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NewsJetstar to shift six A320s from Japan to Australia
Low-cost carrier group Jetstar is to “temporarily” move six Airbus A320s from its Jetstar Japan unit to its Australian operation, as the latter’s relatively strong domestic market provides an outlet for capacity.
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NewsRecovery unsustainable without Travel Pass-style apps: IATA
Governments around the world are not moving quickly enough to plan for the reopening of international travel markets, in the view of IATA, particularly when it comes to the creation of digital standards for Covid-19 testing and vaccination records.
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NewsWizz to add new Italian base
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is opening a new base at Palermo.
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NewsLufthansa expands rail offering through Deutsche Bahn
Lufthansa is expanding its joint product with German rail operator Deutsche Bahn as it looks to improve connectivity and reduce emissions.
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NewsPegasus hopeful of rebound as restrictions dent late-2020 performance
Budget carrier Pegasus Airlines saw curfews and lockdowns in Turkey dent demand towards the end of 2020, but it remains hopeful of a strong traffic rebound going into the second half of 2021.
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NewsLufthansa chief says fleet and failures can offset corporate travel slump
Fleet adjustments and the failures of other airlines are likely to offset the impact of an accelerated fall in demand from business travellers in the coming years, according to Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr.
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NewsCanadian airlines lost 23% of international market share: WestJet chief
Airlines in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic have lost 23% of their market share on international routes to competitors in Europe and the USA whose governments have provided sector-specific relief funds, WestJet chief executive Ed Sims said during an online discussion hosted by multinational aviation group Eurocontrol on 2 March.
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NewsPassenger traffic falls back in January: IATA
The number of passengers carried by airlines declined even more sharply in January than the previous month, as governments continued to tighten travel restrictions.
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NewsRyanair and Wizz fly less than a million passengers between them in February
Ryanair and Wizz Air passenger numbers were down 95% and 87%, respectively, in February as the two European low-cost airlines carried less than a million passenger between them during the month.
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NewsArrival of versatile E195-E2 offers ‘glimmer of hope’: KLM Cityhopper chief
KLM Cityhopper believes the arrival of its first Embraer 195-E2s can help to spearhead the Dutch carrier’s recovery from the pandemic downturn as the new jets will offer the wider group greater flexibility.
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NewsIAG sees long-haul driving passenger revenues since September
IAG carriers British Airways and Iberia have been generating the majority of their passenger revenues from long-haul flights in recent months, driven by resilient demand for visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel.
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NewsNorwegian posts $2.7bn annual loss
Norwegian made a net loss of NKr23 billion ($2.7 billion) in 2020, dramatically deepening one of NKr1.61 billion in 2019, as its long-haul low-cost business model was devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsIAG to operate 20% of capacity in first quarter after tumbling to €7.4bn loss
British Airways and Iberia parent IAG expects to operate just a fifth of its 2019 capacity in the first quarter after disclosing it swung to a €7.43 billion ($9.1 billion) operating loss last year. IAG posted a €1.47 billion loss for the fourth quarter, a period in which it operated ...
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NewsQantas delays international network restart to end-October
Qantas expects to gradually resume regular international passenger flights by the end of October — about four months later than it had previously projected.
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NewsHeathrow Airport losses top £2 billion in pandemic-hit 2020
London Heathrow airport’s operator ended last year with enough liquidity to see it through until 2023 after a dreadful 12 months in which it lost just over £2 billion ($2.8 billion).
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NewsThai AirAsia eyes April domestic restart amid widening losses
Thai AirAsia expects to resume all domestic flights by April, even as its parent company’s full-year losses widen amid the impact from the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsUK bookings surge on lockdown exit plan
Airlines have seen a jump in UK ticket sales in the hours after the government published information on the national plan for exiting lockdown.
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NewsGulf Air to make Singapore return in April
Gulf Air is to launch a weekly service from Bahrain to Singapore in April, reviving a route it last operated more than a decade ago. The Bahraini carrier will deploy a Boeing 787-9 on the service to Singapore, which it describes as a ”boutique destination”. Source: Soos Jozsef/Shutterstock.com ...
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NewsDomestic travel curbs punish China’s ‘Big Three’ traffic recovery
China’s three largest carriers started the year with domestic traffic continuing to decline, amid travel restrictions imposed to curb a resurgence in local coronavirus cases.
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NewsUnited to add Boston-Heathrow route
United Airlines will launch a daily nonstop route from Boston Logan to London Heathrow this year, assuming travel restrictions diminish and demand materialises.