All Europe articles – Page 276
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NewsCrisis spurs competition regulator to prolong Oneworld transatlantic pact
UK competition regulators have imposed interim measures to address concerns over transatlantic routes operated under the Oneworld alliance’s joint business arrangement, having opted not to accept concession proposals put forward earlier this year. Oneworld carriers British Airways and American Airlines had offered slots at London Heathrow or Gatwick to alleviate ...
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NewsATR flies first new-build 72-600 freighter for FedEx
ATR has flown the first example of its newly-developed 72-600 freighter, a purpose-built cargo version of its larger turboprop. The aircraft was launched three years ago with an order for up to 50 from US express freight specialist FedEx. Thirty of the aircraft under the FedEx agreement were firm. ATR ...
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NewsBritish Airways competes head on with Virgin Atlantic in Lahore
British Airways will compete with Virgin Atlantic on its recently-announced London Heathrow-Lahore route, having disclosed its own plans to serve the Pakistani city from October. The IAG-owned carrier will operate four flights a week to Lahore from 12 October, using a Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The carrier’s announcement comes less than ...
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NewsBA chief Cruz hopeful on workforce agreements but warns of painful recovery ahead
British Airways is hopeful that outstanding contract revisions covering changes to pay and conditions for 30,000 staff members can be concluded shortly, as the carrier hunkers down to weather a “long and protracted” recovery.
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NewsAeroflot cleared to increase share capital
Aeroflot has won shareholder approval to increase its authorised capital to 1.95 billion shares.
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NewsItaly again cites Ryanair over compliance with Covid measures
Italy’s civil aviation authority is meeting with Ryanair on 16 September to discuss allegations of non-compliance with the country’s Covid-related health measures.
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In depthHow Soviets decided four was the magic number
Call it an air transport anachronism, but just as four-engined airliners are slipping, perhaps prematurely, into the realms of nostalgia, Russian airframer VASO is assembling a new widebody quadjet, the Ilyushin Il-96-400M, at its facility in Voronezh.
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NewsRussia’s Utair seeks return to strategic plan from 2022
Russia’s Utair Group is expecting to return to its strategic course from 2022, as the impact of the air transport crisis begins to subside. Utair Group states, in a first-half briefing, that the crisis might “drag on” until the beginning of the peak season of 2021, but that it plans ...
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NewsSwedavia cites commercial case for early closure of Stockholm’s Bromma airport
Swedish state-owned airports operator Swedavia has set out the commercial case for the early closure of Stockholm’s Bromma airport in an impact assessment carried out for the government in the light of the global pandemic.
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AnnouncementsFlightGlobal launches Decade of Airline Excellence Awards
FlightGlobal is delighted to announce the launch of the Decade of Airline Excellence Awards, which Airline Business will deliver later this year with our partner, Korn Ferry. Amid this year’s unprecedented disruption, we have decided to take a break from the Airline Strategy Awards – which will return in the ...
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NewsEuropean Commission agrees to waive 80:20 airline slot rule for winter
The waiver conditions agreed between airlines, airports and slot coordinators earlier in September will be applied immediately, “pending the adoption of fully enforceable conditions”, says European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Valean.
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NewsLondon City outlines plans to cut nearly 240 jobs
London City airport’s operator has outlined plans to cut nearly 240 jobs as part of its response to the air transport crisis. It has opened a formal consultation with staff on the restructuring measure which, it says, will affect 35% of roles. Commercial services were halted on 25 March but, ...
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NewsGreenpeace to launch legal challenge over KLM state aid
Environmental group Greenpeace is to launch a legal challenge to block the Dutch government’s planned €3.4 billion ($4 billion) rescue support for national carrier KLM arguing green conditions tied to the bailout are not strong enough.
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NewsEurocontrol laments ‘backwards’ progress as recovery track diverges
Eurocontrol is blaming a lack of crisis co-ordination among countries for handling air travel, after it revised downwards its expectations for traffic recovery to early 2021. Director general Eamonn Brennan says the situation is “going backwards” and that the development is “really worrying” for the airline industry. Eurocontrol puts the ...
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NewsGreece orders 18 Rafale fighters
Greece plans to obtain 18 Dassault Rafale fighters and upgrade 10 of its Mirage 2000s. “I am delighted with this announcement, which reinforces the exceptional relationship we have had with Greece for nearly half a century, and I thank the Greek authorities for their confidence in us once again,” says ...
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NewsEASA completes 737 Max test flights
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has completed its test flights of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft ahead of its possible recertification and return to service later this year.
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NewsRyanair closes Dusseldorf base
Ryanair will close its Dusseldorf base in October after the German airport’s operator and a ground handling provider refused to lower their fees.
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NewsCrew’s late escape from icing preceded serious ATR 72 upset
Norwegian investigators have disclosed that an ATR 72-600 suffered a serious loss of control, with excessive wing bank, as its crew belatedly attempted to escape from icing conditions during a domestic Bergen-Alesund service. The inquiry into the incident – involving a Jet Time flight for SAS on 14 November 2016 ...
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Airline BusinessWhy transatlantic return matters so much to airlines
When Virgin Atlantic broke the news it would need to cut over 1,000 more jobs, even having secured its future within £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in refinancing commitments, it underlined just how damaging the failure to reignite the key transatlantic market was.
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NewsRAM 737 carried out long, high-speed take-off after call-out hitch
UK investigators have found that a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 lifted off from London Gatwick at nearly 200kt, and close to the end of the runway, after the crew did not receive automatic speed call-outs during the take-off roll. The crew of the aircraft (CN-RGJ), bound for Casablanca on ...