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Airline BusinessHow European airline capacity expectations are shaping up
As the easing in Covid travel restrictions and vaccination roll-out across Europe slowly progresses, airlines in the region have been mapping out how quickly to ramp up capacity.
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NewsEurope’s airlines cautiously embrace signs of strong demand recovery
News that flight numbers in Europe exceeded Eurocontrol’s best-case scenario in July reflects the beginnings of a strong demand recovery in the region.
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NewsSAA closes in on relaunch after operating licence renewed
South African Airways has taken a step closer to resuming operations after the country’s civil aviation regulator renewed the carrier’s operating licence.
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NewsTransatlantic ‘already leading the recovery’ of Lufthansa long-haul business
The opening up of many European countries to non-essential travellers from the USA has kick-started a significant recovery in Lufthansa Group’s transatlantic passenger traffic.
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NewsRyanair enjoys busiest month for traffic in July since crisis hit
Ryanair has enjoyed its strongest month of traffic since the pandemic hit, carrying 9.3 million passengers at a load factor of 80% in July.
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NewsSpirit cancels half of its scheduled flights
For the third day in a row, Spirit Airlines has cancelled hundreds of flights due to what it calls “operational challenges”.
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NewsSpirit delays or cancels almost 1,000 flights
In the latest disruption to passenger air travel across the USA, Spirit Airlines has been forced to cancel more than one-third of its flights in the past two days.
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NewsRussian far east unified carrier to commence operations in mid-August
Russia’s new unified carrier to serve the eastern side of the country, which is being based on the operator Aurora, has started conducting test flights ahead of opening a full initial schedule on 20 routes in mid-August. Prime minister Mikhail Mishustin stated during a 30 July government meeting that a ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Weekly Briefing: Vaccine inequity weighs on African recovery
The danger is that in a world where Covid jabs are the main currency for international travel, a region such as Africa, where only around 2% of the population has received a vaccine dose, is further pushed into the mire.
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NewsThai AirAsia extends suspension as country reports record Covid-19 cases
Thai AirAsia has extended its domestic flight suspension for more than a week, as Thailand battles its worst-ever wave of coronavirus infections.
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NewsIndonesia extends domestic travel restrictions
Indonesia has imposed capacity limits on domestic flights as part of a raft of measures that includes restrictions on children travelling.
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NewsPandemic resurgence dashes domestic recovery hopes for AirAsia Group
Fresh waves of coronavirus infections in most of AirAsia Group’s key operating markets dampened any prospect of strong recoveries.
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NewsJetBlue to make ‘adjustments’ to transatlantic flight schedule
JetBlue Airways will make “schedule adjustments” to its transatlantic flights as the continued rapid spread of the highly-contagious “Delta” variant of the coronavirus as well as ongoing travel restrictions threaten to wreak havoc with the rebound of international air travel.
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NewsSouthwest Airlines joins Sabre booking network
Southwest Airlines has fully joined the Sabre global distribution system (GDS), allowing corporate accounts to more seamlessly access, book and modify travel on the low-cost carrier.
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NewsHeathrow warns UK is falling behind Europe in travel and trade recovery
The UK’s travel restrictions “remain a barrier” to a more significant recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and mean the country is lagging the positive trends seen elsewhere in Europe, in the view of Heathrow Airport.
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NewsIATA calls European Commission’s slot rules ‘out of touch with reality’
IATA has sharply criticised the European Commission’s intentions to tighten slot rules for the winter travel season as “out of touch with reality”, as the region’s airlines are only just beginning to ramp up operations following the more than year-long coronavirus crisis.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Weekly Briefing: No more domestic bliss in Asia-Pacific
News this week that Australia’s domestic air travel market has been hit hard by a resurgence of Covid-19 cases reflects a growing trend of Covid-19 challenges in Asia-Pacific, with no easy answers.
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NewsAir Canada ‘ready to deal with’ Porter Airlines expansion
Air Canada is undaunted by regional carrier Porter Airlines’ plans to grab market share when it begins operating jet aircraft from Toronto’s Pearson International airport in 2022.
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NewsQatar Airways brand enhanced by flying through pandemic: Al Baker
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker believes the airline’s brand has been enhanced by its high-level of activity through the pandemic.
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NewsGaruda domestic market share slips in 2020
Embattled Garuda Indonesia saw its domestic market share erode in 2020, as full-year traffic tumbled significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic.