All articles by Graham Dunn – Page 41
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Airline BusinessWhy sparks are flying over airport charges post-pandemic
While airlines and airports found common ground during the pandemic in pressing for the lifting of restrictions, the fractious debate over future pricing at Heathrow underlines the wider financing challenges ahead for an industry on its heels from two years of losses but with a long-term capacity crunch still on the horizon
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NewsApril traffic marks Ryanair’s busiest month since August 2019
Ryanair underlined the strength of its recovery in activity by carrying 14.2 million passengers and reporting load factors of over 90% in April, marking the low-cost carrier’s busiest month since August 2019.
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NewsLatin carriers Avianca and Viva strike joint ownership deal
Owners of Avianca and the low-cost operator Viva have struck a deal to to form a joint holding company in a move to provide greater financial stability for the Latin American carriers post-pandemic.
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NewsTurkish Airlines Q1 profit jumps on strong cargo and recovering demand
Turkish Airlines posted an improved profit for the first three months of 2022, driven by a continued strong performance in cargo and higher demand as Covid travel restrictions eased further.
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NewsRussia’s Aeroflot suspended from SkyTeam alliance
Aeroflot has had its membership of global alliance SkyTeam temporarily suspended amid the continued fallout of global sanctions impacting the country’s operators following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Airline BusinessSpohr sees CO2 savings argument key to Single European Sky breakthrough
Lufthansa Group chief executive and this year’s Airlines for Europe (A4E) chair, Carsten Spohr, believes the industry needs to focus on the potential CO2 savings in pressing European governments for air traffic management reform.
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NewsDelta reports March upturn despite first quarter losses
Delta Air Lines lost $940 million in the first quarter of 2022 as the Omicron variant hit demand during January and February, though business picked up in March.
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NewsEurope clears Parker’s purchase of Meggitt, requires wheel and brake divestment
European Commission regulators have cleared Parker Hannifin’s proposed acquistion of UK aerospace firm Meggitt, conditional on commitments offered by the US firm including the divestment of its wheels and brakes division.
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NewsKuehne takes stake in Lufthansa to over 10%
German businessman and Kuehne and Nagel majority owner Klaus-Michael Kuehne has increased his stake in Lufthansa to over 10%, a stock market disclosure today shows.
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NewsClosure of Brazilian MRO unit drives TAP loss in 2021
TAP Air Portugal posted a net loss of €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) for 2021, including €1 billion of one-off costs largely related to the closure of its Brazilian maintenance unit.
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NewsOutbound travel drives Heathrow to busiest month since pandemic
London Heathrow airport enjoyed its best month for traffic since the pandemic in March, though the 4.2 million passengers it handled is still only two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsJet2 converts options on six more A321neos
UK leisure operator Jet2 has exercised purchase rights on six more Airbus A321neos, taking its firm orders for the narrowbody to 57.
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NewsBoliviana to lease A330-200s for long-haul fleet renewal
Boliviana de Aviacion (BoA) has struck deals with lessors Avolon and Orix Aviation to lease Airbus A330-200s for its planned fleet renewal.
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NewsCourt rules foreign carriers liable for compensation if flights booked through EU airline
A European court has ruled that passengers are able to claim compensation for delays relating to a flight operated by non-EU carriers if booked through a carrier from within the bloc,
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NewsEurocontrol sees flights reaching 92% of pre-crisis levels by year-end
Eurocontrol is projecting flight activity will end the year at 92% of pre-crisis levels, under anew base scenario forecast for traffic developing in Europe for the rest of the year.
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NewsEmirates to restore third London link by resuming Stansted flights in August
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to resume its Dubai-London Stansted flights, restoring services to the three airports in the UK capital it operated prior to the pandemic.
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NewsEuropean low-cost carriers cement loads recovery in March
European low-cost carrier Norwegian carried 940,000 passengers at a load factor of 80.3% in March, the latest budget operator in the region to disclose loads stabilising at higher levels following the Omicron-fuelled dip at the turn of the year.
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NewsLufthansa Technik unit back providing Comair maintenance after suspension lifted
Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International (LTMI) has resumed work for South African carrier Comair after regulators in the country lifted the temporary suspension on the MRO unit.
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NewsWizz confident on strong summer loads from ramped-up Gatwick
Wizz Air UK managing director Marion Geoffroy is confident of strong load factors this summer, flagging full flights on the first day of the summer season from its expanded London Gatwick operation. The budget carrier opened a base at the south London airport in the autumn of 2020, initially with ...
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NewsFlynas signs off on strategy envisaging raising aircraft orders to 250
Saudi Arabian budget operation Flynas has outlined a strategic plan for the remainder of the decade under which it intends to lift its aircraft orders to 250.