News from FlightGlobal – Page 284
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NewsFinnair to put A330 capacity on three Nordic links to Qatar
Finnair is to deploy substantial Airbus A330 capacity on new services to the Qatari capital Doha, operating not only from Helsinki but Stockholm and Copenhagen. The twinjets will be used as part of a long-term strategic co-operation agreement between Finnair and its Oneworld alliance partner Qatar Airways. Finnair has been ...
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NewsSpain’s Air Europa commits to 737 Max and more 787s
Spanish carrier Air Europa is to take 15 long- and short-haul aircraft under a lease agreement with Irish-based AerCap. Air Europa is to bring in five Boeing 787-9s and 10 737 Max 8s under the pact. It will take delivery of the jets over the course of 2024-26. Air Europa ...
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NewsAeroflot to order over 300 Russian-made jets: CEO
Russian national carrier Aeroflot is expected to order over 300 Russian-made aircraft, as part of a shift in fleet strategy from Western-built jets to indigenous aircraft.
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News‘We are back’: AirAsia Aviation sees recovery by mid-2023 amid swing to modest profit
AirAsia Aviation Group expects to recover full operations by mid-2023, as capacity ramp-up continues amid optimism that travel demand will remain robust.
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NewsUS consumer complaints about air travel disruptions rise sharply
Consumer complaints about air travel during the busy summer travel season jumped almost fourfold between May and June compared to pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsCanada Jetlines delays launch to 22 September
Canadian discount start-up Canada Jetlines has again pushed back its planned start of passenger flights, this time by about three weeks, until 22 September.
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NewsWizz Air predicts ‘long-term’ Saudi role as it connects nine more European points
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced a string of new routes between Europe and Saudi Arabia as it seeks to play its part in the kingdom’s ambitions to expand its aviation sector.
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NewsWrong head-up display mode cited after CRJ700 strayed over parallel runway in fog
French investigators suspect a head-up guidance mode discrepancy following an incident in which a Hop Bombardier CRJ700 deviated from flightpath, and overflew Lyon airport at low level, while conducting a Category IIIa landing. The aircraft had descended from 3,000ft towards runway 35R, in darkness and freezing fog on 23 January ...
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NewsSAS partly blames pilot strike as third-quarter loss nears SKr2bn
Scandinavian operator SAS has turned in a near-SKr2 billion ($187 million) pre-tax loss for the third quarter, covering the initial summer period, partly attributed to a two-week pilot strike. Pre-tax losses for the nine months to 31 July totalled more than SKr6.1 billion for the company, which has been under ...
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NewsRex widens full-year losses on soaring fuel costs, but targets ‘good profitability’
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) is “cautiously optimistic” that it will return to profitability in its 2023 financial year, amid “positive developments” in its mainline and regional operations.
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NewsWizz Air sets up new committee to assist with safety compliance oversight
Budget carrier Wizz Air is setting up a new internal committee intended to support oversight of practices and performance relating to safety and security. The airline says the new safety, security and operational compliance committee will be chaired by Charlotte Pedersen. Pedersen, a non-executive director who has been on the ...
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NewsLufthansa facing strike action by pilots as negotiations stall
German flag-carrier Lufthansa is facing the prospect of strike action by pilots, after failing to reach a collective agreement with union Vereinigung Cockpit. The union says it was recently engaged in four days of discussions about a framework under which to continue negotiations. But these ended without agreement and the ...
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NewsBerlin-Brandenburg airport to offer timed slots for security screeings
Germany’s embattled Berlin-Brandenburg Willy Brandt International airport will offer reserved timed slots for security clearance as it continues to struggle with passenger throughput and other operations issues.
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NewsCrew of fuel-leak A330 did not shut down engine before suboptimal diversion
French investigators have found that an Air France Airbus A330-200 crew did not follow standard procedures for a fuel leak, choosing not to shut down the affected engine before diverting to an airport with a shortened runway and suboptimal weather conditions. The aircraft had departed Brazzaville for Paris Charles de ...
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News‘We haven’t gotten everything right lately’: Qantas chief contrite yet defiant amid travel chaos
Long-serving Qantas chief Alan Joyce struck a markedly contrite tone as he admits the airline had fallen short of customer service standards, but was – perhaps unsurprisingly – defiant that the recovery is taking place “faster than we expected”.
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NewsAir NZ sees bookings pick up amid pandemic recovery
Air New Zealand is seeing a recovery in passenger bookings both domestically and internationally following the removal of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsImpairment reversal from 737 Max order pushes Norwegian into second-quarter profit
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian benefited from the partial reversal of an impairment loss in the second quarter, enabling it to turn in an operating profit of NKr1.36 billion ($141 million) for the period. Norwegian generated NKr4.87 billion in revenues for the three months to 30 June, but the rise in ...
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NewsQantas to reactivate five remaining A380s by end-2023
Qantas is to reactivate its five remaining Airbus A380s by December 2023, as the airline looks to ramp up international capacity, including resuming flights to New York.
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NewsAAPA’s July traffic numbers show Asia-Pacific rebound well underway
Asia-Pacific airlines carried 11.3 million international passengers in July, surpassing the 10 million figure for the first time since February 2020, just prior to the collapse of travel amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsCovid restrictions, fuel costs punish Air NZ’s 2022 results
Air New Zealand’s pre-tax loss widened to NZ$725 million ($450 million) during its 2022 financial year compared with a pre loss of NZ$444 million a year earlier, with the carrier attributing the weakness to previous restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic and high fuel prices.