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NewsEasyJet eyes growth at slot-constrained airports through A319 up-gauge
Low-cost carrier EasyJet is citing its ability to up-gauge from smaller Airbus A319s as providing an opportunity to lift capacity in the coming years as part of its strategy of growing at slot-constrained airports.
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NewsRussian operators barred from selling UK airport slots
Russian airlines will be prevented from selling landing slots at UK airports left unused in the wake of sanctions placed on the air transport industry. Aeroflot, its subsidiary Rossiya, and Ural Airlines will be unable to divest the slots, which the UK government values at around £50 million ($62 million). ...
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NewsYemenia A320 flight marks restart of operations at Sana’a after ceasefire
Commercial operations have restarted from Yemen’s capital Sana’a airport, after a six-year suspension during the conflict in the Middle Eastern state. The Yemenia Airbus A320 departed for Amman in Jordan on 16 May. Yemen’s civil aviation and meteorology authority says the aircraft transported 137 occupants on the route. The flight ...
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NewsIndustry leaders call for unified efforts to sustain Asian aviation recovery
Panellists at an aviation roundtable have called for unified efforts to speed up – and sustain – recovery in the sector which has been battered by two years of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsUnited to ‘gradually’ return PW4000-powered 777s to service from 26 May
At the end of this month, United Airlines plans to begin “gradually” reintroducing to service its 52 Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777s that have been grounded since February 2021 following an in-flight engine failure.
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Airline BusinessEasyJet and others act to ensure ‘operational resilience’
EasyJet’s announcement this week that it would be removing six seats from its Airbus A319 jets might seem counterintuitive for a low-cost carrier, but it reflects creative thinking as the sector tackles a troublesome staffing shortage.
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NewsAviation will heavily rely on carbon credits to hit EU ‘Fit for 55’ emissions target
Aviation is able to meet the European Union’s target to significantly reduce CO2 emissions by 2030, but only through a heavy reliance on market-based measures (MBMs) that will contribute to billions of euros in extra costs, according to the region’s network manager Eurocontrol.
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NewsTUI ends ‘two years of misery’ as summer revenue hits pre-Covid level
TUI Group expects its summer 2022 capacity to be close to “normalised 2019 summer levels” as demand returns in key markets, driving a return to full-year profitability.
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NewsRoyal Air Maroc to enter Emirates codeshare pact
Royal Air Maroc has entered a codeshare agreement with Middle Eastern operator Emirates, intended to lift connections between Dubai and Casablanca. The two carriers will commence the codeshare at the end of May. Emirates will have access to 17 destinations in Morocco, other than Casablanca, along with 63 international cities ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: May 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsFrankfurt airport operator sees full year profits after improved first quarter
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport expects a group net profit for the full year as it sees passengers at the German hub reaching up to 65% of pre-crisis levels in 2022 and “dynamic” growth across its wider airport portfolio.
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Airline BusinessRyanair’s director of sustainability on SAF, Max, offsets and ensuring ‘the polluter pays’
European low-cost giant Ryanair has not always been known for its commitment to environment issues, but group chief executive Michael O’Leary’s conversion to the cause in recent years has come alongside an effort to put sustainability at the forefront of its strategy.
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NewsBreeze introduces routes in the western USA
Breeze Airways is adding the Salt Lake City area to its route map as it launches flights within the western USA.
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NewsBritish Airways trims capacity plan to tackle operational challenges
IAG expects to operate 80% of pre-crisis capacity across this year, less than the 85% it had originally targeted after British Airways scaled back its planned flights this summer in a bid to make its operations more resilient.
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Airline BusinessHas the golden age of Chinese air travel come to an end?
For three decades it has been an article of faith that China is the future of the world’s airline and aviation businesses, but trends suggest a darker path ahead.
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NewsLufthansa Group looks to strong summer demand as fuel costs bite
Lufthansa Group’s overall results improved in the first quarter, although rising fuel costs held back the recovery of its passenger airline business during the first three months of the year.
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NewsAir France-KLM projects summer profit after cutting first quarter loss
Air France-KLM Group expects to break even at the operating level in the second quarter and to be “significantly positive” in the third after reporting strong recovery signs in the first three months of the year despite the impact of Omicron and the Ukraine crisis.
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Airline BusinessEmirates at epicentre of airframer widebody woes
For Emirates Airline, being a key driver of new and existing widebody programmes has long been a double-edged sword, with recent issues at airframers leaving it particularly vulnerable to several unfavourable developments.
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NewsPobeda granted clearance to open Iranian service
Aeroflot Group’s budget carrier Pobeda has obtained permission to operate services to Iran from Russia’s civil aviation regulator. Pobeda will be permitted to fly twice-weekly between Moscow and Tehran, according to the decision disclosed by federal air transport authority Rosaviatsia. All Pobeda flights are conducted with a fleet of Boeing ...
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Airline BusinessWhy sparks are flying over airport charges post-pandemic
While airlines and airports found common ground during the pandemic in pressing for the lifting of restrictions, the fractious debate over future pricing at Heathrow underlines the wider financing challenges ahead for an industry on its heels from two years of losses but with a long-term capacity crunch still on the horizon