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Airports saw 58% drop in passengers during first half of 2020
Worldwide airport passenger numbers were down 58.4% year on year during the first half of 2020 as the pandemic weighed on travel demand, according to ACI World data released today.
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More airport jobs cuts announced as UK studies testing initiative
MAG, the owner of London Stansted and Manchester airports, has become the latest UK airport operator to open talks with unions over cuts amid the continued slump in air traffic as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
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Qatar Airways adds new US link with San Francisco flights
Qatar Airways is to launch flights to San Francisco this December, adding the west coast city to its US network for the first time.
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Austrian cuts back winter capacity as Covid-19 cases rise
Austrian Airlines has become the latest European carrier to scale back winter capacity amid rising coronavirus infections and ongoing travel restrictions.
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Wizz Air to launch domestic Norwegian services
Wizz Air plans to establish a base at Oslo Gardermoen airport and operate domestic Norwegian services to Bergen, Tromso and Trondheim from early November.
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EasyJet Switzerland to cut two aircraft and 70 jobs
The unit has begun a formal consultation process on cuts at its Basel operation.
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Braathen to launch new Norwegian airline
A team led by experienced industry executive Erik Braathen is planning to launch an airline in Norway that reflects “the new economic reality”.
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Finnair cuts winter capacity to match reduced demand
Finnair has scaled back its flight schedule for the winter season, in response to weakened demand amid ongoing Covid-19-related travel restrictions. The Oneworld carrier states that between 25 October 2020 and 31 March 2021 it will operate 75 flights a day, down from 350 in the same period of 2019. ...
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Norwegian September passenger numbers at just 10% of 2019 levels
Norwegian carried just 320,000 passengers in September, less than 10% of the number it flew in the same month last year as the airline remains in hibernation mode. The low-cost carrier had flown 3.3 million passengers in September 2019. The reduction is even starker as measured in RPKs, as ...
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SpiceJet to launch A330neo flights to London in December
SpiceJet plans to operate nonstop Airbus A330neo flights from two points in India to London Heathrow from 4 December under an “air bubble” agreement.
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United to resume flights to more leisure destinations in November
United will resume 40 international routes in November, including many to leisure and beach destinations like Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Qatar Airways to serve 124 destinations by year-end
Middle Eastern operator Qatar Airways will resume flights to three South African cities on 3 October, and aims to rebuild its network to include 124 destinations by the end of this year.
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Ryanair traffic falls back down in September as restrictions hit
Passenger numbers fell back again in September at low-cost carrier Ryanair as increased travel restrictions halted the pick-up in air demand. Ryanair traffic levels had started increased in July and August after flatlining during the crisis peak of the coronavirus crisis amid a swathe of travel restrictions. Source: ...
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BA adds back Bahrain and South Africa as part of October expansion
British Airways today resumed flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Bahrain, part of a number restored routes as it steps up its network this month after suspending a swathe of services during the global pandemic.
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IATA calls on US jurisdictions to ditch quarantines
Aviation trade group IATA has called on US jurisdictions to eliminate quarantine requirements imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, advocating instead for systematic pre-departure testing protocols.
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Stobart focuses on cost cutting and Southend restart
Stobart Group, owner of London Southend airport and majority shareholder in Stobart Air, has indicated that its focus remains on minimising cash burn despite limited earnings from cargo operations and restarted passenger flights.
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Hawaiian resumes flights to US mainland and Japan
Hawaiian Airlines is restarting service to 10 US mainland destinations and Tokyo following the state of Hawaii’s partial reopening.
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Bidder drops out of running for Glasgow Prestwick airport
A preferred bidder for Glasgow Prestwick airport has pulled out, Scottish ministers have disclosed today.
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Air France to operate last flight from Tegel
Berlin’s airport operator has confirmed that Air France will conduct the last flight from the German capital’s Tegel airport on 8 November – 60 years after the French flag carrier became the first civilian operator at the former military airfield.
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Lufthansa cancels Indian flights amid route rights row
Lufthansa is calling for a temporary agreement between Germany and India after it was forced to cancel flights to the country until 20 October amid a row over access under the current travel bubble arrangements. Germany was one of several countries India negotiated a “travel bubble” agreement with in the ...