News from FlightGlobal – Page 459
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ flag steep full-year losses from pandemic impact
China’s three largest carriers are expecting to swing firmly into the red for the year ended 31 December 2020.
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NewsIndustry groups urge US government to reject domestic testing requirement
A coalition of travel industry lobby groups and unions is urging the new US administration to reject a coronavirus testing mandate for domestic air travel similar to the one that was introduced for international arrivals earlier this week.
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NewsUnited warns 14,000 employees their jobs may be in danger
United Airlines has put 14,000 employees on notice that their jobs are once again in danger when the second round of US government financial aid set aside for airline payroll support expires on 31 March.
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NewsGermany shuts border to travellers from Ireland and Portugal
Germany has shut its border to two fellow European Union nations in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus mutations that are more-easily transmitted.
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NewsPSA returns CRJs to service after inspections
Regional carrier PSA Airlines is again flying its MHIRJ CRJ jets after having grounded the aircraft for mandatory inspections, PSA parent American Airlines says.
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NewsCanada suspends all flights to Mexico and the Caribbean
Canadian airlines will suspend all flights to Mexico and the Caribbean for the next three months as the country imposes even stricter measures to stem the spread of new variants of the coronavirus.
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NewsNew Spanish facility of BAA Training to offer 737 Max simulators
Pilot-training organisation BAA Training is intending to introduce Boeing 737 Max simulation devices at its Spanish facility over the course of this year. The company says the Barcelona centre will be introducing a Max full-flight simulator in April, and complement this with a flight-training device in the fourth quarter. With ...
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NewsAir cargo leaders expect ‘challenging but profitable’ 2021
Elevated demand for dedicated air cargo services will persist for several years until there is a meaningful return of passenger services, according to leading figures in the air cargo industry.
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NewsChinese domestic flights drop to levels last seen in May 2020
Domestic flights in China have entered a steep downward trend in the past few days, according to data released by Eurocontrol, as the country responds to a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in some regions.
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NewsChinese aviation giant HNA Group receives bankruptcy filing
Hainan Airlines’ parent company, HNA Group, will undergo a business reorganisation after creditors filed for its bankruptcy.
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NewsANA taps into bellyhold cargo in Okinawa logistics hub revamp
The ANA Group will make use of bellyhold cargo of flights at Okinawa island’s Naha airport in its plans to revamp the island’s logistics hub into a new network model.
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NewsIndiGo eager for capacity growth amid volatile conditions
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is cautiously optimistic about 2021 but warns that market conditions remain volatile.
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NewsUS airlines blast possible Covid-19 test requirement for domestic travellers
Requiring Covid-19 tests for US domestic air passengers would be unnecessary, complex and impractical – or as one Southwest Airlines executive puts it, “a real goat rodeo”.
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NewsSouthwest posts full-year loss for the first time since 1972
Southwest Airlines lost $908 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing the airline’s full-year loss to $3 billion – the first time in 47 years that the carrier ended the year in negative earnings territory.
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NewsJetBlue lost $1.4bn in 2020
JetBlue Airways lost $1.4 billion in 2020, but is stressing that network and fleet shifts should position it to perform well when the air travel market recovers.
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NewsPSA Airlines grounds ‘most’ of CRJ fleet for inspections
US regional carrier PSA Airlines has removed “most” of its fleet of MHIRJ CRJ-series regional jets from service so as to inspect nose landing-gear doors.
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NewsAmerican posts $2.2bn Q4 loss, bets on vaccinations
American Airlines says it lost $2.2 billion during the fourth quarter of the year, bringing its full-year loss to $8.9 billion as the coronavirus continues to plague the industry.
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NewsMost commercial pilots no longer flying
A survey highlights the sudden economic and psychological impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cockpit professionals, with only 43% still doing the job for which they trained.
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NewsIndiGo narrows losses in third quarter
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo posted another loss in the third quarter of its financial year as revenues slumped by half on capacity cut 40%, though figures did mark some improvement on the previous quarter. In a stock-market announcement today, the airline’s parent Interglobe Aviation disclosed a pre-tax loss of Rs6.2 ...
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NewsControlling out-of-trim 737 Max will not require ‘exceptional’ strength
Critical to pilots’ acceptance of the Boeing 737 Max’s re-entry into service is the assurance that a serious out-of-trim situation can be easily resolved without the risk of manual controls becoming impossible to manipulate owing to aerodynamic forces. Not only will aircraft need to be modified but Max simulators will ...