All Airlines articles – Page 296
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Clark: Don’t write off A380, but global vaccine crucial
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark expects the Airbus A380 will continue to be a “hugely potent” tool but this will hinge on the roll-out of a vaccine programme
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TUIfly plans job and fleet cuts: union
German leisure carrier TUIfly intends to cut around 700 jobs and approximately halve its fleet in response to the coronavirus crisis, according to pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit.
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IAG and Ryanair threaten legal challenge to UK’s quarantine plan
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways parent IAG, has disclosed that the group is considering legal action over the UK government’s mandatory two-week quarantine for travellers arriving in the country from 8 June.
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Boeing modifying 777 fuel indicator after in-flight discrepancy incidents
Boeing is developing a modification for passenger and freighter 777s after the discovery of a fuel discrepancy problem involving the centre wing tank. The modification follows at least 25 instances of disparity between the aircraft’s fuel-quantity indicator for the centre tank and the uplifted amount from refuelling trucks – after ...
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Croatia Airlines studies potential Ljubljana base
Croatia Airlines has held preliminary talks with Slovenian government and airport officials over potentially beginning flights from Ljubljana.
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SAS to operate most initial flights from Copenhagen
Scandinavian carrier SAS will resume services on 21 short-haul routes this month, operating the majority of them from Copenhagen.
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Lufthansa chief indicates interest in future part-sale of MRO arm
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr is not ruling out a possible future part-sale of the airline’s MRO arm, but stresses that the group intends to remain the majority shareholder as the technical division is “close to our heart”.
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EasyJet and Wizz among first to adopt new EASA protocol
Aegean Airlines, EasyJet and Wizz Air have become the first carriers to sign up to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s protocol of measures aimed at ensuring the safe restoration of air services.
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American to operate 55% of its 2019 domestic network this summer
American Airlines’ domestic schedule will soon exceed 50% of its prior-year level for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hammered travel demand.
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Middle East carriers aim to get back on track
Much of the attention on airlines in the Middle East during the coronavirus crisis has focused on the big three Gulf operators and the struggles of Israeli carrier El Al.
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How the airline industry has been hit by the crisis
After years of record traffic growth and unprecedented profitability, the airline industry is facing the sharpest and most sustained fall in air traffic demand as the coronavirus pandemic has brought international travel to a virtual standstill.
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Collins says contactless is the new king
Collins Aerospace believes contactless biometrics and other hygiene-related technologies will be in high demand, as the air transport industry emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. LeAnn Ridgeway is vice-president of Collins Aerospace, itself a unit of Raytheon Technologies. Ridgeway is also part of an internal task force looking at ways industry ...
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Judge favours Boeing in court tussle with Volga-Dnepr
A US federal judge has sided with Boeing in a dispute with the UK division of cargo airline Volga-Dnepr, striking down the airline’s request that Boeing be barred from selling four cargo jets to other customers.
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Berlin’s Tegel airport to remain open until November
The operator of Berlin’s Tegel International airport, the primary airfield for commercial passenger service to the German capital, has decided to keep the cold-war era field open through October as travel restrictions ease following the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Armenian carriers blacklisted over weak certification and monitoring
All Armenian carriers have been blacklisted by the European Commission, after more than six months of discussions with the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia over safety concerns relating to its oversight capability. Two Armenian airlines – Aircompany Armenia and Armenia Airways – as well as the Civil Aviation Committee were ...
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USA bans Chinese carriers from mid-June
The US Department of Transportation has banned Chinese airlines from flying to the USA from mid-June in retaliation for a Chinese order that US officials say effectively prohibits US airlines from resuming China flights.
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SMBC eyes purchase and leaseback opportunities as airlines face finance crunch
SMBC Aviation Capital’s efforts to support customers impacted by the coronavirus crisis have included purchase and leaseback deals where airlines are in need of financial support.
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IATA sees April as turning point in Covid-19 crisis
April may have brought the beginnings of a recovery in global airline traffic after its obliteration at the hands of the coronavirus, IATA has suggested.
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Latin carriers feel the pain as crisis deepens
That Latin America’s two biggest operators LATAM Airlines and Avianca have both been forced to file for bankruptcy protections shows the extent to which carriers in the region have quickly found themselves under pressure during the pandemic.
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Greece halts Qatar flights after positive Covid-19 tests
Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar until mid-June after 12 passengers arriving in Athens on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha tested positive for Covid-19.