News from FlightGlobal – Page 755
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PIA leases five ATR 72s
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has taken delivery of the first of five ATR 72-500s it has agreed to lease for eight years.
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ROUTES: Helsinki awaits new Finnair long-haul route launches
Finnish airport operator Finavia expects its home carrier Finnair to disclose a raft of new long-haul routes over the coming months, for operation with a new fleet of Airbus A350s.
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ROUTES: Consolidation's merits debated at strategy summit
Europe's airline industry should follow the example of the USA and consolidate into "five or six large airline groups" in order to gain the "scale effects that are needed" to compete, argues Thomas Cook's long-haul network group director Jens Boyd.
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NewsROUTES: Thomas Cook executive questions Etihad role in Europe
Etihad Airways' support for European airlines in which it holds a minority stake and the network decisions they make in turn are evidence that the Abu Dhabi carrier holds effective control, argues Thomas Cook's long-haul network group director Jens Boyd.
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ROUTES: Transavia concentrates growth on Paris
Transavia's French growth plan is focused on building up operations at its Paris Orly base, while other cities in France are not part of that strategy.
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NewsROUTES: Vueling evaluated long-haul flights – strategy chief
Vueling strategy chief Fernando Estrada has disclosed that the carrier looked into potential long-haul, low-cost flights.
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ROUTES: European industry rallies behind Norwegian in US spat
US protests against the foreign air carrier permit Norwegian is seeking for its Irish subsidiary were roundly condemned by panellists during the strategy summit at Routes Europe today.
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ROUTES: UK's Anglia Airways eyes winter 2015 launch
UK start-up Anglia Airways could begin operations as soon as this winter if it is able to secure shareholder funding for a suitable aircraft.
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NewsUS government to review Gulf subsidy claims
The US government says it will review claims by three US airlines that their state-owned Gulf rivals received more than $40 billion in alleged subsidies, after intense lobbying from the US carriers.
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Norwegian boosts UK network
Low-cost carrier Norwegian has expanded its UK network for the summer, adding both long- and short-haul routes.
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NewsBombardier announces departures of executives Arcamone and Alary
Bombardier has announced a major management shakeup, saying today that Mike Arcamone, president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, is leaving the company and that senior vice president and chief financial officer Pierre Alary will retire.
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Wizz boosts Polish links
Budget operator Wizz Air has added 10 new routes from four Polish airports as part of its summer schedule.
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NewsJAL debuts Apple Watch app
Early adopters of the Apple Watch will be able use it to check live flight-status updates from Japan Airlines.
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NewsSAS offers virtual tours of refurbished cabins
SAS is showcasing its refurbished Airbus A330 and A340 widebodies by offering virtual cabin tours via Google Street View.
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NewsEASA simplifies PBN preparations
European operators can expect a less bureaucratic transition to performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures because EASA is simplifying the preparation and approval process.
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NewsFedEx agrees to take over TNT Express
Freight specialist FedEx has reached a conditional agreement to acquire TNT Express, two years after a similar takeover bid by UPS collapsed.
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NewsINTERIORS: Boeing thinks smarter to boost 777, 737 appeal
Space may well be the final frontier, but for Boeing – and its airline customers – space is something else entirely. Given the confines of the average narrowbody – a 737 has an interior diameter of 11ft 7in (3.53m), slimmer even than the fans on some large jet engines – ...
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NewsINTERIORS: A350 XWB provides bigger canvas for airlines
When Qatar Airways’ chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, took delivery of his company’s first Airbus A350-900 in Toulouse on 22 December 2014, he did so with a broad smile, happy with the latest addition to the fleet.
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NewsSuicide research preceded A320 crash: prosecutor
German authorities have disclosed evidence suggesting that the first officer of the ill-fated Germanwings Airbus A320 had researched methods of suicide as well as cockpit security days before the crash.
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PICTURE: Thai Airways retires Airbus A340-600s
Thai Airways International has formally retired the Airbus A340-600 aircraft from service on 28 March.