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NewsEasyJet to start restoring flights in mid-June
UK budget carrier EasyJet is to restore flights from 15 June, on a limited number of routes on which the airline believes it can maintain profitable operations. These services will primarily comprise domestic flights in the UK and France, the airline states. “Further routes will be announced over the coming ...
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NewsLufthansa Group nears deal for €9bn financing package
Lufthansa Group is holding advanced talks with the German economic stabilisation fund WSF for conditional assistance of up to €9 billion. The company says €3 billion of this assistance would take the form of a loan from bank KfW. Lufthansa Group says an agreement “has not yet been finalised”. It ...
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NewsEASA flight-resumption protocol warns of increased risk from unruly passengers
Europe’s safety regulator is warning of the potential for increased unruly behaviour from passengers after it drew up a safety protocol of measures intended to ensure safety during restoration of airline services. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the documentation jointly with the European Centre for Disease ...
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NewsGovernment puts R10bn aside for SAA in medium term
South Africa’s government has provisionally set aside R3.8 billion ($212 million) for troubled flag-carrier South African Airways and another R164 million for SA Express in the current fiscal year. Department of public enterprises deputy director general Kgathatso Tlhakudi gave the figure during a 20 May presentation before the parliamentary portfolio ...
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NewsAir France terminates A380 fleet with immediate effect
Air France has accelerated plans to phase out its Airbus A380 fleet and will retire the aircraft immediately rather than in 2022 as previously scheduled.
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NewsMajor lessors now hold substantial interests in Norwegian
Chinese-linked interests will hold significant shareholdings in Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian following a debt-to-equity conversion scheme established to shore up the company’s financial position. Norwegian’s new share capital amounts to nearly 3.07 billion shares following the conversion scheme. Leasing firm BOC Aviation – which is Singapore-based, but ultimately controlled by ...
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Airline BusinessCoronavirus clouds outlook for iconic 777-200/200ER
While the Boeing 777-200 series has been an airline icon for the last 25 years, the coronavirus pandemic is likely to accelerate its disappearance from the skies.
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NewsRolls-Royce overhaul primarily to affect UK civil aerospace
Rolls-Royce has increased its civil aerospace workforce by about one-third over the last 10 years, but admits that deep cuts in the sector will be necessary during its newly-unveiled restructuring. The company employs 26,100 personnel in the civil aerospace sector – accounting for about half its global workforce – with ...
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NewsRolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs largely in civil aerospace
Rolls-Royce is expecting to have to axe around 9,000 personnel – about 17% of its global workforce – in the aftermath of the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Its civil aerospace division will be “predominantly” affected, it says, following the severe deterioration of the air transport market. “We ...
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NewsAirbus opens dedicated A220 site in Mobile, starts JetBlue A220 assembly
Airbus has marked the opening of a new A220 final assembly site in Mobile, Alabama, a move the airframer says doubles its manufacturing presence in the city.
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NewsRescuers believe Comair has ‘reasonable’ chance of survival
South African carrier Comair’s business rescue practitioners believe there is a reasonable chance of the Johannesburg-based airline’s being saved. The airline’s board opted to enter business rescue on 4 May. Practitioners Shaun Collyer and Richard Ferguson met with creditors and employees on 19 May to outline the carrier’s position. They ...
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NewsPeruvian air force adds third 737 to transport fleet
Peru has placed a contract worth $3.75 million with Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based D&S Aviation for the supply of a second-hand Boeing 737-300 for the country’s air force.
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NewsRussian government lays out proposals to lift domestic civil aerospace
Russia’s government is proposing subsidise the operation of domestically-built aircraft, to reduce operating costs, and provide state guarantees to lessors to support the country’s civil aviation industry. President Vladimir Putin told senior politicians and airline industry leaders, via video conference on 13 May, that the proposal, running over 2020-21, would ...
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NewsEasyJet cybersecurity breach affects 9 million customers
UK budget carrier EasyJet is contacting customers after a serious cybersecurity breach which resulted in access to the personal information of 9 million travellers. Credit card details of just over 2,200 customers were accessed, the airline admits, and it has taken action to contact all of them to offer support. ...
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NewsPressured Utair cuts losses but coronavirus impact looms
Russian carrier Utair halved its pre-tax losses in the first quarter, despite initial effects from the coronavirus crisis, but the impact on the second quarter has yet to become clear. The financially-pressured carrier’s passenger numbers in April were down by nearly 90%. Utair disclosed in early March that it was ...
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NewsCebu Pacific reviews long-term fleet plans
Cebu Air, the parent company of Cebu Pacific, is reviewing its long-term fleet plans, and has begun discussions with suppliers “to establish flexibility to adapt to current events”. In line with anticpated lower aircraft utilisation in future, the company will also defer previously planned aircraft capital expenditures, it said in ...
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NewsAerion lays out vision for clean-energy supersonic and hypersonic flight
Fledgling airframer Aerion has much broader ambition than only developing its supersonic AS2 business jet.
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NewsRussian authority recommends flights operate half-empty
Russia’s federal consumer rights protection authority is recommending that aircraft should not carry more than half their total passenger capacity during the restoration of air traffic. The authority, Rospotrebnadzor, states that, during check-in, passengers should not be seated in “close proximity” to one another – including seats immediately in front ...
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NewsSAA rescuers given deadline to deliver business plan
South African Airways’ rescue practitioners have been instructed to produce a formal business plan for airline within 25 days, after a parliamentary standing committee expressed dissatisfaction with a draft publication. The standing committee on public accounts is also seeking a full schedule of fees from the practitioners, their advisers, and ...
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NewsRyanair Group expects €200m first-quarter loss
Ryanair Group is forecasting a loss of more than €200 million for the first quarter, double the figure it estimated at the beginning of May, with a smaller loss in the second. The company is forecasting that it will transport fewer than 80 million passengers for the fiscal year 2020-21 ...