All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 242
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Fastjet blames Zimbabwean volatility for persistent losses
Fastjet Group is predicting full-year net losses of $7-8 million, which it attributes to volatility affecting its Zimbabwean operation, a division it is looking to divest.
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Fastjet looks to sell Zimbabwe arm to avert funding crisis
African budget carrier Fastjet Group is considering selling its Zimbabwe airline operation to raise capital, after disclosing that it is facing more funding pressure.
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El Al to test Melbourne route but complexity beckons
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is to test a service to the Australian city of Melbourne using Boeing 787s.
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Flydubai: Go-around training enhanced in wake of 737 crash
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai stresses that it has taken pro-active measures to reinforce operational safety in the aftermath of the fatal Boeing 737-800 accident at Rostov-on-Don, including enhanced training in spatial disorientation and go-around procedures.
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Norwegian axing long-haul services from two Nordic capitals
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is axing several transatlantic and Asian routes as a consequence of low demand and continuing problems with Rolls-Royce Trent engines on its Boeing 787s.
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Flydubai 737 crash not triggered by 'pitch-up' illusion
Investigators believe that somatogravic illusion did not trigger the fatal Flydubai Boeing 737-800 accident sequence at Rostov-on-Don but might have contributed to a critical error by the aircraft’s captain.
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El Al agrees to lease another three 737-800s
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has agreed to lease three more Boeing 737-800s, with the first to be delivered in December.
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Flydubai 737 crash captain mentally unprepared for go-around
Russian investigators believe the captain of a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 that crashed during a second go-around at Rostov-on-Don was psychologically unprepared for the manoeuvre and possibly suffering fatigue following a long hold.
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Lisbon restructures airspace to hike airport capacity
Portuguese air navigation service Nav Portugal has approved a project intended to increase the capacity of the capital’s Lisbon airport.
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Two CRJ900s apparently damaged by fuel truck at Dallas
Images have emerged of the aftermath of a serious ramp accident involving a fuel truck which appears to have struck two American Eagle Bombardier CRJ900s at Dallas-Fort Worth.
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El Al seals financing for first 787-8
Israeli carrier El Al has signed for the financing of its first Boeing 787-8, which is scheduled for delivery during November.
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Turkish Airlines rejigs A321neo and 737 fleet plan
Turkish Airlines has again shuffled its short-haul fleet expansion, with fewer Airbus A321neos arriving in 2020 and additional Boeing 737-800s being introduced.
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Two-thirds of Finnair flights cancelled after postal strike
Finnair is being forced to cancel two-thirds of its flight owing to disruption from a labour dispute involving the country’s postal service.
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Air Peace chief denies US money laundering charges
Nigerian carrier Air Peace’s chief executive, Allen Onyema, and director Ejiro Eghagha have strenuously denied allegations of fraud after they were charged by US authorities.
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New Air Tanzania Dash 8-400 seized before delivery flight
Tanzania’s foreign ministry has disclosed that Air Tanzania’s latest De Havilland Dash 8-400 has been seized in Canada before its delivery flight to the carrier’s base.
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Airbus is undertaking repairs to a British Airways Airbus A350-1000 after the twinjet was damaged during the final stages of the production process.
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SAA agrees conditional wage rise to end strike
South African Airways has reached a conditional agreement to end the week-long industrial action initiated by two of the carrier’s unions.
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Tajikistan's Somon Air signs for E2 lease
Tajik carrier Somon Air is to lease a pair of Embraer 190-E2 re-engined regional jets, moving away from its current all-Boeing 737 fleet.
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Turkish 737 veered off runway before gear collapse: inquiry
Ukrainian investigators believe the Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 which suffered a gear collapse at Odessa had initially veered off the runway while landing.
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SAA faces legal bid to force court-appointed rescue
South African trade union Solidarity is making a legal bid to have embattled flag carrier South African Airways placed under formal business rescue.