All Europe articles – Page 241
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NewsIAG to raise €1 billion through bond issue
IAG has issued two tranches of senior unsecured bonds to raise a total of €1 billion ($1.19 billion), which it will use to shore up liquidity and for other general corporate purposes.
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NewsRostec embarks on broad consolidation of aircraft programme management
Russian state technology firm Rostec is to bring United Aircraft, Sukhoi and MiG under a single aircraft programme centre to consolidate management and other assets into one corporate entity. It will also establish a unified centre for design competency. The intention is to reduce non-production costs and debts, and optimise ...
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NewsA350 recruited for emissions analysis of wholly-sustainable fuel flights
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are participating in a study to examine in-flight emissions from commercial aircraft powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel. The study involves monitoring emissions from an Airbus A350-900, both on the ground and in the air. Sustainable fuel will be supplied by Neste and the study will include ...
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NewsUpdated Il-103 light single to be licence-built in Hungary
Russia’s United Aircraft has reached an agreement to licence production of a modernised version of the Ilyushin Il-103 single-engined light aircraft at a facility in Hungary. The pact was sealed with Hungarian firm Aviation Engineering. United Aircraft says the two sides will co-operate to develop and manufacture an “improved version” ...
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NewsUkraine sharply criticises Iranian findings over 737 shootdown
Ukrainian authorities submitted dozens of comments to Iranian investigators, many highly critical, regarding multiple aspects of the inquiry into last year’s fatal missile attack on a Boeing 737-800 shortly after take-off from Tehran. The Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation has formally attributed the destruction of flight PS752 to the misidentification of ...
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NewsFinal production Airbus A380 departs Toulouse for Hamburg outfitting
Airbus has flown the last production A380 from Toulouse to its Hamburg Finkenwerder plant for completion ahead of its delivery to Emirates. The flight of the aircraft, MSN272, took place on 17 March a little more than two years after Airbus opted to cease production of the double-deck type. Airbus ...
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NewsAirline leaders optimistic on return of transatlantic market in summer
Several airline leaders have expressed optimism that the transatlantic market so crucial to the financial fortunes of many European and US network carriers will begin to open up in the coming summer season.
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NewsAviation welcomes EU Green Pass scheme but warns on restart plans
Europe’s aviation industry has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals for a digital health certificate scheme, but warns that a roadmap for the lifting of travel restrictions is still urgently required.
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NewsBA bucks European trend with plans to return A380 to service
British Airway intends to return its Airbus A380s to service, making it an exception to a trend away from operating the four-engined superjumbo among its European peers.
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NewsAustrian air force welcomes its first upgraded Black Hawk
Austria’s first Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk utility helicopter to have undergone an extensive avionics upgrade has been returned to its air force.
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NewsIndigo Partners raises £400m after selling more Wizz shares
Indigo Partners has sold just over half of its 17.5% stake of ordinary shares in European budget carrier Wizz Air through a placement to institutional investors.
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NewsNew airline plans Norwegian-style transatlantic flights with 787s
A new airline backed by the founder of Norwegian is seeking to launch transatlantic flights with Boeing 787s later this year, as it aims to fill the long-haul low-cost gap left by the latter’s recent withdrawal from Europe-USA market.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to receive further shareholder funding
Virgin Atlantic has agreed a further £160 million ($223 million) package of loans and payment deferrals, the majority of which will come from founder Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, as the UK carrier awaits a return to flying later in the year.
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NewsSnow-strike 737 crew did not correct altitude for low temperature
Investigators probing a Boeing 737-500’s below-glidepath approach to Usinsk, before the jet struck a snow bank upon landing, have revealed that the crew did not correct the altitude for the freezing air temperature. The Utair jet struck the 1.1m bank of snow, located 32m before the runway, after arriving from ...
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NewsAir Baltic to resume non-EU flights
Latvian carrier Air Baltic is to begin restoring flights outside of the European Union, initially resuming services to the Ukraine capital Kiev.
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NewsJet2 to receive £200 million UK government loan
Jet2 is to access a loan of £200 million ($278 million) from the UK government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF).
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NewsAir Atlanta Icelandic buys Boeing 747 simulator from British Airways
Air Atlanta Icelandic has acquired one of British Airways’ Boeing 747-400 full flight simulators following the retirement of the type from the UK carrier’s fleet last year.
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NewsEmirates to deepen TAP Air Portugal codeshare
Middle East carrier Emirates is deepening its codeshare with Star Alliance carrier TAP Air Portugal under a fresh agreement.
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NewsCR929 windtunnel tests focus on twinjet’s wing-tip configuration
Aerodynamic analysis of the Chinese-Russian long-haul CRAIC CR929 twinjet is progressing, with windtunnel tests to examine wing designs for the type. Models of the CR929 have undergone windtunnel testing at the Moscow Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, with previous studies looking at cruise characteristics of different wing options and the effects of ...
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NewsGermany approved to buy five Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft
The US Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of five Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to Germany for an estimated cost of $1.77 billion.