All Airlines articles – Page 257
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United extends point-to-point flights to Florida
In an effort to capture more of the leisure travel market while keeping its fleet active, United Airlines will extend its offering of point-to-point connections between the Northeast and Midwest USA to Florida beyond the winter holiday season.
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Denmark and Sweden up SAS stakes to 22% in recapitalisation
The Danish and Swedish governments have each agreed to increase their stakes in SAS to 21.8% under the Scandinavian carrier’s SKr14.25 billion ($1.62 billion) recapitalisation plan, which has now been finalised. SAS obtained approval from both governments in August for its revised recapitalisation plan, which was originally disclosed on 30 ...
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Travel-warning removals prompt airline returns to Canary Islands
European airlines are increasing capacity to the Canary islands after the UK and German governments lifted travel warnings for the Spanish archipelago
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State to recapitalise Finnish airports operator as traffic slumps
Finland is to provide a €350 million ($414 million) recapitalisation of state-owned airports operator Finavia amid the continued slump in air traffic demand. Passenger traffic remained 90% down in September across Finavia’s airports and 92% down at its biggest gateway, Helsinki. In response, Finavia will shut one of the three ...
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Paris airports operator cuts full-year traffic hopes on second wave
Paris airports operator Groupe ADP has lowered its traffic expectations for the remainder of the year and now expects passenger levels across its Parisian airports to be between 65% and 70% down on 2019. The company detailed the fresh outlook, which reflects the resurgence of the Covid-19 outbreak across Europe, ...
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Domestic travel green shoots in New Zealand, Australia
Air New Zealand is relaunching its mystery holiday packages, showing how domestic travel remains a key focus in the region while Covid-19 continues to decimate international travel. Domestic travel is virtually the only way airlines in the Asia-Pacific region can get passengers to board their aircraft these days. In both ...
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Malaysia Airports sues AirAsia X for MYR78.2 million in unpaid charges
Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB) is claiming against AirAsia X MYR78.2 million ($19 million) in unpaid aeronautical charges. The operator group’s wholly owned subsidiary Malaysia Airports (Sepang) has filed a writ of summons and statement of claim in the Kuala Lumpur High court on 22 October, it says in a same-day ...
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Qantas eyes pivot to Asia destinations in Covid-19 recovery
Qantas is eyeing new international destinations and a larger share of Australia’s domestic market as it emerges from the Covid-19 crisis, company executives said today. The airline is keeping an eye on the potential for travel bubbles with parts of Asia, chairman Richard Goyder said at the flag carrier’s annual ...
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Virgin Australia board resigns en masse
Nine members of Virgin Australia’s board, including chairperson Elizabeth Bryan, have tendered or indicated their resignations, while the airline finalises a sale to Bain Capital. Bryan and five others – Trevor Bourne, Kenneth Dean, Allan Houston, Judith Swales, and Marvin Tan – have resigned as the company’s directors effective 20 ...
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Lion Air tries new approach with lessors
Lion Air has approached its lessors with an alternative proposal for their leased aircraft on the back of their feedback on its requests for by-the-hour arrangements, according to sources and an email seen by Cirium. The Indonesian carrier is proposing a four-part plan, involving the partial payment of rentals over ...
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Thai pitches simplified fleet and rental haircuts: sources
Thai Airways International has outlined a broad plan to its lessors that would involve reductions in both its total fleet size and the number of aircraft types it operates, plus haircuts for lessors, sources have revealed. The flag carrier’s chief financial officer presented the proposals during a 21 October virtual ...
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Southwest reports record loss, addresses fleet changes and travel rebound
Southwest Airlines, the last of the four major US airlines to report third-quarter results, posted a record loss for the period but remains optimistic that the worst of the downturn has passed and that demand is rebounding.
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Alberta to ease quarantine requirements to passengers arriving in Calgary
Canada has taken the first tentative steps of easing its coronavirus quarantine rules, rolling out a programme aimed at allowing air passengers arriving in Calgary to sidestep quarantine requirements.
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Israeli-Gulf flights to expand with Bahrain air services pact
Israel’s government has sealed an air services agreement with the kingdom of Bahrain, complementing its recent similar pact with the United Arab Emirates. The agreement will allow operators from each side to carry out up to 14 weekly services between the Bahraini capital, Manama, and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. ...
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American posts $2.4bn loss in Q3, retires all A330s
American Airlines reported a staggering third-quarter loss and announced additional fleet retirements as it joins industry peers in lurching toward a new normal following the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ex-British Airways 747-400 to be preserved as UK film set
One of British Airways’ recently-retired Boeing 747-400s is to be preserved as a film set at an airfield 40km south of London Heathrow. The aircraft (G-CIVW), manufactured in 1998, was parked in March having served its entire commercial life with the UK operator. It will be transferred on 22 October ...
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Alaska reports market improvement despite $431m Q2 loss
Alaska Air Group lost $431 million in the third quarter of 2020, though the company insists its passenger and financial figures continue improving month by month.
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Lufthansa Cargo plans ‘extensive and dense’ winter operation
Lufthansa Cargo plans to operate an “extensive and dense” freighter network during the winter season as air freight demand has held up amid the pandemic.
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Condor to exit ‘protective shield’ in November
Condor has disclosed that its creditors have approved a plan for it to leave ‘protective shield’ proceedings at the end of November as a “healthy company”.
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Indian regional Alliance Air posts first profit prior to pandemic
Air India regional unit Alliance Air posted its first ever operating profit in the year immediately prior to the global pandemic hitting air travel demand.