All Airlines articles – Page 241
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NewsEASA embarks on comprehensive project to examine cabin-air toxicity risk
Europe’s air safety authority is initiating a project intended to address concerns about cabin air contamination, which will characterise chemical compounds entering the environmental control system from engine oil leakage or dislodged deposits. The three-year project – being put out to tender by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency – ...
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NewsRyanair to restore Shannon base next summer
Ryanair has confirmed it will reopen its base at Shannon airport this summer and called on the Irish government to act to incentivise travel to secure at capacity at Cork and Dublin.
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NewsPoland secures EC approval for LOT rescue package
European regulators have cleared the Polish government’s request to provide national carrier LOT Polish Airlines with around PLN2.9 billion ($787 million) in financial support under the temporary easing of state aid rules.
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NewsEC urges states to allow essential travel from the UK
European regulators are calling for a “coordinated approach” from states under which borders should remain open to essential travel from the UK rather than blanket bans which several countries around the world have implemented in response to the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus. The European Commission is ...
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NewsAlaska orders more Max jets to replace A320s
Alaska Airlines has ordered additional Boeing 737 Max jets as it targets phase-out of its Airbus A320ceo-family fleet by mid-2023.
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Airline BusinessWhich aircraft types did airlines fly for the last time in 2020?
Airlines phased out a series of aircraft types in 2020, some as part of planned renewals and others hastened departures accelerated by the impact of the global pandemic
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NewsEasyJet defers deliveries of 22 more A320neos
EasyJet has pushed back delivery of 22 more Airbus A320neo originally set for delivery during its next three financial years, meaning the airline is set to take 33 new aircraft over the coming four years.
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NewsSIA Group depletes over 80% of funds raised in June
SIA Group has utilised S$7.1 billion ($5.3 billion) of S$8.8 billion gross proceeds from a rights issue completed in June. The company most recently utilised $900 million between 14 October and 13 December, it said in a Singapore Exchange disclosure dated 21 December. Source: Greg Waldron/FlightGlobal An SIA ...
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NewsDelta, Virgin join British Airways in testing passengers from UK
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways will join British Airways in implementing pre-departure Covid-19 testing for passengers booked on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States.
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NewsUS airlines express relief at new coronavirus relief bill
US airlines have expressed relief after legislators in Washington, DC reached an agreement on a deal to extend payroll protections to aviation workers to the tune of $15 billion.
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NewsAeromexico is second carrier to resume 737 Max flights
Mexican flag carrier Aeromexico became the world’s second airline to return the beleaguered Boeing 737 Max to revenue service after a 20-month grounding following two fatal accidents.
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NewsCAA hits back as Ryanair blames ‘policy shift’ for cancelling UK routes
Irish carrier Ryanair cites a ’sudden change of policy’ from the Civil Aviation Authority for cancelling 12 UK domestic and non-European Union international routes, although the regulator insists it has a long-standing policy that UK-licensed operators should not heavily rely on wet-leasing foreign-registered aircraft for such services. Ryanair says the ...
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NewsBritish Airways will test all inbound passengers to New York at governor’s request
At the request of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, British Airways will be testing all New-York-bound passengers from the UK prior to departure as a new, more contagious mutation of the coronavirus rages in the southwest of England.
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NewsVallair A321s to undergo freighter conversion in China
Airbus A321 converted freighter pioneer Vallair has disclosed that nine of the type will undergo modification in China, at the ST Engineering facility in Guangzhou. The initial aircraft to be converted will be MSN1017, a CFM International CFM56-powered twinjet which was originally delivered to First Choice Airways in 1999. Vallair ...
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NewsUS lawmakers agree on long-awaited extension of financial aid
After months of negotiations, US lawmakers in Washington, DC have agreed on an additional $900 billion relief package that gives airlines $15 billion more in payroll support to help them manage through the ongoing coronavirus crisis
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Airline BusinessWill airline failures increase when crisis subsides?
One of the most striking aspects of what is the deepest and most sustained crisis to ever hit commercial air transport is that it has resulted in relatively few airline collapses thus far.
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NewsCanada and other countries bar flights from UK as virus fears spike
Canadian regulators have prohibited the operation of commercial passenger flights from the UK to Canada – a move coming after the UK announced it identified a new, faster-spreading strain of the Covid-19 virus. Several other countries, including France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands, have also banned flights from the ...
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NewsUnited to return Boeing 737 Max to service on 11 February
United Airlines plans to bring the Boeing 737 Max aircraft back into its schedule from 11 February, with departures out of its Denver and Houston hubs.
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NewsCanada’s OWG launches with initial flight to Cuba
The inaugural revenue flight of new Canadian airline OWG has taken off from Toronto’s Pearson International airport, headed to Santa Clara Abel Santamaria airport in Cuba.
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NewsHard-hit Latin American airlines set for an uneven recovery
Latin American airlines’ climb out of the coronavirus-driven downturn will likely be bumpier than their peers on other continents. Economic instability coupled with widely divergent travel restrictions, newly imposed taxes and a lack of government financial aid will make for an uneven recovery.