All Strategy articles – Page 113
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Flyr confirms 30 June launch after receiving AOC
Norwegian start-up Flyr has received its air operator’s certificate and will initiate service between Oslo and Tromso on 30 June.
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Eurowings Discover to fly 11 aircraft under own AOC
Eurowings Discover has received its own air operator’s certificate and will fly leisure routes as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa from late July.
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Philippine Airlines to restructure amid widening full-year losses
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is working towards “a comprehensive restructuring plan”, as the embattled carrier widened its full-year losses on what it called the “extraordinary impact” of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Qantas ups Alliance E190 options in fresh domestic capacity ramp-up
Qantas has increased the number of Embraer E190s options under a wet lease agreement with regional operator Alliance Aviation, as it further boosts domestic capacity.
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Wizz adds Naples base as Italian focus continues
Central European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is continuing its expansion in Italy by launching an operation at Naples, the latest in a series of bases it has added in the country since the pandemic hit.
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Thai Airways gains final approval to embark on restructuring
Thai Airways International received court approval for its restructuring plan at a 15 June hearing, clearing the final hurdle before implementation of the proposals.
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US DOT plans to fine Air Canada $25.5m for ticket refund delays
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is looking to impose a $25.5 million civil penalty on Air Canada after the carrier dragged its feet on refunding tickets held by US passengers.
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Lufthansa eyes positive cash flow in Q2
Lufthansa Group is reporting a significant surge in air travel bookings and predicting positive cash flow in the second quarter of 2021 thanks partly to its restructuring.
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Air Antwerp becomes latest Covid-19 casualty
Belgian regional carrier Air Antwerp has ceased operations.
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Irish regional Stobart Air ceases operations
Struggling Irish regional carrier Stobart Air has terminated its franchise agreement with Aer Lingus and is to cease operations following the collapse of a proposed purchase of the airline.
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EC evaluating when 80:20 slot rules will apply again
European regulators are continuing to evaluate slot rules for the coming winter season in light of likely lower traffic volumes as European transport commissioner Adina Valean says it is too early to say when the 80:20 use-it-or-lose-it slots rules will return.
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Time for action on reopening UK-US market: Gallego
IAG chief executive Luis Gallego is calling for action in re-opening the US-UK aviation market after plans for a taskforce to study the opening up of the market emerged.
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Air Mauritius administrators secure delay to creditor meeting
Administrators of Air Mauritius have secured a further postponement to the deadline for presenting a plan of reorganisation to the carrier’s creditors.
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Air Montenegro launches scheduled flights
Successor carrier Air Montenegro has begun scheduled commercial flights today, launching with a service from Podgorica to Belgrade.
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Transat limps out of fiscal Q2, hopes to restart operations on 30 July
Transat AT, the parent company of Canadian leisure airline Air Transat, continues to struggle as its operations remain suspended amid uncertainty about when Canada will lift its pandemic-driven travel restrictions.
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Europe’s airline leaders call for ‘gradual lifting of all travel restrictions’
The chief executives of Europe’s largest airline groups have called for governments to “gradually lift” all travel restrictions during the summer.
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United Airlines forms venture-capital arm to advance clean-energy technology
United Airlines has formed an investment company called United Airlines Ventures, through which the carrier intends to invest in emerging clean-energy technologies.
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Hong Kong Airlines goes to ‘critical survival mode’, flying only eight jets
Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) will stand down its fleet of Airbus A320s until mid-2022 and operate a skeletal fleet of just eight A330s on cargo flights, as the embattled carrier enters what it calls “a critical survival mode”.
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JetBlue sees Q2 capacity down 15% compared to 2019
JetBlue Airways expects second quarter capacity to be 15% lower than during the same period in pre-coronavirus 2019 as the airline gears up for progressively higher demand as vaccination rates rise and fears around Covid-19 fade.
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Canada ditches government hotel-stay quarantine for vaccinated citizens
Canada plans to allow vaccinated citizens and permanent residents arriving from abroad to bypass the mandatory quarantine in a government-authorised facility, a first tentative step as in the country’s re-opening to international travel.