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NewsAegean to operate less than 20% of pre-Covid winter capacity
Aegean Airlines incurred a net loss of €28.3 million ($33.6 million) in the third quarter, and expects to operate less than 20% of the last winter’s capacity in the coming months.
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NewsAirAsia eyes ‘local airline presence’ in IndoChina as domestic markets recover
AirAsia Group is exploring options for an airline presence in IndoChina after narrowing losses in its latest financial results and optimism of strong domestic rebound in the markets it serves. In the group’s financial results for the quarter ended 30 September, AirAsia Group president for airlines Bo Lingam states: ...
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NewsEASA expects to revoke 737 Max grounding in mid-January
Europe’s air safety regulator expects to publish a final airworthiness directive on modification of the Boeing 737 Max in mid-January, which will mark the formal revocation of the grounding order imposed on the twinjet. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published, on 24 November, a proposed directive on the ...
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NewsIATA to hold AGM in Boston next June
IATA is to hold its next annual general meeting in Boston in June 2021, the airline trade association has confirmed. The event will be held between 27-29 June 2021 and will be hosted by US carrier JetBlue Airways. Source: Shutterstock It will mark a return to the ...
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NewsNorway extends repayment term for airline state-guarantee scheme
Norway has further extended the terms of a state-backed loan guarantee scheme it has granted its carriers. While Norway’s government earlier this month rejected Norwegian’s request for more state aid – a move the struggling carrier cited as a factor when two of its Irish units filed for financial protection ...
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NewsEngland to cut mandatory quarantine period in mid-December with new test option
Passengers entering England from countries outside its safe travel corridor programme will from 15 December be able to cut the period for which they have to automatically self-isolate from 14 days if they record a negative coronavirus test five days after arrival.
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NewsIsrael’s El Al to open Dubai flights before year-end
Israeli flag-carrier El Al is to open services to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the latest development between the two countries’ air services following normalisation of diplomatic relations. El Al states that it will offer 14 weekly flights to Dubai from Tel Aviv, beginning on 13 December. It will ...
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NewsWillie Walsh set to take IATA helm as de Juniac steps down
IATA governors are to recommend former IAG chief executive Willie Walsh as its new director general after Alexandre de Juniac announced his decision to step down from the role at the end of March.
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NewsChinese bank CDB’s Irish lessor orders cargo conversion of A330s
China Development Bank’s Irish leasing subsidiary CDB Aviation has ordered freighter conversion of a pair of Airbus A330-300s for operation in early 2022. The two aircraft will undergo cargo conversion at the Dresden-based EFW facility next year. CDB Aviation says the agreement to take the aircraft marks its “first entry” ...
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NewsAlaska to swap Airbus A320s for Boeing 737 Max
Alaska Airlines will sell 10 of its Airbus A320s, shifting to 13 more-fuel-efficient leased Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft which will be delivered from the end of 2021 through 2022.
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NewsIATA urges governments not to wait for vaccine to open markets
IATA is urging governments to press ahead with adopting systematic testing as a means to reopen borders to air travel even with the recent positive news regarding a potential coronavirus vaccine.
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NewsFlexibility on airport slots should be extended to summer 2021: IATA
The suspension of the 80:20 ‘use it or lose it’ rule on slots should be extended into the 2021 summer season and possibly beyond, in the view of IATA’s head of worldwide airport slots Lara Maughan.
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NewsIATA to launch health passport in push to reopen international travel
IATA is close to launching a digital health passport that it believes will aid the reopening of borders to international travel through the secure sharing of information on Covid-19 testing and vaccinations.
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NewsGreek state set to contribute €120m to Aegean Airlines capital increase
Greece is set to provide up to €120 million ($142 million) in state support for Aegean Airlines as part of a wider capital increase for the Greek carrier.
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NewsQantas likely to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for international passengers
Being vaccinated against Covid-19 is likely to become a prerequisite of flying internationally with Qantas, according to the airline’s chief executive Alan Joyce.
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NewsAttempt to squeeze CRJ take-off ahead of landing 717 led to serious airprox
French investigators believe a controller unnecessarily attempted to optimise runway use at Strasbourg by allowing a Bombardier CRJ700 to take off while an approaching Boeing 717 was close to touchdown. When the 717 crew chose to conduct a missed approach, it came into conflict with the CRJ700 during its climb. ...
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NewsBOC Aviation, ILFC win civil suits against AirAsia X
Troubled long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X has lost civil suits mounted by two lessors over lease debts for six aircraft.
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NewsAeroflot names GTLK ex-head Poluboyarinov as new chief
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot’s board has elected Mikhail Poluboyarinov, the former head of state leasing firm GTLK, as its new chief executive. He will succeed Vitaly Saveliev who has been appointed as the new Russian transport minister – while the former transport minister, Yevgeny Ditrikh, is taking over as head of ...
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NewsDelta and WestJet withdraw joint venture application
Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have withdrawn their application for a transborder joint venture saying the conditions imposed by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for antitrust immunity (ATI) approval are “arbitrary and capricious”.
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NewsDelta and Aeromexico see recovery in transborder flights
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico plan to operate nearly the same amount of capacity for transborder flights in December as they did during the same month of 2019.