News from FlightGlobal – Page 410
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NewsAmerican to move Dallas-Beijing flights to Daxing
American Airlines will relocate to Beijing Daxing International airport its flights from Dallas/Fort Worth when the Beijing route resumes on 27 March 2021. The Fort Worth-based carrier will use Boeing 787-8 aircraft for the flights. Source: Max Kingsley-Jones/FlightGlobal American operated in January, before the coronavirus-related suspension of ...
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NewsAirbus deliveries reach monthly high but orders stay quiet
Airbus achieved deliveries of 57 aircraft during September, although order activity remained practically non-existent. Its delivery figure is the highest for any single month so far in 2020, exceeding the 55 achieved in February, just before the onset of the air transport crisis. The only order change registered was the ...
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NewsRyanair chief expects 737 Max return ‘in next month or so’
Ryanair mainline chief executive Eddie Wilson expects Boeing 737 Max jets to enter service in the USA imminently.
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NewsA320neo line adapts to five digits for MSN10000 delivery
Lebanese flag-carrier Middle East Airlines has taken delivery of the first Airbus A320-family aircraft to have been assigned a five-digit serial number, with the handover of an A321neo bearing MSN10000. While the aircraft is not the 10,000th A320 to be transferred to a customer – that milestone is still a ...
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NewsWizz A321 left out-of-balance by seat-allocation mishap
Investigators have determined that incorrect distribution of passengers after a change of aircraft type led a Wizz Air UK Airbus A321 to take off outside of its centre-of-gravity envelope. The aircraft’s crew experienced difficulties during 16 January departure from London Luton when, at the point of rotation, the A321 did ...
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NewsAllegiant burned $1.3 million daily during third quarter
The parent company of Allegiant Air burned a daily average of $1.3 million in cash during the third quarter, including debt payments, rising from its daily cash burn average of $900,000 during the second quarter.
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NewsGolden Week adds shine to China’s domestic airline recovery
Chinese airlines carried more than 13 million passengers across the recent Golden Week holidays in October, with the number of flights mounted during the period close to pre-pandemic numbers. Chinese carriers mounted more than 117,000 flights between 1 to 8 October. Of these, a large majority — nearly 110,000 ...
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NewsIsraeli-Jordan airspace pact set to unlock more Middle Eastern routes
Israel’s government has expanded potential route networks with Arab states through an airspace agreement with its Jordanian counterpart. The pact, signed between civil aviation authorities on 8 October, opens the two countries’ airspace and will “significantly shorten flight times” from the Gulf states and Asia to destinations in Europe and ...
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NewsHigher-weight A330-900 secures European certification
Airbus’s higher-weight A330-900 has obtained certification from the European airworthiness authority, enabling operators to take advantage of greater range. The aircraft, the larger variant of the A330neo family, has a maximum take-off weight of 251t. French carrier Corsair will be the first carrier to introduce the new version. Airbus commenced ...
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NewsAir Canada 737 Max transactions garner $365 million
Air Canada has sealed sale-and-leaseback transactions for three Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft with Jackson Square Aviation and six Max 8 aircraft with Avolon for total proceeds of $365 million. Boeing delivered these nine Max aircraft to Air Canada during the past three years, the carrier stated 8 October in ...
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NewsZipair Tokyo to start passenger flights on 16 October
Japanese start-up Zipair Tokyo will begin passenger flights to Seoul Incheon on 16 October after a planned earlier launch was delayed by the Covid-19 crisis.
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NewsAirports saw 58% drop in passengers during first half of 2020
Worldwide airport passenger numbers were down 58.4% year on year during the first half of 2020 as the pandemic weighed on travel demand, according to ACI World data released today.
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NewsPortuguese government completes TAP stake increase
Portugal’s government has completed its acquisition of an additional 22.5% stake in TAP, clearing the way for the airline to access the rest of its state loan.
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NewsFlypast marks British Airways 747s’ final Heathrow departure
British Airways’ final pair of London Heathrow-based Boeing 747-400s have departed the UK hub, following the airline’s decision to retire the type from service. Aircraft G-CIVB, painted in the ‘Negus’ heritage livery for the airline’s 100th anniversary, lifted off at 08:40 on 8 October, followed immediately by G-CIVY about 1min ...
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NewsEasyJet expects full-year losses of more than £800m
EasyJet is set to make a group headline loss for the year ended 30 September of between £815-£845 million ($1-$1.1 billion) and expects to fly only a quarter of its planned capacity over the remainder of the calendar year as the pandemic continues to hit demand.
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NewsIcelandair sells three 757-200s for freighter conversion
Icelandair Group is to sell three of its Boeing 757-200s, which will be converted into freighters following the transaction. Disposal of the Icelandair aircraft will generate about $21 million in net proceeds, the company says. It has not identified the buyer of the twinjets. Two of the aircraft are 1994 ...
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NewsCebu Pacific to raise $500 million in fresh capital
Cebu Pacific announced plans to raise up to $500 million in additional capital — by selling preferred shares and bonds — as it undertakes a restructuring exercise that sees it cut its fleet and network to cope with reduced travel demand. The Philippine low-cost carrier discloses that it will raise ...
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NewsMore airport jobs cuts announced as UK studies testing initiative
MAG, the owner of London Stansted and Manchester airports, has become the latest UK airport operator to open talks with unions over cuts amid the continued slump in air traffic as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsQatar Airways adds new US link with San Francisco flights
Qatar Airways is to launch flights to San Francisco this December, adding the west coast city to its US network for the first time.
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NewsAustrian cuts back winter capacity as Covid-19 cases rise
Austrian Airlines has become the latest European carrier to scale back winter capacity amid rising coronavirus infections and ongoing travel restrictions.