All Europe articles – Page 269
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NewsDeal restores flights between India and Germany
India has struck a deal to restore flights to Germany, which had ended abruptly in late September amid a row over parity of services.
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NewsEurope certificates Tecnam’s diesel-powered P2010 TDI
Europe’s civil aviation regulator has certificated the Tecnam P2010 TDI – a diesel-engined variant of the Italian airframer’s piston single.
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NewsIcelandair plans for 30% capacity cut in summer 2021 schedule
Icelandair is expecting to operate a summer 2021 schedule with capacity down by 25-30% compared with last year. It is planning to serve 32 destinations – among them the Canary Islands resort of Tenerife, which is a new route for the carrier. Twenty-two of the destinations will be European. It ...
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NewsCovid-19 ‘to sort winners from losers’: Wizz chief
Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi sees a “major opportunity” for his carrier to expand into the vacuum left by retrenching competitors amid the Covid-19 crisis. During an online broadcast by the UK’s Aviation Club, Varadi said Wizz had been “waiting for a crisis” to emerge since the financial crash ...
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NewsLufthansa expects third-quarter EBIT loss of €1.3 billion
Lufthansa Group’s preliminary third-quarter results indicate that losses were less steep than in the previous quarter, which it attributes to an expanded summer flight schedule and “considerable cost reductions”. The German airline group expects to post an adjusted EBIT loss of almost €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) for the three months ...
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Airline BusinessInterest in revived Flybe shows continued faith in regional opportunity
On this face of it, plans to revive a loss-making UK regional operation at a time when all airlines, regardless of model, are struggling to survive would seem unlikely.
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NewsIrkut progresses with MC-21 domestic composites and engines
Russia’s air transport regulator has accepted applications to approve major structural changes to the Irkut MC-21, centred not only on the installation of Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines but also the use of domestically-produced composite structures. Rosaviatsia’s chief, Alexander Neradko, said that this work is being carried out as a “priority”, during ...
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NewsFinnair reaches agreement to cut 700 jobs
Finnair has reached an agreement to cut 700 jobs – more than 10% of its workforce – as it grapples with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsAutomated A220 thrust-exceedance check aids engine shutdown probe
Airbus and Pratt & Whitney have developed an update to A220 health-management units to detect whether thrust thresholds on the type are being exceeded and, if so, automatically transmit a report. The intention is to improve the reliability of detecting exceedance of N1 engine power limits as part of the ...
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NewsUK to implement testing regime by December: transport secretary
The UK is hoping to roll out a testing regime for inbound travellers by 1 December with the aim of reducing quarantine times to one week, transport secretary Grant Shapps has revealed. During the Airlines 2050 conference today, Shapps said that under the government’s current plan, passengers would pay for ...
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NewsPassengers booking at last minute amid Covid-19 uncertainty
Airline booking times have “collapsed” and passengers are increasingly buying tickets at the last minute amid uncertainties over changing Covid-19 travel restrictions, making it difficult for carriers to predict how full their flights will be, panellists observed during the Airlines 2050 conference today.
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NewsBerlin’s new airport completes operational tests
Berlin airports operator FBB has announced the completion of operating tests at the city’s much delayed new airport, meaning it has achieved all the steps necessary to open later this month. Since April, the operator has been running twice-weekly operational tests at the airport to the southeast of the German ...
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NewsNew BA chief cites ‘risk we will not see beyond this crisis’
The new chief executive of British Airways has called for the urgent introduction of pre-flight coronavirus testing to save the UK’s airline industry.
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News‘All airlines are going bankrupt’: UK industry body chief
UK airlines desperately need a coronavirus testing regime in place avoid a “really, really bleak winter” for the industry, according to Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK.
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NewsA330 joins exclusive club of 1,500 twin-aisle deliveries
Airbus’s A330 has become the first of the European airframer’s twin-aisle aircraft to reach 1,500 deliveries, a mark only previously achieved by two Boeing widebody models. Delta Air Lines received two A330-900s last month – on 21 and 23 September – which respectively represented the 1,500th and 1,501st A330s to ...
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NewsProspects for Flybe sale lift as administrators retain licence and slots
Collapsed UK regional operator Flybe’s administrators have been holding talks with parties interested in acquiring the business, with prospects potentially raised by success in retaining the company’s operating licence and slots. Flybe ceased operations in early March this year and is being overseen by four joint administrators. These administrators state ...
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NewsOlder Be-200s proposed for international firefighting squadron
Russian state technology firm Rostec has put forward a proposal to establish a special squadron of Beriev Be-200 amphibious firefighting aircraft to provide international assistance for combating wildfires. The initiative was brought up by Rostec general director Sergei Chemezov in the context of the Hydroaviasalon forum, which specialises in the ...
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NewsCyberattack probe: How British Airways security flaws let data theft unfold
Cybersecurity investigators have detailed the British Airways customer data theft which has resulted in a £20 million ($26 million) fine being imposed on the UK flag-carrier. The figure is in line with the expectations of parent company IAG, which had disclosed in its first-half results that it was setting aside ...
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NewsLuxaviation starts adopting EASA as single safety oversight authority
Business aircraft and helicopter specialist Luxaviation Group has transferred safety oversight of its Portuguese operation to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Luxaviation is aiming to shift all its European businesses to EASA regulatory supervision. EASA has been offering the opportunity for carriers to place their operations under a European ...