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NewsVirgin Atlantic envisions eVTOL network to cut transfer time to UK hubs
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic aims to explore development of a short-haul electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) network initially focused on London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester. The airline’s plans for the network are part of its new partnership with UK-based Vertical Aerospace under which the carrier will have the ...
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NewsTime for action on reopening UK-US market: Gallego
IAG chief executive Luis Gallego is calling for action in re-opening the US-UK aviation market after plans for a taskforce to study the opening up of the market emerged.
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NewsAir Montenegro launches scheduled flights
Successor carrier Air Montenegro has begun scheduled commercial flights today, launching with a service from Podgorica to Belgrade.
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News‘Less accurate than a children’s comic’: Ryanair chief dismisses climate report
The leaders of Ryanair and Airlines for Europe (A4E) have criticised the findings of a report released earlier this week that alleges the airline industry has been engaged in “anti-climate lobbying”.
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NewsEurope’s airline leaders call for ‘gradual lifting of all travel restrictions’
The chief executives of Europe’s largest airline groups have called for governments to “gradually lift” all travel restrictions during the summer.
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NewsSaab to deliver six Gripen Es in 2021, as contest decisions near
Saab will deliver a combined six Gripen E fighters to Brazil and Sweden this year, as the manufacturer also pursues additional export opportunities for the new-generation type.
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NewsA320neo to fly with wholly-sustainable fuel to analyse single-aisle emissions
Airbus is to participate in an in-flight study to assess the impact of unblended sustainable aviation fuel on single-aisle aircraft operations using an A320neo. Emissions from the aircraft, fitted with CFM International Leap-1A engines, will be analysed in the air as well as on the ground. CFM partner Safran will ...
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NewsJoint livery with DHL features on first SmartLynx A321 freighter
Wet-lease specialist SmartLynx has shown off its initial Airbus A321 freighter, a twinjet registered to the operator’s Maltese division. It carries the joint liveries of SmartLynx and express cargo company DHL’s European Air Transport division. The jet (9H-CGA) is a 1998 airframe originally delivered to Swissair and subsequently operated by ...
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NewsKuwait’s Jazeera steps up to London Heathrow services
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is to open London Heathrow services from mid-June, two years after commencing operations at London Gatwick. The airline says it will operate its initial flight on 18 June, and serve the route from Kuwait weekly. Jazeera claims it will be the first low-cost airline from ...
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NewsIATA unhappy at wider picture but welcomes reopening of France and Spain
IATA has welcomed moves by France and Spain to relax border restrictions this week, as it continues to lament the lack of harmonised measures to facilitate a wider reopening of international air travel markets
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NewsNorway's Flyr to keep pilots close to home as it prepares for initial flights
Norwegian start-up carrier Flyr has edged closer to commencing flights with the arrival of its first aircraft, as it takes a sly swipe at Scandinavian rivals over the outsourcing of crews and licensing. The airline’s initial Boeing 737-800 – a 2013 airframe, serial number 40014 – has been transferred to ...
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NewsReasons for Condor state-aid decision must be clarified: European court
European judges have overruled the approval of state aid to the German leisure airline Condor, but are setting aside the effect of their decision to grant time for a rethink by the European Commission. As the pandemic set in during April 2020, the Commission cleared Condor to receive a €550 ...
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NewsF-35 Lightning begins trials aboard UK’s second aircraft carrier
The UK has performed the first landing of a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning combat aircraft aboard the Royal Navy’s second aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales.
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NewsNew Rolls-Royce chair to guide manufacturer’s post-crisis recovery
Rolls-Royce has named Anita Frew as its new chair, succeeding Sir Ian Davis who is retiring at the end of September after nine years. Frew is the “unanimous and clear choice” of the nominations committee, says the engine manufacturer, and will join the company on 1 July. She is the ...
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NewsSustainable aviation fuel comprised 0.05% of pre-crisis consumption: Eurocontrol
Sustainable aviation fuel accounted for only around 0.05% of total jet fuel consumption in Europe before Covid-19 hit, according to Eurocontrol, highlighting the challenge in raising its use to the air traffic manager’s goal of 10% by 2030.
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NewsKLM chief predicts uneven recovery will balance out
Travel recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic is uneven as nations vary in their progress vaccinating against the disease yet stagnant demand in some regions may be offset by returning demand in others, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines chief executive Pieter Elbers predicts.
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NewsUK authority probes BA and Ryanair over refunds to grounded passengers
British Airways and budget carrier Ryanair are being investigated by the UK’s competition authority to determine whether the airlines have been refusing refunds to passengers for flights they were legally unable to take. The Competition and Markets Authority’s probe has emerged from government-imposed travel restrictions to curb the effects of ...
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NewsUS lifts 'do not travel' warning for Canada, Mexico, much of Europe
The US State Department has lowered its risk profile for travel to Canada and Mexico, just as Canada also considers easing some of its own strict restrictions for travellers who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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NewsApril air cargo demand up 12% from pre-crisis level: IATA
Global air cargo demand in April was up 12% from pre-crisis levels, according to IATA, as the sector continues to offer a rare positive airline story during the Covid-19 crisis.
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NewsEuropean flights reach highest level since September
The number of flights taking place in Europe has reached its highest level since the end of the summer 2020 season, as the continent’s travel markets begin to reopen.