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NewsAir Baltic chief sees potential role for Airbus A321XLR
The Airbus A321XLR is of interest to Air Baltic in the longer term, according to the carrier’s chief executive Martin Gauss, as the carrier considers options to extend its reach.
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NewsWizz Air revisits fuel-hedging policy dropped during pandemic
Budget carrier Wizz Air is embarking on a return to fuel hedging having abandoned the policy during the pandemic in order to avoid future losses. Coverage levels are likely to range from 65% in the first quarter of the hedging horizon to 15% in the last. The airline says it ...
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NewsEasyJet consolidates flights to claw back operational reliability
UK budget carrier EasyJet is consolidating flights from various airports, cutting departures in order to counter operational problems caused by staffing and supply-chain issues during post-pandemic ramp-up. It says the industry is suffering personnel shortages, longer aircraft turnaround times, knock-on delays and cancellations. “A very tight labour market for the ...
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Airline BusinessAirline CEO changes in 2022 dominated by appointment of women and upheaval in India
The global airline executives gathering in Doha for this year’s IATA AGM will reflect recent trends including better gender diversity among incumbents and big changes at Indian carriers
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NewsGatwick airport caps summer flights amid operational woes
Gatwick airport will cap the number of flights operated from the facility in July and August, as it attempts to overcome the operational challenges that have dogged the air travel recovery in markets including the UK’s.
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Airline BusinessMood of cautious optimism as airline industry heads to IATA AGM
As the global airline industry gathers in Doha for this year’s IATA AGM, there is plenty to be positive about – and a growing list of headwinds
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NewsNetherlands to replace Hercules fleet with five Embraer C-390s
Embraer has secured a third European NATO nation as a customer for its C-390 tactical transport, with the Netherlands to acquire five as replacements for its aged Lockheed Martin C-130Hs.
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NewsAeroflot ties up with long-distance rail service to increase domestic connectivity
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is aiming to develop a more connected domestic network through a tie-up to enable combined air and rail travel. Aeroflot reached the agreement with Federal Passenger Company, which specialises in long-distance rail transport services, during a St Petersburg economic forum. The two sides will create a joint ...
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NewsEasyJet granted priority to take TAP remedy slots at Lisbon
Budget carrier EasyJet has been granted the priority position to negotiate the acquisition of up to 18 daily slots at Lisbon formerly used by Portuguese carrier TAP. The slots were made available under a €2.55 billion financial restructuring scheme for TAP agreed by the European Commission. EasyJet’s proposal for the ...
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NewsIcelandair signs preliminary deal to buy four 737 Max jets from Boeing’s built backlog
Icelandair has signed a letter of intent to acquire four Boeing 737 Max aircraft from the manufacturer’s backlog of built aircraft.
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NewsJolt from runway patch upset BA A319’s inertial reference system
UK investigators believe an uneven surface repair at Edinburgh airport caused jolting shock to the nose-gear of a departing British Airways Airbus A319, which subsequently suffered inertial reference system drift during its domestic flight to London Heathrow. The irregularity on runway 06 induced a sudden vertical load into the nose-gear, ...
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NewsHeart switches ES-19 certification to CS-25 category to meet US requirements
Heart Aerospace is changing the certification basis of its ES-19 all-electric aircraft, moving to a heavier weight category in order to better address the market, particularly in the USA, a decision that will result in the “most significant design change” to the type since the start of the programme.
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NewsSpain’s Air Nostrum plots introduction of UK airships for domestic services
Spain’s Air Nostrum Group has unveiled an extraordinary provisional agreement to acquire airships to operate commercial services in the country. It is reserving production slots for 10 examples of the Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10, with a view to taking delivery from 2026. Air Nostrum Group, which serves as a ...
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NewsAirbus embarks on A321XLR flight-test campaign with maiden sortie
Airbus has commenced the flight-test campaign for its long-range A321XLR variant after the initial prototype lifted off from Hamburg Finkenwerder. The aircraft, powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines, took off at about 11:05 on 15 June. It is carrying a crew of five, comprising two experimental test pilots and three ...
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NewsParis airports operator enters joint venture to offer hydrogen transformation services
Paris airports operator Groupe ADP is to tie up with energy technology firm Air Liquide in a joint venture to support development of hydrogen infrastructure for air transport. The venture – which will be equally-owned by both companies – will provide airports in France and elsewhere with the engineering and ...
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NewsSwiss operations resume after crippling air traffic control failure
Operations within Switzerland have started to resume after the airspace was forced to close, following a technical problem which affected the country’s air navigation service provider Skyguide. Skyguide had stated that it suffered a “technical malfunction” during the early hours of 15 June and the airspace was closed for safety ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: June 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsAirbridge punctured E190 after tractor incident prompted re-attachment
Operators of an airbridge punctured the fuselage of an Embraer 190 at Copenhagen, ironically after re-attaching it to allow the crew to check there had been no damage from a pushback tractor encounter. The aircraft, operated by Finnair’s Nordic Regional Airlines, had arrived on stand A11 on 7 February this ...
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NewsChipmunk badly damaged in Danish formation-flight collision
Investigators have disclosed that the pilots of two De Havilland Chipmunks escaped injury after the aircraft – part of a formation flight – collided over Denmark. The Chipmunks were among four aircraft taking part in a formation training flight, in daylight and visual weather conditions, on 14 May. They had ...
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NewsAir France-KLM secures €2.25bn as rights issue oversubscribed
Air France-KLM Group has described its rights issue as successful, after it was oversubscribed by 16%. The company has generated €2.256 billion ($2.35 billion) in final gross proceeds – of which around €1.61 billion is in cash – as a result of the capital increase. These proceeds will be “mostly ...