All Europe articles – Page 286
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NewsA350 launch aid rejig leaves US tariffs unjustified: Airbus chief
Airbus believes it is in complete compliance with World Trade Organization rulings on commercial aircraft subsidies after adjusting contracts for A350 government launch aid. The measure is the latest development in the long-running transatlantic dispute between the US and European Union administrations over provision of financial support to Boeing and ...
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NewsFinnair expects to restore 50% of flights by September
Finnair is expecting to rebuild its services over the third quarter, operating around 50% of its pre-crisis flight capacity by September, up from the figure of 25% in July. It aims to carry out 120 daily flights in August and increase this to 190 in September. The airline turned in ...
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NewsCharter carrier Jet Time collapses but owner plots Nordic successor
Danish charter carrier Jet Time is filing for bankruptcy, the latest air transport casualty of the crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Jet Time states that the restrictions on travel and closed borders have proven “too great a challenge” for the operator. Chief executive Jorgen Holme is submitting the filing ...
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NewsCombined cockpit-voice and data recorder set for A320neo line
Airbus A320neos will have a new combined cockpit-voice and flight-data recorder line-fit option this year following certification of L3Harris Technologies’ latest model. It features over 25h of cockpit recording and 25h of datalink recording, plus more than 70h of flight-data recording. Part of the company’s SRVIVR25 product range, the device ...
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NewsDassault rules out widening FCAS partnership
Dassault chief executive Eric Trappier has stressed that no more countries can be admitted to the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme being co-developed by France, Germany and Spain for fear of delaying the effort.
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NewsKLM focuses on destinations over frequencies as network recovers
Dutch carrier KLM is ramping up the number of destinations it serves, but frequencies will remain well down year-on-year.
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NewsIrkut carries out test installation of PD-14 for MC-21-310
Irkut has completed an initial test installation of the Russian-built Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine on an MC-21-300 rig. The domestically-powered version of the aircraft will be designated the MC-21-310, says state technology corporation Rostec. Installation of the first PD-14 on an MC-21 wing and pylon has been conducted at the Irkutsk ...
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NewsPandemic interrupts UK charges row over space-based ADS-B
Full resolution of a dispute over a new UK airspace charges, intended to pay for controversial space-based oceanic surveillance, has been deferred after the coronavirus crisis interrupted the effort to settle the clash. The dispute between en route navigation provider NERL and the Civil Aviation Authority – which has been ...
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NewsBA pilots vote on pay cuts and ‘holding pool’ to reduce job losses
British Airways pilots are to be consulted on a package involving pay cuts and a series of other measures intended to protect crew jobs, with the cockpit union admitting the conditions of the deal are unlikely to be bettered. Cockpit union BALPA has been discussing ways to avoid cutting over ...
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Airline BusinessNew chief has big plans for ACI, but crisis recovery comes first
The new director general of airports body ACI World has grand plans to increase the profile and reach of the organisation – but knows he must first oversee the industry’s recovery from an unprecedented crisis, as the coronavirus pandemic halves passenger traffic in 2020. “The short-term [goal] is of course ...
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NewsAirlines call for joint Europe-USA coronavirus testing programme
Chief executives at IAG, Lufthansa, American Airlines and United Airlines have written a letter to US vice-president Mike Pence and European home-affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson, urging them to adopt a joint Covid-19 testing programme to enable transatlantic passenger flights to resume.
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NewsAirline ‘paper profits’ useless in a crisis: Wizz Air chief
An important lesson from the coronavirus crisis is that too many airlines focus on “paper profits” at the expense of genuine liquidity, according to Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi.
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NewsIcelandair Group expects $100m second-quarter operating loss
Icelandair Group has revealed the extent of the coronavirus impact on the second quarter, indicating an operating loss of around $100-110 million. The company says its revenues for the three-month period to 30 June were down by 85% to some $60 million. Its operating loss in the same quarter last ...
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NewsRussian budget carrier Pobeda taking four more 737-800s
Aeroflot Group’s low-cost operator Pobeda is set to receive four additional Boeing 737-800s in the space of a week. The airline acquired one aircraft on 21 July, taking its fleet of the type to 31. But Pobeda says it is due to take three more of the type “within a ...
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NewsAegean Airlines to operate at half of 2019 capacity in August
Greece’s Aegean Airlines is operating around 40% of last year’s summer capacity in July, rising to half in August, as it looks to rebuild its schedules after the coronavirus grounding.
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NewsRyanair to axe Hahn base after pilots reject cost-savings deal
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is set to close its base at Frankfurt Hahn airport in November as part of wider cuts after failing to reach agreement on cost savings with German pilots.
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NewsDisinfection adds 50% to Air Baltic A220 turnaround time
The disinfection of aircraft has added at least 20 minutes to turnaround times, according to Air Baltic chief executive Martin Gauss.
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NewsIndonesia expresses interest in used Austrian Eurofighters
Indonesia appears to be interested in 15 Eurofighters that are now part of the Austrian air force inventory. Austria’s Die Presse reported on 18 July that Austrian defence minister Klaudia Tanner had received a letter from her Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto expressing interest in the aircraft. Source: Airbus ...
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NewsUK sees health and financial assurances key in restoring air travel confidence
UK transport ministry officials are targeting work around testing as the next stage in building passenger confidence in air travel following the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Heathrow Airport Airlines have begun restoring scheduled passenger services to and from the UK since the government relaxed its quarantine rules, which ...
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NewsAirlines UK calls for air passenger duty to be waived temporarily
Passenger numbers at UK airports could decline by more than 40% over the next 12 months without government intervention, while 12% of routes in and out of the country could be discontinued, according to a new report commissioned from York Aviation by Airlines UK.