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Heavy cancellations hammer Airbus net orders
Airbus has formally recorded Etihad Airways’ cancellation of 42 Airbus A350s which, alongside the scrubbing of 23 A380s and 25 A320neos, has left the airframer with a net order deficit of almost 100 aircraft.
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Laudamotion to double size of Majorca base
Laudamotion will double the number of Airbus A320s it has based at Majorca from two to four this summer as competitors reduce their presence on the Spanish island.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: How tough conditions exposed Germania's flawed strategy
It is perhaps easy to lump the demise of Germania in with the list of recent European airline failures – assuming it to be yet another casualty of a harsh market environment, and proof of the need for consolidation.
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Germania terminates flights and files for insolvency
Berlin-based leisure carrier Germania terminated flight operations on the evening of 4 February and filed for insolvency after failing to resolve short-term liquidity issues.
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Germania establishes Pristina base with new routes
Leisure carrier Germania has teamed with Balkan carrier Air Prishtina to open three new German connections from the Kosovan capital Pristina next summer.
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Laudamotion to launch Tegel base amid intensifying competition
Laudamotion will open a new base and operate 17 routes from Berlin Tegel this summer as part of its co-operation with new investor Ryanair.
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ANALYSIS: Laudamotion network built on Niki foundations
When IAG disclosed its plan to acquire Niki in December 2017, the group's chief executive Willie Walsh described the Austrian carrier as the "most financially viable part of Air Berlin".
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Ryanair to enter Tegel and Dusseldorf markets
Ryanair is set to compete directly with EasyJet, Germania and Eurowings on services from Tegel to Palma de Mallorca this summer, after disclosing its first-ever routes from the Berlin airport.
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Hard A321 landing led Germania to limit manual flights
Investigators have disclosed that Germania banned pilots' flying manual visual approaches under supervision, after an unstable descent by a relatively inexperienced first officer led an Airbus A321 to land hard at Fuerteventura.
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Air Berlin confirms deadline for bids
Potential buyers of Air Berlin have until 15 September to submit their offers, the carrier has confirmed.
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Insufficient MRO led to hard-landing A321's return flight
Lack of maintenance support to assess a hard landing prompted an Airbus A321 crew to return to Dusseldorf, after which the aircraft was found to have sustained serious damage.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UK concerns slow Sharm el-Sheikh returns
A year on since airlines begun pulling flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, just over 100 international services into the Egyptian airport are still not flying FlightGlobal schedules data shows.
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Germania to grow its regional network in 2017
Berlin-based carrier Germania is planning to increase its presence in Dresden, Nuremberg and at Munster/Osnabruck airport with additional routes for the summer 2017 schedule.
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FARNBOROUGH: Germania defects from CFM for new A320neos
Germania has defected to Pratt & Whitney for its newly-ordered Airbus A320neo fleet, having been a long-term CFM International customer.
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FARNBOROUGH: Germania signs for 25 A320neos
Germania has signed a firm order with Airbus for 25 A320neos, taking options for an additional 15.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines still cautious on return to Egypt
Though the hijacking of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 on 29 March appears not to have been a terrorism-related incident, it can only intensify concerns about Egyptian airport security – five months after the MetroJet A321 crash – and the challenges in rebuilding the North African nation's reputation as a tourist ...
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Germania 737 aborted take-off on closed runway
Spanish investigators are looking into an incident involving a Germania Boeing 737-700 which was cleared to depart from a closed runway at Las Palmas.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines move to rebuild Iranian networks
With Iran's rapprochement with Europe now well under way, airlines are rushing to re-establish links with the former pariah state.
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Germania grows fleet for holiday season
Germania is to lease a fourth Airbus A321 for its summer 2014 schedule.