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NewsSingapore Airlines confirms NokScoot returning leased aircraft
Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it is taking back Boeing 777-200s it is leasing to joint venture airline NokScoot. NokScoot said on 24 June that it will return three aircraft to their lessor by the end of June, as part of a rationalisation of its business amid the pressures of ...
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NewsUS airlines pledge to refund fares of travellers denied boarding due to fever
Major US airlines have promised to refund the cost of tickets for passengers who are denied boarding because of elevated temperatures, which could be a symptom of coronavirus.
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NewsAir Canada chief executive blasts government for maintaining travel restrictions
Air Canada’s chief executive Calin Rovinescu excoriated the government of Canada for maintaining draconian coronavirus-prompted travel restrictions across the country, hindering the air transport industry’s ability to return to any semblance of normal operations.
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Airline BusinessQantas ends its long, long affair with the 747
A half century of aviation history ended at Qantas with the premature retirement of its last six Boeing 747-400ERs.
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NewsQantas to retire 747s immediately, axe 6,000 staff in three-year recovery plan
The Qantas Group will be retiring its fleet of six Boeing 747s immediately — six months ahead of schedule — and ground 100 aircraft for up to a year, as part of cost saving measures that will also see about 20% of its employees axed. Taken together, Qantas says the ...
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NewsIATA calls for layered alternative to quarantine
IATA has highlighted research findings that quarantine effectively shuts down passenger demand for air travel, and is urging governments to adopt a variety of alternative measures to minimise the risk of importing coronavirus via infected passengers. The airline association’s proposed framework consists of measures to prevent sick people from traveling ...
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NewsWestJet permanently cuts more than 3,000 jobs
Canada’s WestJet has permanently cut more than one third of its remaining workforce as the effects of the pandemic force the airline to reduce and outsource services in an effort to continue cutting costs.
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NewsEasyJet to reinforce cash position with expanded share issue
UK budget carrier EasyJet is aiming to raise £400-450 million through issuing new shares equating to just under 15% of the current share capital. Up to 59.54 million shares will be placed through an immediate accelerated bookbuilding process. EasyJet has started restoring flight operations after an 11-week grounding. It says ...
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NewsIATA sees industry billings system holding firm
IATA believes its billings and settlements plan (BSP) system that supports air travel industry transactions has held firm during the liquidity strain facing airlines and travel agents during the Covid-19 crisis.
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NewsCongressional watchdog urges DOT to create coronavirus prevention plan
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has again recommended the US Department of Transportation (DOT) develop a national aviation preparedness plan to respond to communicable diseases like the coronavirus pandemic which brought the air transport industry to a near-standstill earlier this year.
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NewsTurkey’s SunExpress to axe German airline operation
German-Turkish leisure carrier SunExpress is shutting its German division as part of a revamp of its operations which includes concentrating on its core business. Although SunExpress has gradually resumed flights since 1 June, restoring both domestic and international services, it says the coronavirus crisis “hit hard” during April and May. ...
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NewsAirlines benefit from Hong Kong wage subsidy scheme
Several airlines are to receive wage subsidies from the Hong Kong government, though the city’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways is not among the first tranche of companies to be approved for the scheme. Taipei Taoyuan-based China Airlines, with a “committed headcount under payroll” of 222 in Hong Kong, has ...
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NewsSpirit cuts 737 production again, warns of financial fallout
Spirit AeroSystems has again slashed its expected output of Boeing 737 fuselages and other components to just 72 shipments in 2020, while warning it could breach financial agreements before year-end.
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NewsAir Canada raises additional C$1.23bn in cash
Air Canada has raised additional liquidity to help keep itself afloat as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.
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AnalysisLayoffs expected when pay support ends for US carriers
Air travel may not return to pre-coronavirus levels until at least 2023, so US carriers are making plans to downsize their employee base, echoing the warnings of transportation analysts that the industry is “staff heavy” for the market reeling from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsDelta resumes flights to China this week
Delta Air Lines will resume flights between the US and China, the first US carrier to do so since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, as travel restrictions and regulatory sparring between the two countries’ aviation authorities ease.
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Airline BusinessBy the numbers: coronavirus effect on the global fleet
At its peak, the coronavirus crisis saw more than two-thirds of mainline passenger aircraft worldwide being parked. How many of the older jets will ever return to service is in question
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NewsDe Juniac sees fresh state role in airlines as short-term measure
IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac expects those governments that have taken stakes to help prop up cash-strapped airlines during the crisis will not be long-term investors in the carriers.
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NewsDHL orders freighter conversion of 767s
Germany’s DHL International is ordering conversion of up to four Boeing 767-300ERs to freighters to gain additional cargo capacity in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. The twinjets are set to be converted at the facilities of Israel Aerospace Industries. Neither DHL nor IAI has detailed the airframes involved in ...
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NewsIndia sets two conditions for resumption of international flights
India will restart international flights only once its domestic traffic reaches 50-60% of pre-Covid-19 levels, and that other countries loosen travel restrictions, India’s civil aviation minister has said. “We can start regular international flights when our domestic traffic reaches about 50-60%, [and] other countries open up to international traffic without ...