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BA strike brings down IAG third-quarter profits
British Airways parent IAG is blaming the UK carrier's pilot strike in September for a fall in third-quarter operating profit.
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Thomas Cook’s Nordic airline renamed after investors swoop
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia is to be rebranded as Sunclass Airlines after the collapsed tour operator Thomas Cook Group’s Northern Europe division was acquired by a trio of investors. The investors include Strawberry Group, the fund controlled by businessman Petter Stordalen, as well as Altor Funds and TDR Capital. Strawberry ...
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Wizz shareholders approve A321XLR order
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air's shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour of its plans to purchase 20 Airbus A321XLR twinjets.
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British Airways cuts Miami capacity over Trent 1000 issues
British Airways is cutting its winter frequencies to Miami because of ongoing issues with the Trent 1000 engines on its Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
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Gatwick trial targets 10% cut in boarding times
London Gatwick airport is conducting a trial to find the most efficient sequence to seat passengers, in a bid to reduce boarding times by 10%.
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Airbus crams A321neo deliveries into fourth quarter
Airbus is aiming to squeeze half of this year's overall deliveries of the reconfigured Airbus A321neo into its fourth-quarter output.
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A330-800 certification slips to 2020
Airbus has quietly pushed back A330-800 certification to next year, shifting the timeline for approval of the smaller A330neo variant.
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Airbus starts to feel deliveries impact from WTO dispute
Airbus expects newly-imposed import tariffs arising from its subsidies dispute with Boeing to affect a small number of deliveries this year, but is concerned that the situation will become more difficult in mid-2020.
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Airbus cuts full-year aircraft delivery forecast
Airbus has cut its commercial aircraft delivery forecast to 860 aircraft, down from the previous 880-890, as it continues to deal with production ramp-up on its single-aisle lines.
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A220 engine checks revised after high-cycle Swiss failure
US regulators have disclosed that the most recent incident involving failure of a Swiss Airbus A220 engine occurred with a powerplant which had accumulated more than 300 cycles.
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IndiGo orders another 300 A320neo-family jets
Indian budget carrier IndiGo has placed a firm order for 300 Airbus A320neo-family jets – a mix of A320neos, A321neos and A321XLRs.
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Air Nostrum CRJ1000 acquisition faces state-aid scrutiny
Spanish carrier Air Nostrum's fleet modernisation is being assessed by the European Commission, which suspects it might have violated state-aid regulations.
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Crew unaware of collision before A330 take-off halted
Pilots of an Air France Airbus A330-200 had been preparing to take off from Paris Charles de Gaulle, unaware of a ground collision with a Delta Air Lines A330-300, before air traffic control intervened to prevent the departure.
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Trent blade limit ‘insufficient’ before Norwegian 787 failure
Italian investigators have disclosed that there was no engine de-pairing requirement in place for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s fitted to a Norwegian Boeing 787 before one of its powerplants failed after take-off from Rome. The engines were subject to a modification – under a service bulletin designated 72-H818 – which ...
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A220 operators told to limit engine thrust at high altitude
Operators of Airbus A220s are facing operational limitations of the twinjet's engines, following several serious incidents involving powerplant failure.
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Airline BusinessWhich markets has the fall of Thomas Cook impacted
September’s collapse of Thomas Cook Group in the UK provides a further competitive shift in the crowded dynamic on key European leisure markets.
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Nordica stops own-brand flights but subsidiary to expand
Estonian carrier Nordica has suspended operations carried out from Tallinn under its own brand, owing to cost pressures.
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Shift of 737 Max costs cuts Icelandair full-year loss forecast
Icelandair Group has slashed its forecast full-year losses, partly owing to its extending the suspension of Boeing 737 Max services.
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Lion Air probe advises rethink of pilot skill assumptions
Commercial aircraft designers need to rethink fundamental assumptions that pilots have sufficient knowledge, training and skill to cope with failures, the inquiry into the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max accident has concluded.
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India's Spicejet eyes Ras Al-Khaimah base
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet will begin flights to Ras Al-Khaimah this December after striking a deal on plans to create an "aviation hub" at the UAE airport.