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NewsAir China completes its maiden ARJ21 service
Air China has completed its maiden flight of a Comac ARJ21 regional jet on the domestic routing from Beijing Capital airport to Xilinhot.
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NewsEmirates resumes flights to six further destinations
Emirates plans to restore services to a further six destinations from 15 July to 15 August, bringing the carrier’s network to 58 cities.
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NewsJetBlue to leave Long Beach, shift flights to Los Angeles
New York-based low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways will leave Long Beach airport in October, shifting flights to Los Angeles International airport, which will become JetBlue’s primary West Coast operations centre.
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NewsVolaris chief lauds flexible cost base but fleet will be flat to 2023
Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris is weathering the coronavirus storm thanks to its variable cost base, but still expects its fleet size to be flat through to 2023 as demand inches back.
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NewsKenya to reopen international flights on 1 August
Kenya has become the latest African country to announce dates for the resumption of scheduled flights, amid reports that its flag carrier plans to make job cuts ahead of a possible nationalisation.
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NewsLufthansa halves new-aircraft intake and cuts jobs
Lufthansa will halve the number of new aircraft it takes through to end-2023 as part of a second set of restructuring measures announced today.
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NewsHK Express pushes flight resumption back to August
Hong Kong low-cost carrier HK Express will not resume flights until the first week of August, over three weeks later than previously announced. The airline, which was purchased by Cathay Pacific Airways in July 2019, planned to resume flights on 11 July, but said yesterday it will postpone the resumption ...
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NewsHelvetic pushes back seven E2 deliveries to 2021
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has deferred delivery of seven Embraer 190-E2s that were due to join its fleet this year.
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NewsIreland-based Ryanair pilots agree temporary pay cut
Ryanair’s Irish pilots have agreed to a temporary pay reduction aimed at saving under-threat jobs at the airline.
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NewsPortuguese state takes control of TAP to prevent bankruptcy
Portugal’s government has agreed to pay €55 million ($62 million) to increase its stake in national carrier TAP to 72.5% in order to prevent the airline from going bankrupt.
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NewsGovernments must pay for virus health measures, say IATA and ACI
IATA and Airports Council International (ACI) have jointly called for governments to pay for public health measures relating to the spread of communicable diseases.
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NewsAfrica and Middle East need ‘layered’ measures for restart: IATA
African and Middle Eastern countries should adapt their quarantine measures to enable the aviation sector to begin a recovery while containing spread of the coronavirus, IATA has urged.
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NewsHawaiian reinstates flights to mainland US
Hawaiian Airlines will reinstate flights to the mainland USA in August, as the state of Hawaii begins to lift its draconian restrictions on movement within the islands as well as between the islands and the airline’s main destinations on the west coast of North America.
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NewsMajor US airlines announce schedule changes
The three US legacy passenger carriers have announced changes to their schedules after a four-month period in which capacity and demand had hit all-time lows due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsNear-halving of EasyJet’s German operation in prospect: union
Trade union Verdi believes EasyJet is planning to almost halve its operation at its sole German base in Berlin.
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NewsPandemic resurgence threatens to choke off recovery: IATA
Recent growth in the number of coronavirus cases is harming the recovery in air passenger demand and could lead IATA to downgrade its passenger estimates for the remainder of the year, the association has warned.
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NewsUK-based Ryanair pilots accept temporary pay cuts
UK pilot union BALPA has disclosed that members employed by Ryanair have voted 96% in favour of taking temporary pay cuts to save under-threat jobs.
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NewsCORSIA airline emissions baseline to exclude 2020 data, says ICAO
The ICAO Council has decided to disregard data from 2020 when calculating the baseline emissions for its CORSIA global carbon offsetting scheme for commercial aviation, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsThailand to ease international flight ban
Thailand will ease a ban on international passenger flights into the country from 1 July, nearly three months after first imposing it on 4 April. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand will permit international passenger flights to operate into Thailand carrying 11 permitted categories of passenger. These include returning Thai ...
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NewsTAP to cut more aircraft as losses mount
TAP Air Portugal has disclosed plans to further reduce its fleet after first-quarter net losses almost quadrupled to €395 million ($443 million) amid the Covid-19 pandemic.