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NewsWhat’s in a name? Taiwan mulls renaming China Airlines
Taiwan is open to renaming national carrier China Airlines, but stressed that it was up to the airline — and the flying public — to ultimately decide.
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NewsVirgin Australia enters trading halt amid financing talks
Virgin Australia has requested a halt in the trading of its shares while it discusses financing and restructuring options. The airline, which has requested a A$1.4 billion ($900 million) bailout from the federal government, said today it plans to come out of the trading halt on the morning of 16 ...
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NewsSkyWest applies for aid as Washington adjusts terms for regionals
The US Treasury Department will not require carriers that will receive under $100 million in federal payroll grants to provide equity as a condition attached to the coronavirus relief funding following complaints from regional airlines about their unique financial challenges. The decision may simplify matters for SkyWest Airlines, which on ...
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NewsJuneyao Air expects $600 million aircraft capex in 2020-2022
Juneyao Air anticipates $600 million in aircraft capital expenditures from 2020 to 2022, outlining its plans around the expected delivery of 32 aircraft during that period in its latest annual report. The mainline carrier is scheduled to receive nine aircraft per year in 2020 and 2021, comprising two Boeing 787s ...
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NewsWuhan airport reopens after months-long lockdown
Wuhan’s airport has reopened for operations, ending more than two months’ of inactivity due to the coronavirus outbreak. On 8 April , the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport reopened to a reduced schedule of domestic flights, as Chinese carriers gradually resumed flying to the epicentre of the outbreak. It ...
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NewsAirAsia Group to retain all staff: chief executive
AirAsia Group’s chief executive Tony Fernandes has made a commitment to retain all staff, even with 96% of its fleet grounded. The group has “no revenue coming in”, Fernandes says in a statement published on AirAsia carriers’ websites, alongside ongoing financial commitments such as those to fuel suppliers and leasing ...
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NewsJapan’s airlines cut domestic flights after emergency declaration
Major Japanese carriers have shrunk domestic schedules after the country entered a state of emergency to try and halt the spread of Covid-19. This applies to Tokyo, Osaka, and five other prefectures, and was effective 8 April. It takes the form of a request rather than an order, but gives ...
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NewsTaiwan rolls out second round of relief for aviation sector
About a month after it first extended a financial lifeline to its aviation sector, Taiwan has unveiled a second round of relief measures to cope with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. It will provide the sector with credit guarantees and other subsidies. The package is expected to cost the ...
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NewsCanberra mulling Virgin Australia’s bailout request: deputy PM
The Australian government is still considering Virgin Australia’s request for a bailout, the deputy prime minister said, after the carrier cut schedules further. “We will continue to look at the situation, I will continue to talk to the key stakeholders, Qantas and Virgin,” Michael McCormack said in an interview with ...
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NewsEtihad doubles down on airframe, cabin maintenance of parked fleet
As it parks about 80% of its fleet amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Etihad Airways has doubled down on aircraft and cabin maintenance work. In a video released on 10 April, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier states it has to date replaced more than 10,000 seat and backrest covers in ...
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NewsAn-225 recruited for coronavirus support flights
Antonov Airlines has started deploying its An-225, the world’s largest operational aircraft, on services supporting the effort to combat coronavirus. The six-engined freighter had recently been restored to flight following a substantial upgrade programme. Antonov says the aircraft departed Kiev on 11 April on the first commercial service since the ...
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NewsBrussels shields its dormant fleet from nesting birds and fading seats
Brussels Airlines has given an insight into the complexity associated with the enforced long-term parking of its aircraft fleet during the coronavirus crisis. It has newly extended the grounding until at least 15 May, and over 50 aircraft in its all-Airbus fleet are being sealed and parked at the Belgian ...
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NewsPilot actions contributed to deadly 2019 Convair crash off Miami: NTSB
A captain’s decision to continue a flight despite engine trouble caused a Convair C-131B to crash into the Atlantic Ocean in February 2019, according US investigators.
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NewsEasyJet defers order for 24 Airbus jets
EasyJet has agreed a deal with Airbus to push back an order for 24 aircraft due for delivery in 2020-2022.
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NewsEurope’s airports to lose more than a billion passengers in 2020
European airports lost more passengers in March than in the whole of 2009 when the world was in the midst of a global financial crisis, figures released today by ACI Europe reveal.
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NewsPilots’ identical error shaved A319’s take-off distance margin
Investigators have determined that both pilots of an EasyJet Airbus A319 mistakenly selected the wrong intersection during take-off performance calculations at Nice, resulting in less runway distance being available than the crew had expected. The crew believed they had calculated take-off performance for runway 04R based on a departure from ...
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NewsLessors’ Max orders at risk with Avolon cancellation
Avolon is removing 75 Boeing 737 Max jets from its orderbook, and while the world’s fourth largest lessor by fleet value says it “remains committed” to the type, these add to cancellations from before the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsAir France-KLM running ‘skeleton operation’ in April and May
Air France-KLM slashed capacity by more than a third in March and will run a “skeleton operation” throughout April and May.
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NewsFedEx MD-11F loses nose-wheel on take-off
Investigators are probing the loss of a nose-wheel from a FedEx Boeing MD-11F, apparently during departure from San Antonio. The aircraft (N619FE) had been operating the FX464 service to Memphis on 7 April. It landed on runway 18C at about 08:50 but the US FAA, in a preliminary notification, states ...
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NewsAir Lease sees decrease in first-quarter deliveries
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) delivered fewer aircraft in the first quarter versus the year-ago period, while its financing activity increased. The Los Angeles-based lessor says in a statement that it delivered eight new aircraft from January to March, comprising two Airbus A320neos, four A321neos, and two Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners. It ...