather: regional governor
Rescue personnel are having to deal with adverse weather and difficult terrain to reach the crash site of an Antonov An-26 which came down while attempting to land at Palana on the Kamchatka peninsula. The crash site is located 5km north of the town, says Kamchatka regional governor Vladimir Solodov, ...
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NewsNumber of US air travellers exceeded 2019 levels two days last week
More people travelled by air on two consecutive days around last weekend’s US Independence Day holiday weekend than did on the same days in pre-coronavirus 2019, the government agency responsible for airport security says.