All Air Transport articles – Page 226
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NewsFinnair unveils ‘lounge seat’ business cabin and new premium-economy product
Finnair has unveiled new business-class and premium-economy cabins to be rolled out on the carrier’s Airbus A350 and A330 long-haul fleets. The airline says it is investing €200 million in the revamp which commences this month and will continue for the next two years. Finnair will also take the opportunity ...
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NewsCanada’s Air Inuit receives first large-door Dash 8-300 freighter
Canadian operator Air Inuit has introduced the first Bombardier Dash 8-300 to be fitted with a large cargo door, six years after being identified as the launch customer for the modification. The aircraft (C-GAIW) is a 1991 airframe, originally a passenger aircraft whose operators have included Sabena and LIAT. Air ...
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NewsSAS reinforces transatlantic network with Toronto services
Star Alliance carrier SAS is to open transatlantic services to Toronto from both Copenhagen and Stockholm this year. The carrier will operate long-range Airbus A321LRs on the services which commence in June. SAS states that it will operate to the Canadian city three-times weekly from Copenhagen and four-times weekly from ...
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NewsAir Arabia’s new Pakistani carrier to emerge around mid-year: chief
Air Arabia Group chief Adel Ali expects operations with its new Pakistani joint-venture carrier to commence around mid-year. The new carrier, Fly Jinnah, is being established with conglomerate Lakson Group and will be based in Karachi. Speaking during an event in London on 8 February, Ali said the airline would ...
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NewsALPA says upgrading aircraft to accommodate 5G networks will be costly
Pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) estimates the cost of upgrading radio altimeters on US commercial aircraft due to possible interference from fifth-generation (5G) cell phone networks will reach into six-figures per aircraft, and could take years to complete.
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NewsTUI expects summer 2022 demand to be near pre-Covid levels
European leisure group TUI expects its summer 2022 demand to be close to pre-crisis levels as the Covid-19 recovery gathers momentum in key markets.
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NewsBoeing logs 75 more orders in January
Boeing kicked off 2022 with positive order momentum, padded its backlog during the month with orders for an additional 75 jets, including for the 737 Max and the newly launched 777-8 Freighter.
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NewsATR forecasts steady delivery ramp-up as market improves
ATR will steadily ramp up output of its twin-turboprop aircraft over the next three years as it targets annual deliveries of 50 units in 2024 on the back of a recovery in regional aviation demand.
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Airline BusinessWhy has Turkish Airlines’ share price rocketed in recent months?
While the majority of global airline groups tracked by FlightGlobal have yet to see their share prices return to anything like pre-Covid levels, Turkish Airlines is a different story.
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NewsATR closing in on decision over future turboprop development
ATR is promising to divulge details of its roadmap for the future of its regional turboprop in the “next two to three months” but has stopped short of committing to any clean-sheet design.
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NewsDubai’s Aerovista to introduce converted A321 freighters
Middle Eastern lessor Aerovista is committing to four Airbus A321 converted freighters through a partnership with US finance firm Petrus Aviation. The A321s will undergo modification by specialist 321 Precision Conversions. Dubai-based Aerovista, which focuses its services on A320-family jets, identifies the initial two aircraft as MSN1451 and MSN1503. Both ...
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NewsDanish operator backs Canary Islands floatplane start-up
Start-up operator Surcar Airlines is aiming to establish inter-island connections in the Canary Islands, using floatplanes, later this year. The carrier has been conducting test flights between the ports of Tenerife, Las Palmas and La Palma. Surcar intends to commence scheduled services offering 30min connections between the islands’ capitals from ...
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NewsFAA policy aims to strengthen manufacturers’ self-certification programmes
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued new guidance designed to protect aerospace employees who perform certification work from what it calls “interference with those duties by employers”.
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NewsIcelandair opts for early termination of unused government-backed credit
Icelandair Group has notified that it is exiting the government-guaranteed credit facility which has been in place to support the company since September 2020. It entered agreements with the Icelandic government, as well as the financial institutions Islandsbanki and Landsbanki, for a credit facility worth up to $120 million. While ...
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NewsQuebec delays exit from A220 partnership after investing to boost production
Airbus and the Canadian province of Quebec’s government are to provide a $1.2 billion funding injection to the A220 programme intended to increase the production rate of the twinjet. Each side’s investment will be proportional to its interest in the Airbus Canada partnership that builds the A220. The airframer holds ...
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NewsFrontier pitches Spirit acquisition as countering USA’s four mega airlines
Frontier Airlines expects its planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in efficiencies and give the combined carrier the scale needed to better compete against the USA’s four mega airlines.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: February 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsNorse Atlantic receives strong response to pilot recruitment drive
Start-up Norse Atlantic Airways claims it received over 3,000 applications to fill 50 positions for pilots, ahead of the airline’s planned serve launch from Oslo. The carrier says pilot training has commenced and training for cabin crew will begin soon, and it is setting up a US cabin crew base ...
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NewsWizz Air unionisation impasse spurs investor pull-out
One of budget carrier Wizz Air’s investors has opted to sell its shareholding, citing the airline’s policy of refusing to recognise employee unions. The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension says it is selling DKr22 million ($3.4 million) of shares. Its director, Jens Munch Holst, says the investor has held discussions with ...
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NewsKomiaviatrans aims to expand network after avoiding bankruptcy
Russian regional carrier Komiaviatrans is aiming for expansion after an injection of aid from the local government allowed it to avoid collapsing into bankruptcy. The Komi republic’s ministry of economic development states that the airline had recorded debts of Rb4.2 billion ($55 million) in October last year. Government representatives approved ...