All Middle East news – Page 59
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NewsClark: 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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NewsClark to continue Emirates involvement as retirement looms
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark is due to step down this month and with no successor yet publically identified, he confirms his involvement with the airline will continue.
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NewsClark: Cash-flow concerns likely to seriously impact new aircraft demand
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark expects the coronavirus-related cash flow crisis will result in a significant number of order deferrals and cancellations as airlines wrestle with the size and shape of their fleets.
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NewsEmirates’ Clark expecting tough 2020 then slow near-term recovery
Industry will have to “tough it out” for the remainder of this year as it reels from the coronavirus pandemic, but Clark is optimistic that business will begin to improve gradually during 2021.
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NewsEmirates concludes that job cuts are required as coronavirus takes toll
Emirates plans to cut an unspecified number of jobs as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll on the Gulf carrier. The Dubai-based airline said on 31 May that it has come to the conclusion that “we unfortunately have to say goodbye to a few of the wonderful people that worked ...
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NewsWake-vortex crash probe baffled by tight separation decision
Investigators have not been able to explain why the captain of a Diamond Aircraft DA62 calibration flight repeatedly breached minimum separation distances from commercial traffic at Dubai before a fatal wake-turbulence accident. Analysis of the accident sequence indicates the UK Flight Calibration Services DA62, conducting approaches to runway 30L, had ...
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NewsKuwait Airways to lay off 1,500 staff
Kuwait Airways is to shed 1,500 foreign personnel in response to the problems presented by the coronavirus crisis. The flag-carrier states that the “difficult decision” follows the “great hardships that the company is facing” as a result of the impact on the air transport sector. As a result of the ...
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NewsPIA A320 crashes near Karachi
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has expressed shock after an aircraft operated by flag-carrier Pakistan International Airlines crashed in a built-up area of Karachi. Khan says that PIA chief Arshad Malik is heading for the city following the accident involving an Airbus A320 arriving from Lahore. “[An] immediate inquiry will ...
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NewsSaab 2000 lands secretive AEW&C deal
Saab has secured an SKr1.6 billion ($165 million) order for an undisclosed number of its Saab 2000 Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft.
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NewsOutbreak interrupts El Al 747-400 powerplant sale
El Al is renegotiating the sale of a batch of Boeing 747-400 engines after the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak interrupted the original agreement. The Israeli flag-carrier withdrew its 747-400 fleet from service last year. All the aircraft were fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines. It reached an ...
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NewsEl Al awaiting final 787 as it cancels 737 leases
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has yet to take delivery of its final Boeing 787, while the airline shuffles its current fleet as part of efforts to reduce cash burn. The carrier’s rejig includes cancelling a lease for two more Boeing 737-800s, it has disclosed in a newly-released full-year financial statement. ...
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NewsEl Al still discussing loan with carrier's survival at stake
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has warned that the survival of the airline is uncertain as it seeks to secure urgent funding to cope with the coronavirus crisis. In its belated full-year financial statement, El Al says a loan is “essential” and that the are “significant doubts” about the continued existence ...
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NewsSaudi contract reboots Boeing SLAM ER production
Boeing has secured a US Navy contract to provide 650 AGM-84 Stand-off Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) missiles to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi acquisition was listed in a $1.97 billion Foreign Military Sales contract announcement that provides for the missiles as well as upgrade work for the weapon. ...
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NewsEl Al in line for conditional support from government
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has received a preliminary indication that the government is prepared to provide support to the airline but with conditions attached. El Al had been in talks over a commercial loan with state-backed guarantee, after being turned down for an assistance package from the ministry of finance. ...
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NewsEmirates Group expects at least 18-month crisis recovery
Middle Eastern operator Emirates Group is expecting that recovery from the coronavirus crisis will take at least 18 months, as it braces for a “huge impact” on its 2020-21 performance. The Dubai-based company’s passenger operations were suspended a few days before the close of its financial year on 31 March, ...
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NewsUSA approves $2.3bn refurbishment package for 43 of Egypt’s AH-64E Apaches
The helicopters would be used to put down a Bedouin insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula.
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NewsQatar Airways to make ‘substantial’ job cuts
Qatar Airways is to axe a “substantial number” of jobs as the global aviation industry faces a “grim” global outlook with no foreseeable improvement, the airline’s chief executive has told employees.
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NewsQatar 787 drifts into A350 after being spun by Doha gale
Qatar Airways states that a Boeing 787-8 and Airbus A350-900 belonging to the carrier suffered only minor damage after the 787 was spun by strong winds and drifted into contact with the adjacent parked A350. Surveillance video indicates the stationary 787 initially weathercocked some 90° to the left as a ...
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NewsEl Al sells three 737-800s to ease financial pressure
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has reached a sale-and-leaseback agreement with an unidentified foreign company covering three Boeing 737-800s. The airline, which has been seeking to shore up its finances, says it signed a memorandum of understanding for the transaction on 23 April. El Al has not identified the specific airframes ...
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NewsEtihad open to ‘constructive’ talks on Virgin Australia restart
Virgin Australia’s biggest shareholder Etihad Airways says dealing with the coronavirus impact on its own business meant it was unable to provide further funding to the carrier, but that it remains open to “constructive discussions” over its potential restart.