All Europe articles – Page 252

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    MC-21 suffers runway excursion during simulated single-engine failure

    2021-01-18T14:29:00Z

    One of the flight-test Irkut MC-21-300s has been involved in a runway excursion at Moscow Zhukovsky during an exercise simulating single-engine failure. Images from the scene show that aircraft 73051 – the first example of the aircraft to fly – has come to a halt on snow-covered ground. The depth ...

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    Budget airline Pobeda proves resilient as Russian full-year traffic halves

    2021-01-18T08:29:00Z

    Russian airlines’ passenger traffic halved over the course of last year, official figures from the federal air transport regulator show. Rosaviatsia states that overall traffic was down by 52% with passenger numbers down 46% to 69.2 million. But the fall was not indiscriminate across the Russian carriers. Aeroflot Group’s budget ...

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    Airports call for further support as UK suspends travel corridor scheme

    2021-01-15T19:06:00Z

    UK airports are calling for further government support to cover operating costs after the suspension of the country’s safe travel corridors programme as part of efforts to counter further strains of the coronavirus.

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    Gama expands US maintenance footprint with Jet East acquisition

    2021-01-15T15:41:00Z

    UK business aviation services group Gama Aviation has almost doubled the size of its US maintenance operation with the $11 million acquisition of Trenton, New Jersey-based Jet East

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    Ukrainian armed forces to take three An-178s

    2021-01-14T18:12:00Z

    Antonov is to embark on production of three An-178 airlifters for the Ukrainian military, under a newly-agreed memorandum of co-operation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, participating in an event to mark the pact, has also indicated that the government is interested in creating an airline this year which will use Antonov ...

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    ​UK air traffic manager NATS pursues airspace reform

    2021-01-14T16:33:00Z

    UK air traffic manager NATS is pressing ahead with plans to reorganise the country’s airspace to reduce congestion and improve capacity. During an Aviation Club webinar on 14 January, NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe explained that the organisation’s key focus was on reforming network-level airspace, in particular the UK’s congested ...

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    Seat manufacturer Zim Flugsitz exits insolvency proceedings

    2021-01-14T14:01:00Z

    German seat manufacturer Zim Flugsitz has emerged from legal insolvency proceedings after a restructuring plan was unanimously approved by creditors in December.

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    Norwegian to exit long-haul market

    2021-01-14T11:26:00Z

    Troubled low-cost carrier Norwegian is abandoning its long-haul network as it sets out a scaled-back business model focused on Norwegian domestic, regional Scandinavian, and key European services. “Our short-haul network has always been the backbone of Norwegian and will form the basis of a future resilient business model,” states chief ...

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    EASA aims to reduce simulator dependency by crediting other training devices

    2021-01-14T09:39:00Z

    Europe’s safety authority is aiming to reduce training dependency on full-flight simulators by implementing a classification system that enables selection of other flight-training devices that provide the appropriate level of capability. The matter is the subject of a European Union Aviation Safety Agency proposal which, it says, contains an “innovative” ...

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    Condor files complaint after Lufthansa ends feeder deal

    2021-01-13T15:27:00Z

    German leisure carrier Condor has complained to federal competition authority Bundeskartellamt about Lufthansa Group’s decision to terminate a feeder flight agreement.

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    Regional jets will be ‘tactical weapon’ in airline recovery: CityJet chief

    2021-01-13T15:24:00Z

    Regional jets are likely to become an important tool for Europe’s mainline carriers as the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis begins, according CityJet chief executive Pat Byrne.

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    Austrian to start 767 phase-out in March

    2021-01-13T15:10:00Z

    Austrian Airlines is preparing to retire Boeing 767s as part of a wider fleet-reduction effort.

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    Freighter line hands Boeing advantage in twin-aisle delivery contest

    2021-01-13T14:32:00Z

    While Airbus delivered far more aircraft overall than Boeing last year, the US airframer’s freighter activity meant it was able to hand over a greater number of twin-aisle models. Boeing’s freighter business contrasted sharply with that of Airbus, which has not sold a new-build cargo aircraft for nearly six years ...

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    How Airbus’ 2020 orders and deliveries compare to Boeing’s

    2021-01-12T23:07:00Z

    The release by Airbus and Boeing of full-year 2020 order and delivery figures has brought into stark view just how significantly the Covid-19 pandemic has stricken the world’s two largest airframers.

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    ​Jet2 suspends flights until late March

    2021-01-12T16:42:00Z

    UK airline Jet2 is extending its suspension of all flights up to and including 25 March because of the “ongoing uncertainty and travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic”.

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    Airline bookings weaken as IATA warns recovery ‘some way away’

    2021-01-12T16:40:00Z

    Forward airline bookings have weakened going into the first quarter of 2021, as IATA warns that the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better.

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    Airline coronavirus recovery tracker: January 2021 update

    2021-01-12T09:50:00Z

    Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including international and domestic travel restrictions, traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.

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    SAS chief Gustafson stepping down to take top post at industrial firm

    2021-01-12T08:55:00Z

    Scandinavian carrier SAS’s chief executive, Rickard Gustafson, is to step down from the position and leave the company after a decade in charge. Gustafson will leave by the beginning of July, the airline states, taking up the chief executive role at Swedish industrial group SKF, succeeding Alrik Danielson. SKF specialises ...

  • Boeing 737 for UK Wedgetail conversion
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    First UK Wedgetail arrives for conversion by STS

    2021-01-11T17:13:00Z

    A former Deer Jet-operated Boeing 737NG which will be modified into an E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft for the Royal Air Force arrived at its UK conversion site earlier this month.

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    EasyJet raises $1.9 billion partially guaranteed loan

    2021-01-11T16:08:00Z

    EasyJet has raised a $1.87 billion loan which is partially guaranteed by the UK’s export-credit agency. The five-year loan is underwritten by a syndicate of banks, says the low-cost carrier, and supported by a partial guarantee from UK Export Finance under its export development guarantee scheme. Source: Shutterstock ...