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NewsHungarian state makes bid for private stake in Budapest Airport
Airport operator AviAlliance is reviewing an offer from the Hungarian Government to the shareholders of Budapest airport.
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NewsPorter orders 30 E195-E2s, outlines major expansion
Canada’s Porter Airlines has ordered 30 Embraer 195-E2s and taken options to acquire a further 50 of the jets, while also announcing plans to expand its operation to include flights at Toronto Pearson airport.
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NewsHeathrow flags freight impact as passenger numbers down 90% in first half
London Heathrow airport is warning of the impact on freight trade from the continued travel restrictions after today disclosing that passenger numbers remained 87% down on pre-crisis levels in June. The UK’s biggest hub airport handled 956,689 passengers in June. While that marked the highest figure for the year so ...
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NewsFinnair steps into long-haul leisure routes from Stockholm
Oneworld alliance carrier Finnair is to branch into long-haul operations from the Swedish capital Stockholm, operating to destinations in the USA and Thailand. The airline will operate Airbus A350-900s on the services to Miami, Bangkok and Phuket during the winter season. It is stepping into the main base of SAS ...
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NewsAegean to restore 80% of capacity as losses narrow
Aegean Airlines’ losses almost halved year on year in the first quarter of 2021, and the Greek carrier aims to restore 75-80% of its capacity in the third quarter.
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NewsMore than 70 airlines trialling IATA Travel Pass
More than 70 airlines are at various stages of trialling the IATA Travel Pass, the mobile application developed to help smooth the processing of passengers’ travel health credentials.
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NewsJet2 waits on summer demand after losses in pandemic-hit year
UK leisure carrier Jet2 continues to have “limited visibility” for the key summer period and the coming winter season as it eyes a pick-up in travel demand after posting an operating loss of £373.8 million ($463.9 million) for the pandemic-hit year to March 2021.
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NewsDebt-hit airlines may struggle to meet demand ramp-up: Walsh
IATA director general Willie Walsh believes a more cautious approach to network expansion from airlines battling to restore balance sheets ravaged by the crisis may mean capacity falls short of demand as travel restrictions are lifted.
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NewsIATA foresees healthy air cargo market beyond pandemic
IATA expects cargo demand to remain strong after global air freight volumes increased 9.4% in May over pre-crisis levels.
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NewsUK carriers to demo fast-track lanes for vaccinated passengers at Heathrow
UK carriers British Airways and Virgin Altantic are working with London Heathrow airport to carry out proving trials aimed at demonstrating the smooth processing of fully vaccinated travellers entering the country.
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NewsLeisure markets lead return in European flight activity
Greece, Turkey and Spain led the growth in flight activity across Europe over the past two weeks as Eurocontrol data illustrates leisure markets are benefiting most from the easing of travel restrictions in the region.
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NewsAir Canada to reinstate more international routes
Air Canada is reinstating numerous international routes as the government of Canada begins to tentatively relax coronavirus-driven rules for inbound travellers.
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NewsNorwegian plans ‘gradual’ increase in flights as markets reopen
Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian plans to “gradually increase” its flight activities in July in response to the easing of some travel restrictions in Europe. While Norwegian’s passenger numbers more than doubled in June over the previous month to 225,000, it remains a fraction of the 3.5 million the airline carried ...
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NewsIATA’s Walsh hits out at European Commission’s approach to slot rules
IATA director general Willie Walsh has hit out at continued uncertainty over European Commission plans for airport slot rules this winter, amid concerns the strong uptick in summer capacity will prompt too high a threshold for minimum use levels being set.
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NewsCanada’s Porter to restart flights in September with federal aid
Porter Airlines intends to resume operations on 8 September, following months of delays as the regional carrier watched for signs that Canada would loosen travel restrictions and that demand for flights would return.
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NewsRyanair and Wizz record highest loads in June since summer 2020
European budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air in June recorded their strongest months for passenger traffic since last summer as markets in the region began to ease Covid travel restrictions.
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NewsCanada among new additions to EU ‘safe list’ for travel
Canada heads a list 11 states or territories that the European Union has added to its list of destinations where it is recommending member states lift restrictions on non-essential travel into the bloc.
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NewsInternational carriers make Phuket return
Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, El Al and Singapore Airlines all resumed flights to Phuket today, while Air Arabia, Emirates and Oman Air are due to carry out flights tomorrow.
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NewsNorwegian start-up Flyr launches flights
Norwegian start-up Flyr has carried out its first commercial flight today, a domestic service connecting Oslo with Tromso.
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NewsFragmented EU Covid certificate rollout risks ‘chaos’: industry
European aviation industry representatives have warned of “chaos” at airports this summer unless EU member states take a co-ordinated approach to implementing the bloc’s Digital Covid Certificate, which is set to enter force on 1 July.