News from FlightGlobal – Page 547
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NewsCollins says contactless is the new king
Collins Aerospace believes contactless biometrics and other hygiene-related technologies will be in high demand, as the air transport industry emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. LeAnn Ridgeway is vice-president of Collins Aerospace, itself a unit of Raytheon Technologies. Ridgeway is also part of an internal task force looking at ways industry ...
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NewsJudge favours Boeing in court tussle with Volga-Dnepr
A US federal judge has sided with Boeing in a dispute with the UK division of cargo airline Volga-Dnepr, striking down the airline’s request that Boeing be barred from selling four cargo jets to other customers.
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NewsBerlin’s Tegel airport to remain open until November
The operator of Berlin’s Tegel International airport, the primary airfield for commercial passenger service to the German capital, has decided to keep the cold-war era field open through October as travel restrictions ease following the global coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsTUI rejigs 737 Max deliveries as part of compensation deal
Leisure giant TUI Group is has rejigged Boeing 737 Max deliveries to reduce the intake over the next few years, under a broad agreement with the airframer to compensate for the type’s grounding. TUI Group says it has revised the delivery schedule for the 61 Max jets on order, postponing ...
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NewsArmenian carriers blacklisted over weak certification and monitoring
All Armenian carriers have been blacklisted by the European Commission, after more than six months of discussions with the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia over safety concerns relating to its oversight capability. Two Armenian airlines – Aircompany Armenia and Armenia Airways – as well as the Civil Aviation Committee were ...
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NewsSMBC chief expects new aircraft to be favoured in recovery despite cheap fuel
SMBC Aviation Capital chief executive Peter Barrett expects airlines will resist the temptation to favour older, less-efficient aircraft over new metal in the current low-fuel-price environment as capacity is restored in the recovery.
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NewsUSA bans Chinese carriers from mid-June
The US Department of Transportation has banned Chinese airlines from flying to the USA from mid-June in retaliation for a Chinese order that US officials say effectively prohibits US airlines from resuming China flights.
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NewsSMBC eyes purchase and leaseback opportunities as airlines face finance crunch
SMBC Aviation Capital’s efforts to support customers impacted by the coronavirus crisis have included purchase and leaseback deals where airlines are in need of financial support.
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NewsIATA sees April as turning point in Covid-19 crisis
April may have brought the beginnings of a recovery in global airline traffic after its obliteration at the hands of the coronavirus, IATA has suggested.
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NewsGreece halts Qatar flights after positive Covid-19 tests
Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar until mid-June after 12 passengers arriving in Athens on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha tested positive for Covid-19.
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NewsSwiss to cut fleet as crisis drags carrier to Q1 loss
Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss is planning to reduce its fleet, after incurring a Swfr84.1 million ($86.1 million) operating loss in the first quarter.
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NewsComair to cut fleet and remain inactive until November
South African carrier Comair requires a substantial cash injection and is unlikely to resume operations until at least November. Its fleet will also be reduced to 16 aircraft, comprising 13 Boeing 737-800s and three spare 737-400s. The airline’s business rescue practitioners have outlined the situation to creditors and employee representatives. ...
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NewsLufthansa steps up restructuring as it confirms big jump in Q1 losses
Lufthansa Group has confirmed its earlier guidance that it made an adjusted EBIT loss of €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in the first quarter and warns it still expects around 300 aircraft to be parked next year.
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NewsWizz Air to slow fleet modernisation over next three years
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has revealed a revised fleet plan which will not realign with its previous expansion forecast until the 2023-24 financial year. Wizz Air states that it expects to have 131 aircraft in its fleet by the end of 2020-21. This is seven fewer than the ...
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NewsIndiGo to rapidly replace A320ceo fleet to save costs
IndiGo plans to swiftly replace its Airbus A320ceo fleet with more cost-efficient A320neos, the Indian budget carrier’s chief financial officer has revealed. “We value the efficiency and structural low costs associated with our new Neo aircraft, and thus we will continue to substitute them for the older Ceo aircraft as ...
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NewsAir Canada looking to quit Transat deal: reports
French-language media in Canada report that legacy carrier Air Canada is looking to exit its planned takeover of Transat AT, the parent company of Air Transat, as Canada’s biggest airline attempts to manage through the coronavirus crisis while preserving its liquidity.
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NewsInvestigators download data from crashed PIA A320 recorders
Investigators have downloaded information from the two flight recorders retrieved from the Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 which crashed in Karachi. French investigation authority BEA states that – at the request of the Pakistani inquiry team – it has “successfully” obtained information from the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders. “Analysis of ...
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NewsDelta retires MD-88s and MD-90s
Delta Air Lines marked the end of an era on 2 June when it retired its final McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft, closing 34 years during which the types served as workhorses in the fleets of US carriers.
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NewsRunaway trolley injured several passengers on Air France 777
French investigators believe cabin crew’s increased workload, after an unexpected change of aircraft type, meant a trolley was left unsecured and injured several passengers when it broke free. The accident occurred on board an Air France Boeing 777-300ER (F-GSQL) departing Mauritius for Paris Charles de Gaulle on 16 September 2018. ...
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NewsIATA figures show collapse of air-freight demand in April
Global air freight demand was down nearly 28% in April compared with a year earlier, according to IATA – the sharpest fall ever recorded.