News from FlightGlobal – Page 310
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NewsUS tourists may enter Canada from 9 August
Canada will re-open to vaccinated US leisure travellers on 9 August, almost 17 months after the border between the two nations was effectively sealed for non-essential travel in order to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
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NewsSAA reaches peace deal with pilots after months of wrangling
South African Airways has reached an agreement with its pilots’ association which, it hopes, will mark an end to a drawn-out conflict over the carrier’s restructuring programme. The carrier says members of the cockpit association have overwhelmingly backed the agreement, with almost 95% voting in favour. Negotiations have taken more ...
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NewsLa Compagnie to start taking cargo on premium transatlantic flights
Premium transatlantic carrier La Compagnie is to branch into cargo operations, transporting freight on board its Airbus A321LR twinjets between Paris and New York. The airline, which specialises in business-class flights from Paris Orly to Newark, has contracted Worldwide Flight Services to handle cargo on the route. WFS already conducts ...
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NewsEasyJet crew urged United 787-10 abort after side-step approach error
French investigators have disclosed that an EasyJet Airbus A320 captain intervened to urge a United Airlines Boeing 787-10 crew to execute a go-around, after he saw the 787 had shifted its approach to the wrong runway at Paris Charles de Gaulle. The EasyJet aircraft had been cleared to line up ...
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NewsThailand, Vietnam curtail domestic flights amid Covid-19 surge
Surging Covid-19 cases in Thailand and Vietnam will crush air travel in what were comparatively strong domestic markets during most of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsSouth Korea’s Air Premia secures AOC
South Korea’s Air Premia has received its air operator certificate.
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NewsCliff collision An-26 crew did not request descent below 600m: inquiry
Pilots of the Antonov An-26 which crashed into a cliff on approach to Palana had informed air traffic control that they were descending to 600m (1,970ft) shortly before the collision. But the crew did not mention reaching or levelling at this height, nor did they request any further descent clearance ...
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NewsVeteran former Belavia chief Gusarov passes away
Belarusian flag-carrier Belavia has announced the death of its former director general, Anatoly Gusarov, less than six months after he stepped down from the role he had held since the airline’s creation. Gusarov succumbed on 16 July after a long illness, says the airline. He became the head of Belavia ...
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NewsCanada to open border to vaccinated travellers from the US
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the country may lift its entry restriction for vaccinated travellers from the USA by the middle of next month.
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NewsUS president says decision imminent on reopening to European travellers
US president Joe Biden has suggested that there will be news on the potential reopening of US borders to non-essential European visitors in the coming days.
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NewsRwandAir chief warns Covid-19 vaccination cannot be prerequisite for travel
Low Covid-19 vaccination rates in Africa mean inoculation cannot be a prerequisite for international travel, in the view of RwandAir chief executive Yvonne Makolo.
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NewsItalian carrier ITA seeks to acquire ‘essential’ Alitalia brand ahead of launch
New Italian carrier ITA is set to bid for the Alitalia brand name through a public tender, as the airline prepares to commence operations in mid-October. ITA will start services with a fleet of 52 aircraft when it begins flights, rising to 78 in 2022. The new carrier aims to ...
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NewsCathay Pacific gears up for maiden A321neo service
Cathay Pacific expects to take delivery of two more Airbus A321neos by the end of the year, as it gears up for the type’s maiden service in August to Shanghai Pudong.
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NewsCautious Cathay expects 30% normal capacity by year-end
Cathay Pacific expects to operate about 30% pre-pandemic passenger capacity by the fourth quarter of the year, as it notes the “small signs of improvement” in its June traffic results.
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NewsSouth Korea domestic passenger traffic closes in on full recovery
South Korean carriers carried just 3% fewer domestic passengers in the first half of the year compared to the same period in pre-pandemic 2019, underscoring the steady progress made in traffic recovery.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ see decline in June domestic traffic again
China’s three largest carriers saw their domestic passenger traffic in June shrink for third time on a month-on-month basis, despite reporting decent gains compared to a year ago.
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NewsAlitalia successor ITA set to commence flights in mid-October
Alitalia successor carrier ITA is to become operational from mid-October, following discussions between Italian authorities and the European Commission. The Italian ministry of economy and finance states that discussions with the Commission have “concluded positively”. It adds that ITA will be “fully operational” from 15 October, when the initial flights ...
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NewsAir Arabia to launch Armenian budget carrier with investment fund support
Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia is to participate in launching a new low-cost carrier in Armenia, which will be based at the capital Yerevan. Air Arabia has reached an agreement to form a joint venture company with the Armenian National Interests Fund. It will use the low-cost business model ...
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NewsAvelo to launch flights between Las Vegas and Santa Rosa
Low-cost startup Avelo Airlines plans to launch its first flights between two cities in the western USA that are not its home base.
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NewsMalaysia Airlines seeks to sell six A380s
In a LinkedIn post, the airline says its subsidiary MAB Pesawat Sdn Bhd is conducting an open tender for the sale of the widebodies, along with components.