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NewsAlaska appears to scrub inherited Virgin America order for A320neos
Alaska Airlines appears to have dropped the order for 30 Airbus A320neos it inherited during its merger with Virgin America three years ago. Airbus’s latest backlog figures, to the end of October, reveal a cancellation for 30 A320neos and the aircraft are no longer listed against Alaska’s total. The airline ...
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NewsVueling sees long-term returns from opportunistic push into new markets
Vueling chief executive Marco Sansavini believes the carrier’s moves to exploit new international opportunities that have emerged in the European short-haul market since the pandemic will provide long-term returns.
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NewsBritish Airways aiming to finalise Gatwick plans by end of November
British Airways hopes to finalise talks with unions and London Gatwick airport over a new short-haul operation in time to launch its summer plans around the end of November.
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NewsUS carriers prepare for influx of international travellers as entry ban is lifted
Major US passenger carriers are bracing for an influx of travellers ahead of the reopening of the country’s borders to fully vaccinated passengers from 33 countries, including most of Europe, scheduled for next week.
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NewsCargo lift helps Turkish Airlines top pre-crisis profits in third quarter
Turkish Airlines profits outstripped pre-crisis levels in the third quarter as the carrier benefited from a strong cargo performance.
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NewsIberia conducts domestic flight with waste-based biofuel
Spanish carrier Iberia has carried out a domestic service using sustainable fuel produced from waste as a raw material. The IAG airline operated the Madrid-Bilbao flight, IB426, using an Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines. Its operation followed a collaboration agreement signed between Iberia and the energy company ...
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NewsAirbus keen to restore crisis-hit ATR’s performance: Faury
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury says the airframer is striving restore the profitability of its ATR venture, as the regional aircraft manufacturer marks 40 years since its creation. Faury tells FlightGlobal that ATR – founded on 4 November 1981 – has been a “performing” entity but one which has “suffered ...
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NewsLufthansa chief Spohr sees no let-up in strong cargo demand
While many of the fundamentals underpinning the strong financial performance of air freight have been driven directly or indirectly by the pandemic, Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr still sees demand remaining strong even as passenger activities recover.
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NewsAggressive Wizz lays ground to capitalise on summer 2022
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has turned in a second-quarter operating profit of €57 million ($66 million), but is expecting an operating loss of €200 million in the third as the company enters the winter season. Chief executive Joszef Varadi says the quarter showed the airline’s “return towards” pre-crisis ...
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NewsRAF’s Shadow surveillance fleet to grow by two aircraft, get new defences
The UK Royal Air Force has ordered two additional Raytheon Shadow R1 reconnaissance aircraft to grow its fleet to eight examples.
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NewsBelarusian authority suspends An-12 services after fatal Irkutsk crash
Belarusian authorities have suspended commercial operations with Antonov An-12s as a precaution following the accident involving an Aircompany Grodno aircraft at Irkutsk. The Belarusian transport ministry says the aviation division’s suspension has been put in place pending the findings of the inquiry. Seven personnel were on board, according to the ...
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NewsLufthansa still pondering MRO unit options as strengthening efforts continue
Lufthansa Group is still evaluating whether to carry out a partial divestment of its MRO business despite progress on improving its balance sheet.
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NewsBelarusian An-12 crashes during approach to Irkutsk
Russian investigators have opened a probe into an accident which destroyed a Belarusian-registered Antonov An-12BK in the vicinity of Irkutsk. The aircraft was operated by the carrier Aircompany Grodno – located in the city of Grodno, in western Belarus – and was conducting a freight service from Keperveyem to Yakutsk ...
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NewsAir cargo demand still high but ‘tangled’ global trade a concern: IATA
Airlines are continuing to benefit from high demand for air cargo, according to industry association IATA, but rising consumer and producer prices could eventually weigh on growth.
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NewsProspective investors emerge for troubled Frankfurt Hahn airport
Potential investors have started emerging following the appointment of a provisional administrator for Germany’s Frankfurt Hahn airport. The airport’s operator filed for insolvency in mid-October but administrator Jan Markus Plathner says Hahn is able to function for winter flights. “It has been possible to create the conditions for winter flight ...
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NewsEASA to examine safety concerns and risk-mitigation for single-pilot operations
Safety aspects of two potential scenarios for single-pilot operations in commercial aircraft are to be assessed under a new research project initiated by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. The project is intended to provide a “qualitative and quantitative” assessment of the main safety hazards as well as examine whether ...
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NewsAerCap takes over from GE as partner in largest CFM engine lessor
Lessor AerCap has become the new joint-venture partner of Safran in the Irish-based engine-leasing company Shannon Engine Support, following its acquisition of US lessor GECAS. AerCap has signed a 20-year agreement covering the 50:50 venture. Chief executive Aengus Kelly describes Shannon Engine Support – the largest lessor of CFM International’s ...
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NewsLufthansa sees positive trend after returning to profit in third quarter
Lufthansa Group posted a positive adjusted operating profit for first since the pandemic and expects to avoid cash drain in the seasonally tough final quarter of the year.
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NewsUK regional Loganair narrows full-year loss
Scottish regional carrier Loganair’s turnover for the 12 months to 31 March more than halved to £81 million ($110 million) compared with the previous year, but the airline has credited its adaptability amid the Covid-19 pandemic with helping it reduce its full-year pre-tax loss.
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News‘Pathetic’: UK prime minister slams global sustainable aviation fuel target at COP26
UK prime minister Boris Johnson believes the air transport sector needs to be more ambitious in its targets for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) useage.