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NewsBullish Wizz to open Milan and Larnaca bases in July
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has given a further indication of its expansive approach to the post-crisis environment by detailing plans to open bases at Milan Malpensa and the Cypriot resort of Larnaca.
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NewsEuropean carriers take tentative steps to restoring networks
Several European operators have announced more tentative steps to restoring their networks, including the resumption of services by Lufthansa Group operators Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines in June. Austrian Airlines, which suspended flights on 19 March, has today announced it will resume scheduled flights to mostly European cities in mid-June. ...
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NewsAir Canada tests demand with international summer flights
Air Canada will launch an “abridged” schedule this summer with 97 destinations down from 220 last year, betting that coronavirus cases will decline and governments will ease restrictions to enable more international travel. The carrier began its summer sales push by resuming service on 25 May to New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Dulles, ...
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NewsChina Airlines issues A350-900 leaseback RFP: sources
China Airlines has issued a request for proposals for the sale and leaseback of two Airbus A350-900s, according to two sources. The Taiwanese flag carrier has returned to the market after agreeing to sell and lease back five A330-300s earlier this month. The deadline for bids on the A350s is ...
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NewsAir Canada to fly modified business-only A319s on domestic routes
Air Canada starting 1 June plans to fly three modified Airbus A319s with only 58 business-class seats between Toronto, Montreal and Ottowa, aiming to maintain air travel while minimizing the risk of coronavirus infection. The flights sold through its charter subsidiary Air Canada Jetz will fly one morning and one ...
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NewsCoronavirus restrictions confuse travellers
As the global coronavirus pandemic drags on, travellers and crew on intercontinental flights are getting used to wearing face coverings in public spaces and adhering to other measures such as social distancing, imposed by airlines, airports and authorities to stop the spread of infection.
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NewsRyanair to close Lauda’s Vienna base on 29 May
Ryanair Group has followed through on its threat to close Lauda’s Vienna base after failing to reach an agreement on cost reductions.
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NewsZipair Tokyo applies to launch with cargo-only flights
Start-up carrier Zipair Tokyo has applied to authorities to launch with cargo-only flights between Tokyo Narita and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi from 3 June.
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NewsIndia to restart domestic flights from 25 May
India plans to restart domestic civil aviation in a “calibrated manner” from 25 May. Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a 20 May Twitter post that all airports and airlines are being informed to be ready for operations from that date. He added that standard operating procedures for ...
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NewsCambodia lifts entry ban on six nationalities as Covid-19 ebbs
Cambodia has removed its ban on visitors from France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Spain and the United States, which was first imposed in mid-March amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. The Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) national news agency reported on 20 May that visitors from these countries are now allowed to enter the ...
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NewsChangi airport reopens transit from 2 June
Changi airport will gradually allow transit passengers from 2 June, after Singapore banned all short-term visitors from entering or transiting, effective 23 March 23:59. “This is part of Singapore’s strategy to gradually reopen air transport to meet the needs of our economy and our people, whilst ensuring sufficient safeguards for ...
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NewsIATA sets out biosecurity roadmap to restarting flights
Passengers and airlines would face radical changes to the process of air travel under IATA’s guidelines for restarting the industry when the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. While its recommendations are not binding, the association hopes that governments, airlines and airports will adopt the measures as a middle ground to allow passengers ...
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NewsFinnair outlines plan to restart Europe and Asia flights in July
Finnair plans to start operating 30% of its network from July with flights to a number of key European and Asian cities.
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NewsSIA sees traffic figures implode in April
The Singapore Airlines Group saw all passenger traffic metrics crash in April 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic brought world travel to a virtual standstill. The group says that overall capacity as measured by ASKs fell 96.3%, while passengers carried fell 99.6% to just 10,800, compared with 3.1 million a year ...
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NewsUS DOT relaxes CARES Act route commitments
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) will allow airlines to suspend service to at least five additional locations on their networks in an ongoing process to minimize the costs of operating flights amid coronavirus while keeping the USA connected. The CARES Act gives authority to the US Transportation and Treasury ...
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NewsAustralia’s Rex studies launch of capital city flights
Australia’s Regional Express has confirmed plans to expand into capital city flights within Australia. “Rex discloses that it has been approached by several parties interested in providing the equity needed for Rex to start domestic operations in Australia,” it said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today, ...
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NewsSpain to quarantine international arrivals from 15 May
Spain’s government has decreed that all visitors entering the country from abroad must go into quarantine for 14 days from 15 May, potentially scuppering attempts by airlines to restart Spanish summer holiday flights.
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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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NewsAir France-KLM targets 60% capacity recovery by year-end
Air France-KLM expects to operate 20% of previously planned capacity during the third quarter but raise the level to 60% by year-end.
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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.