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Airline BusinessQantas ends its long, long affair with the 747
A half century of aviation history ended at Qantas with the premature retirement of its last six Boeing 747-400ERs.
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Airline BusinessEuropean carriers put emphasis on reach in short-haul return
As European carriers lay out their plans for restoring passenger services, one of the most notable aspects has been a desire to rebuild the spread of networks ahead of volume.
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Airline BusinessBy the numbers: coronavirus effect on the global fleet
At its peak, the coronavirus crisis saw more than two-thirds of mainline passenger aircraft worldwide being parked. How many of the older jets will ever return to service is in question
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Airline BusinessHow states have stepped in to support European carriers
Faced with an immediate drop in revenues from the virtual of grounding of international scheduled passenger flights, governments around the world have stepped in to find ways to keep carrier in business through the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
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Airline BusinessJune share price uptick strikes brighter note for airlines
Tentative signs of the opening of international air travel markets for this summer and the sealing of stabilisation measures have coincided with an uplift in airline share prices in June which will have the hard hit carriers hoping the worst may be over.
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific deliveries see slight uptick in May
Asia-Pacific airlines received 11 of the 23 passenger airliners delivered globally during May, amid continued challenges stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. During the month, European carriers received seven new aircraft, and North American carriers four, according to Cirium fleets data as of 17 June. The remaining aircraft, an Airbus A350-1000, ...
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific travellers confront sea of restrictions
Prospective travellers in the Asia-Pacific are confronted by a dizzying array of immigration restrictions related to the coronavirus, although limited travel ‘bubbles’ mark baby steps toward a recovery. The region’s airlines have made much of their efforts to improve hygiene in the cabin through the wearing of masks by crew ...
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Airline BusinessPandemic fleet cull to swell surplus engine stock
As airlines retire mid-life fleets in response to coronavirus downturn, the spares market will be flooded with engines and parts
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Airline BusinessMore Latin American airlines could face liquidity shocks
LATAM and Avianca are Latin America’s first carriers to file for bankruptcy protection amid the pandemic, but they are unlikely to be last considering the slow pace at which the region’s governments have implemented financial assistance programmes.
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Airline BusinessAir France latest to act as coronavirus speeds wave of fleet retirements
News that the Air France Airbus A380 fleet has become an immediate victim of the coronavirus pandemic is a stark reminder that the collateral damage of this crisis will reach far and wide across the airline industry.
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Airline BusinessCoronavirus clouds outlook for iconic 777-200/200ER
While the Boeing 777-200 series has been an airline icon for the last 25 years, the coronavirus pandemic is likely to accelerate its disappearance from the skies.
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific April deliveries collapse amid travel restrictions
Asia-Pacific airlines received just two new aircraft during April 2020, as travel restrictions stemming from the coronavirus epidemic played havoc with delivery schedules. Only two Chinese carriers received new jets, according to Cirium fleets data. Loong Air took an Airbus A320neo and Chengdu Airlines took a Comac ARJ21. ...
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Airline BusinessHow might crisis impact European carrier network thinking
A string of major permanent job cut announcements from European carriers over the past week underlines the extent to which the airline industry will be smaller when passenger services return to some kind of normality.
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Airline BusinessAsia’s bullish LCC orderbook confronts a bear trap
Following epic orders in the aviation bull market of the 2010s, Airbus and Boeing have significant exposure to the fate of the four major low-cost carrier groups in the Asia-Pacific. The 2010s were a heady time for Asia-Pacific low-cost carrier bosses such as AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes, Lion Air’s Rusdi Kirana, ...
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Airline BusinessPassenger levels to more than halve at airports after traffic peak in 2019
A fresh forecast from airports body ACI World estimates that global passenger levels will more than halve in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll in air traffic.
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Airline BusinessHow will crisis impact airline mergers?
Airlines and regulators are having to adjust to a fast-changing landscape as they consider merger and acquisition plans, both those put in play before the coronavirus crisis hit and those that might emerge in its aftermath.
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Airline BusinessHow would SAA collapse affect South Africa’s airline connectivity?
If South African Airways fails to find a way through its current funding crisis, it could leave a big hole in its home country’s connectivity, depending on which routes are considered viable as coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
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Airline BusinessThe lessors with the most exposure to Virgin Australia
Singapore-based Avation is the lessor with the highest exposure, by number of aircraft, to Virgin Australia, which has entered voluntary administration. Goshawk, meanwhile, has the most lease rentals to lose if the airline cannot make payments. Avation has 13 aircraft with the Brisbane-based carrier, including 11 ATR 72s on operating ...
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Airline BusinessAir freight market goes into overdrive
While passenger airlines have heavily reduced their services over recent weeks, the air cargo market has gone into overdrive as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Airline BusinessEarly retirements in crises: a new normal?
Across the world, airlines are considering bringing forward the retirement of older aircraft types. When the coronavirus outbreak finally abates, the question will remain if these accelerated retirements represent an anomaly, or a “new normal”.