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NewsEASA to approve 737 Max return next week
Europe’s safety regulator will next week approve the return to service of the Boeing 737 Max when it releases its final airworthiness directive (AD) for the troubled twinjet.
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Sriwijaya crash probe aims for preliminary findings in early February
Indonesian investigators are aiming to publish preliminary findings regarding the Sriwijaya Boeing 737-500 crash in early February, in line with ICAO standards. Investigation authority KNKT says the flight-data recorder download has yielded information on 370 parameters. KNKT head Nurcahyo Utomo says the authority hopes to publish a preliminary ...
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Emirates and Etihad to trial IATA’s Travel Pass
UAE-based carriers Emirates and Etihad will be among the first airlines in the world to use IATA’s Travel Pass app, with trials to begin in the first half of this year.
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HSBC slashes first-half outlook for Europe’s carriers
Prospects for Europe’s airlines in the first quarter of 2021 have deteriorated notably in recent weeks, but bank HSBC expects intra-European and possibly transatlantic passenger numbers to bounce back for the summer season.
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What does Norwegian exit mean for long-haul, low-cost adventure?
Norwegian is ditching the long-haul, low-cost model it pioneered over the past decade, but will the carrier’s legacy be a longer lasting impact on the transatlantic market?
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South Korea’s Eastar Jet files for court receivership: reports
South Korea’s Eastar Jet has filed for court receivership as a means to restructure, according to local media reports.
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US airlines begin tapping into government aid
The US government has begun disbursing $15 billion in payroll assistance to airlines, which have been eagerly awaiting the financial relief ever since an earlier programme expired in September.
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US airlines gear up for potential trouble ahead of presidential inauguration
US airlines have adopted stricter safety policies on flights to and from the Washington, DC-area ahead of the presidential inauguration scheduled for 20 January.
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Airports call for further support as UK suspends travel corridor scheme
UK airports are calling for further government support to cover operating costs after the suspension of the country’s safe travel corridors programme as part of efforts to counter further strains of the coronavirus.
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Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring plan nears consensus
After months of negotiations, Malaysia Airlines has secured near-unanimous in-principle agreement from lessors and other creditors for its planned restructuring, three people close to the process tell Cirium.
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Scottish court rejects appeal of Libyan convicted of bombing Pan Am 747
Lawyers for the only person convicted of the Pan Am Boeing 747-100 bombing over Scotland in 1988 have lost a long-running bid to appeal the judgement. Libyan citizen Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi was imprisoned for his role in the bombing of flight PA103, which resulted in 270 fatalities as it came ...
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US airline unions seek mask mandate from Biden
US president-elect Joe Biden after his inauguration on 20 January plans to enact a federal mandate for interstate travellers on aircraft, trains and buses to wear masks after the Trump administration refused petitions from both airlines and pilot unions to order a mask rule.
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Flyers support mandatory vaccinations for international flights: Alan Joyce
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce offers several rationales for Qantas’s plan to require all international passengers to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and states that the vast majority of passengers support the idea.
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Korean Air files Asiana acquisition with competition watchdog
Korean Air filed a business combination report with the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on 14 January for its acquisition of Asiana Airlines.
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Indian airlines brace for transformational 2021
Three major themes will shape India’s airline sector this year: vaccinations, a battle for survival at India’s smaller carriers, and consolidation.
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Delta Air Lines’ 2020 loss tops $12 billion in ‘toughest year’
Delta Air Lines reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $755 million as the carrier endured what the it calls “the toughest year in Delta’s history”.
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Norwegian’s lessors gain some certainty at least
Norwegian ’s intention to exit long-haul services and focus on short-haul and domestic flying as part of its restructuring plan presents its lessors with some certainty for the future at least – if little else. Under its restructuring plan, the Oslo-based carrier will become an entirely short-haul carrier with ...
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Norwegian to exit long-haul market
Troubled low-cost carrier Norwegian is abandoning its long-haul network as it sets out a scaled-back business model focused on Norwegian domestic, regional Scandinavian, and key European services. “Our short-haul network has always been the backbone of Norwegian and will form the basis of a future resilient ...
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EASA aims to reduce simulator dependency by crediting other training devices
Europe’s safety authority is aiming to reduce training dependency on full-flight simulators by implementing a classification system that enables selection of other flight-training devices that provide the appropriate level of capability. The matter is the subject of a European Union Aviation Safety Agency proposal which, it says, contains an ...
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FAA warns passengers to behave onboard aircraft
The FAA is warning unruly passengers that it will not tolerate violent or harassing behaviour on board aircraft following numerous incidents on flights to and from Washington, DC last week.
