News from FlightGlobal – Page 468
-
NewsLufthansa pilots offer to waive 45% of salaries
Lufthansa pilots represented by trade union Vereinigung Cockpit have offered to waive up to 45% of their salaries for two years, in return for job security, to help the airline navigate the coronavirus crisis.
-
NewsComair expects to remain grounded until at least October
South Africa’s Comair is in “a very difficult financial position” due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions and does not anticipate being able to resume flights until October or November, the carrier has disclosed.
-
NewsA350s become freighters through Airbus pallet-for-seat swap
Airbus is offering carriers a modification and regulatory support scheme to convert passenger A350s, A330s and A340s temporarily into main-deck freighters by swapping out seats and fitting pallets onto their floor tracks. Modification is provided to operators under an Airbus service bulletin which sets out not just the engineering work ...
-
NewsStick-shaker ambiguity led to unnecessary 747 stall-recovery action
Boeing is amending Boeing 747-400 flight manuals to clarify unreliable airspeed procedures after a British Airways crew erroneously believed a stall warning was genuine and repeatedly attempted a stall recovery manoeuvre. The aircraft (G-BNLN) had reached top-of-climb at 33,000ft, during a transatlantic service to Phoenix from London Heathrow on 9 ...
-
NewsTransport ministers make voucher case for struggling European airline sector
Debate continues around whether airlines should be allowed to issue vouchers instead of cash refunds for flights cancelled due to coronavirus after a group of European transport ministers called for a temporary relaxation in compensation rules.
-
NewsFrench government sets green conditions for Air France bailout
Air France must slash domestic flights and agree to work towards becoming the world’s “most environmentally friendly” airline, if it is to satisfy the conditions of its government bailout.
-
NewsJAL’s full-year profit slumps on coronavirus impact
Japan Airlines’ net profit more than halved in the financial year ended 31 March, with coronavirus crisis cited as the overwhelming factor. “This is the unprecedentedly tremendous event risk ever for the airline industry and its end is not foreseeable at this moment. There is no question that the JAL ...
-
NewsICAO recovery task force aims for first outcomes by end of May
Representatives from 36 countries on the governing council of ICAO have established an aviation recovery task force and aims to have its first outcomes by the end of May.
-
NewsIndustry bodies hit out at Argentina move to block flights until September
Airline and airport bodies have warned the Argentinean authorities about the ’imminent and substantial risk’ of its to move to suspend air travel in the country until the start of September.
-
NewsCebu Pacific slips into first-quarter loss
Cebu Pacific posted an operating loss of Ps693 million ($13.7 million) in the first quarter of 2020, reversing the Ps3.85 billion operating profit made in the same period last year. Total revenue for the quarter ended 31 March fell 24.9% to Ps15.9 billion, as revenue from passenger, cargo, and ancillary ...
-
NewsAirAsia to take no new aircraft this year
The AirAsia Group is “relooking” its orders for Airbus aircraft, as it gears up for return to service across its various networks. The airline group also confirmed that it will not be taking delivery of any new aircraft for the rest of the year, and targets a fleet size ...
-
NewsChinese carriers flag worsening financial impact amid Q1 losses
China’s three largest carriers have warned of deeper financial impact from the coronavirus outbreak, as they each swung to significant first-quarter losses. Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines all warned of “adverse” and “severe” impact on their first-half financial results, pointing towards “uncertainty” in the development of ...
-
NewsMarch figures reveal scale of initial coronavirus hit on airline traffic
Figures from IATA for March show global airline passenger traffic already down by more than 50% and collective load factors down more than 20 percentage points in a further illustration of how sharply the coronavirus crisis has hit the sector.
-
NewsFrontier wins DOT approval to suspend flights to several cities
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is exempting Frontier Airlines from operating routes to Charlotte, Detroit, Boston and Providence through 10 June, as a condition of its federal payroll support.
-
NewsHeathrow chief sees biosecurity standards key to air travel recovery
London Heathrow Airport chief executive John Holland-Kaye believes introducing common rules around biosecurity standards will be key to restoring confidence in and fuelling the recovery of air travel.
-
NewsEU eases airline licensing and ground-handling rules
European authorities are putting forward proposals to ease airline licensing rules and ground-handling firms’ regulatory burdens, with the intention of reducing costs during the coronavirus crisis. Airlines which are unable to meet financial obligations over the next 12 months would normally have their operating licences revoked, or be issued with ...
-
NewsBritish Airways mass redundancies reflect pared-back ‘new normal’
British Airways‘ drastic announcement that it could cut up to 12,000 jobs is the latest suggestion that normality in the airline industry is a thing of the past and efforts should turn instead to preparing for a slimmed-down ’new normal’ once travel restrictions begin to lift.
-
NewsFAA cuts control tower service to 100 US airports
The FAA has reduced air traffic control services at 100 airports around the United States as the coronavirus crisis has made a significant impact on the volume of air traffic at secondary and tertiary airports across the nation.
-
NewsAirbus rekindles support from export credit agencies
Airbus believes the support of export credit agencies will be important to assist the funding of deliveries to customers during the air transport crisis. But the airframer is not intending to extend financing itself, unless particular circumstances warrant such a measure. Airbus chief financial officer Domink Asam, speaking on 29 ...
-
NewsEight Thai carriers seek $771m loan from Thai govt: reports
Eight Thai carriers have sought a soft loan of around Bt25 billion ($771 million) from the Thai government, according to a 24 April Reuters report that cites a Thai AirAsia executive. Tassapon Bijleveld, the executive chairman of Thai AirAsia and its parent company Asia Aviation, added that the carriers ...