All Europe articles – Page 347
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Financial regulator to study Thomas Cook failure
Independent financial regulators are examining whether there is justification for a probe into the collapse of leisure group Thomas Cook.
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Airline BusinessChallenges check airline capacity growth
After several years of above-average growth rates, airlines have tempered their expansion this summer. While that is evident across the industry as a whole, there are several notable hot-spots where players have reined in their activity
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Condor home state discussing financial support
German carrier Condor has received offers of assistance from the local Hesse state government to ensure that it can continue to operate over the low-activity winter season.
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XA42 banned from acrobatics over engine-mount concerns
European safety regulators have banned aerobatic activity with XtremeAir XA42 single-engined sports aircraft over concerns that the engine could break away from the airframe.
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TUI yet to assess full impact of Thomas Cook failure
Leisure firm TUI Group has yet to assess the impact of rival Thomas Cook Group’s collapse on its own operations, but stresses that it is facing its own external pressures which are likely to continue into the next fiscal year.
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Thomas Cook repatriation to involve over 1,000 flights
Over 1,000 flights are being planned for the two-week ‘Operation Matterhorn’ repatriation programme following leisure giant Thomas Cook Group’s collapse.
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Pressured Adria Airways 'temporarily' suspends services
Slovenia’s Adria Airways is suspending operations, having become the latest major carrier to run into financial problems.
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AnalysisStrategic struggles preceded Thomas Cook failure
Thomas Cook Group can arguably trace its collapse back more than a decade, to a round of leisure industry consolidation which resulted in its creation through a 2007 merger between German-owned Thomas Cook and UK holiday carrier Airtours’ parent MyTravel Group.
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NewsPegasus receives first A321neo
Pegasus Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo on 11 September, equipped with a 239-seat high-density cabin layout.
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NewsRolls-Royce Pearl 15 secures Transport Canada certification
Rolls-Royce has received Transport Canada certification for the Pearl 15 engine that powers the in-development Bombardier Global 5500 and 6500 business jets.
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UK government seeks urgent probe into Thomas Cook failure
UK government investigators will be asked to prioritise a probe into the collapse of leisure firm Thomas Cook Group, following its failure to secure a rescue deal with Chinese firm Fosun Tourism Group.
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Thomas Cook's Condor still flying but seeks bridge loan
German carrier Condor is to seek a government-backed bridging loan to preserve liquidity after the collapse of associated tour operator Thomas Cook.
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Forty aircraft recruited to repatriate Thomas Cook customers
Leisure firm Thomas Cook’s collapse has triggered a huge repatriation effort to ensure that over 150,000 holidaymakers will be able to return.
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NewsCessna 208s missed collision by 'narrowest' margin
UK investigators believe two Cessna 208 turboprops were just 5s from an almost certain mid-air collision on final approach, after each aircraft joined a landing circuit without visual contact with the other.
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Icelandair agrees initial 'fraction' of 737 Max compensation
Icelandair has reached an initial agreement with Boeing partially compensating the airline for earnings lost as a result of the 737 Max grounding.
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NewsUK backs hydrogen fuel-cell Piper demo flight in Orkney
New UK transport secretary Grant Shapps is encouraging innovation to create an “electric revolution” which will transform aviation in the same manner as the automotive industry.
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OpinionWill Airbus' market forecast come close to reality?
Anyone cursing being caught in a downpour without an umbrella after believing a forecast of fine weather would doubtless agree with former prime minister Winston Churchill’s opinion on the risks of predicting the future.
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NewsSheremetyevo third runway opens with A321 arrival
Moscow Sheremetyevo airport’s third runway has opened with the first landing conducted by an Aeroflot Airbus A321.
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Second Swiss A220 suffers similar engine rotor failure
Investigators are probing another serious engine failure on a Swiss Airbus A220-300, less than two months after a previous similar incident involving a sister aircraft on the same route.
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Trent 1000 blade fixes to take longer than predicted
Operators of Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787s are being warned that measures to fix the persistent blade problems of the Trent 1000 engine are likely to take longer than previously estimated.