Europe – Page 154
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NewsBidders likely to wait until September for next stage of UK New Medium Helicopter tender
Procurement of a replacement for the Royal Air Force’s Puma HC2 rotorcraft under the UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme appears to be further delayed, with no clarity on when the next stage of the tender will begin.
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NewsPoland’s LOT names new chief executive
Polish flag-carrier LOT has been appointed Michal Fijol as the new president and chief executive of the airline. LOT has confirmed Fijol’s appointment to the top role and adds that chief financial officer Pawel Rozkrut is leaving his post. Fijol has been serving as the carrier’s chief commercial officer for ...
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NewsAirbus reveals large orders from undisclosed customers to highlight business revival
Airbus has revealed orders for 60 single-aisle jets for an international lessor as well as an agreement for A350s with an airline, ahead of the Paris air show. Chief commercial officer Christian Scherer mentioned the orders during a 16 June briefing in the French capital. He says the single-aisle leasing ...
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NewsKLM submits proposals to tackle Schiphol noise impact
KLM has outlined a three-pronged approach which it says will ensure Dutch government night time targets to reduce noise impact around Amsterdam Schiphol airport by 2024.
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NewsRussia calls Canada’s seizure of An-124 'shameless theft'
Russia has labelled Canada’s decision to seize a Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 stranded at Toronto Pearson airport since the start of the war in Ukraine as “shameless theft”.
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NewsSAS gives investors more time to prepare equity-injection bids
Scandinavian carrier SAS has revised its timeline for equity solicitation, extending the deadlines for investors by four weeks. SAS, which is restructuring under US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, also states that it aims to complete its court-supervised processes around the end of this year. The airline is looking to raise ...
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NewsA220-500 could spur Airbus to seek second engine option
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has signalled that the airframer will consider offering a second powerplant option for the A220 once it embarks on developing a larger variant of the twinjet. The A220 currently has two models – the -100 and -300 – which are exclusively powered by Pratt & ...
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Airline BusinessKLM chief on Schiphol, sustainability, group dynamics, pilots and Airbus switch
Marjan Rintel says the Dutch flag carrier is back on its feet after the Covid-19 crisis – but that ‘normality’ has also delivered fresh challenges
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NewsAirbus hikes payload specification for A350 freighter
Airbus has hiked the payload capability of the A350 freighter, bringing it up to 111t from the initial level of 109t. Senior vice-president for widebody programmes Florent Massou disclosed the higher figure during a briefing on 14 June. The aircraft emerged towards the end of 2021 and has so far ...
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NewsCHC Helicopter launches court fight against Irish SAR loss
CHC Helicopter has launched a court protest against the loss of its Irish search and rescue contract, claiming that the government conducted a flawed tender.
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NewsFirst prototype SSJ-New handed over to flight-test station
Irkut’s first prototype SSJ-New has been formally transferred to the flight-test station, for a series of assessments ahead of its maiden sortie. Ground tests have commenced on the twinjet, an updated version of the Superjet 100 featuring a greater number of Russian-built components. Aerospace firm United Aircraft says the aircraft ...
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NewsItalian, UK air forces sign logistics and maintenance support pact
The air forces of Italy and the UK have signed a joint declaration intended to increase the interoperability of maintenance and logistics provision for their common aircraft fleets.
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NewsTecnam studies predicted significant range reduction for P-Volt as batteries aged
Tecnam paused the development of its all-electric P-Volt over fears that battery performance would degrade so quickly that within weeks the nine-passenger aircraft would be reduced to flying routes of under 40nm (74km). Announcing the move on 13 June, the Italian airframer said that batteries were not sufficiently mature, and ...
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NewsMBDA to showcase ‘collaborative effector’ strike concept at Paris air show
MBDA will use the Paris air show to update its progress on designing a new class of so-called collaborative effectors: intelligent air-launched weapons which are expected to complement future European sixth-generation fighters.
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NewsAir Baltic to open winter base in Gran Canaria
Air Baltic will open a seasonal base at Las Palmas in Gran Canaria for the upcoming winter season, as it looks to expand its footprint beyond its traditional bases.
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NewsAirbus trims 20-year global fleet outlook as sustainability drives aircraft replacement
Airbus’s latest 20-year market forecast expects that the overall global fleet in 2042 will be smaller than the 2038 fleet predicted in its outlook four years ago. The airframer puts the worldwide fleet for 2042 at 46,560 aircraft – down by more than 1,100 on the figure it had originally ...
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NewsUK reveals rapid progress on sixth-generation fighter demonstrator effort
The UK is making strong early progress with its sixth-generation flying technology demonstrator programme, with its industry partners having already performed tests on key engine, crew escape and flight control technologies.
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NewsOptimistic Finnair lifts full-year profit forecast
Finnair has hiked its full-year financial outlook, forecasting a comparable operating profit that will match – or even exceed – the immediate pre-crisis level. It had previously signalled that its comparable operating profit would not reach the €163 million of 2019. Finnair has lifted its guidance because travel demand is ...
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NewsBritten-Norman confirms relocation of Islander production
Britten-Norman has confirmed previously disclosed plans to relocate manufacturing of its BN2 Islander from Romania to the UK, alongside increasing output of the iconic twin-engined type.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q1 2023
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the January-March 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight