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NewsANA enters codeshare agreement with LCC affiliate Peach
ANA Holdings’ subsidiaries mainline carrier All Nippon Airways and budget airline Peach will begin a codeshare agreement in late August.
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NewsAmerican to fly A321XLRs across Atlantic from Philadelphia
American Airlines intends to deploy incoming Airbus A321XLRs on transatlantic routes from Philadelphia, and possibly also from cities like Boston, Charlotte and Chicago.
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NewsHi Fly A330 to perform flight tests with radical three-blade wing-tip concept
Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly is to use an Airbus A330 as a testbed for a wing-tip modification which is intended to reduce fuel burn on the type. The radical wing-tip design – branded ‘Trinitair’ – features three blades, set at different angles, and has been developed by German-based firm ...
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NewsWizz Air persists with fleet renewal despite travel crisis
Wizz Air ended the latest fiscal year with more aircraft in its fleet than it had forecast a year previously, despite the impact of the air transport crisis. The budget carrier had expected its fleet to expand from 121 to 131 aircraft over fiscal 2020-21 but the figure actually reached ...
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NewsRyanair loads take small step forward in May
Ryanair carried 1.8 million passengers in May, its highest amount since December but still well down on the 14 million it flew in the corresponding month before the crisis.
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NewsVietnam lifts international flight suspension to main gateways
Vietnam has abruptly reversed a decision to suspend inbound international flights to its main gateways of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, which were supposed to be in place for at least this week.
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NewsWizz plots course to full recovery but restrictions threaten more losses
Wizz Air chief Jozsef Varadi is warning that the company is likely to turn in a net loss for 2021-22 unless there is an “accelerated and permanent” lifting of pandemic restrictions. Varadi gave the outlook as the airline unveiled full-year net losses for 2020-21 of €576 million ($704 million), as ...
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NewsAir China names new president and executive director
Air China has promoted its vice-president Ma Chongxian to the position of president, effective 31 May.
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NewsEmbraer’s Eve nets launch order for 200 eVTOLs
Private urban air mobility (UAM) provider Halo has become the launch customer for Embraer’s Eve electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, after it ordered 200 examples.
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NewsAirAsia X gets shareholders' nod for restructuring
Beleaguered AirAsia X has gained shareholder approval to proceed with its corporate restructuring plan, as it reiterated its commitment to an operational restart “as soon as possible”.
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NewsArcher countersues Wisk, calls case ‘baseless’
Air taxi developer Archer Aviation has countersued competitor Wisk Aero, asking a federal judge to award damages stemming from Wisk’s April lawsuit.
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NewsBrazilian air force to cut its Embraer KC-390 order, citing pandemic fiscal constraints
The Brazilian air force plans to cut its order of 28 examples of the Embraer KC-390 Millennium transport due to the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Brasilia’s budget.
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NewsEurocontrol forecasts 2021 air traffic in Europe at 50% of pre-crisis level
The latest baseline projection from Eurocontrol shows European air traffic measured in flights reaching 50% of 2019 levels for the whole of 2021, following a “good increase” in traffic in the second half of the year.
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Paid contentBuild a new airline revenue engine with ecommerce shipping solution
“Just as airline ticketing technology evolved almost two decades ago, enabling a direct connection between the passenger and the airline’s distribution networks, SmartKargo technology now provides a similar business solution for the airline cargo business. The transactional solution connects directly with an online retailer at the e-commerce ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo orders another Boeing 777 freighter
Lufthansa Cargo has placed an order for another Boeing 777 freighter.
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NewsVolotea sees capacity 30% above pre-crisis levels this summer
European carrier Volotea expects to lift seat capacity by around a third this summer compared to its pre-Covid peak in 2019 fuelled by the addition of 70 new routes.
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NewsStobart Air sale delayed after buyer hits financing hurdle
The proposed sale of regional operator Stobart Air and Carlisle Lake District airport has hit turbulence after the buyer’s proposed financing for the deal fell through.
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NewsATP operators told to replace throttle cables to prevent jamming
Operators of British Aerospace ATP turboprops are set to be ordered to replace engine power-control cables after incidents in which throttle levers have either jammed or been stiff to move. The UK Civil Aviation Authority says a “number of events” of this nature have been reported by ATP operators, both ...
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NewsEASA all-weather operations revision aims to increase airport accessibility
Europe’s aviation safety authority is proposing a regulatory revision intended to increase the number of medium-sized airports accessible to flights, by updating all-weather operations frameworks. This revision will take account of new technological advances to support safe operations to airports in low-visibility conditions. “While large aerodromes are, for the most ...
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Paid contentTowards emissions-free aviation: Hydrogen is the future
As the industry paves the way for emissions-free flight, MTU Aero Engines has high hopes for hydrogen and sees three possible uses for it: As a fuel it should be used right away. Direct combustion in gas turbines is also possible as well as converting it into electricity by means ...