All Airlines articles – Page 399
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NewsIndigo Partners: Coronavirus may drive consolidation
Airlines with limited cash reserves face the greatest challenge in 2020 as businesses cancel travel plans and consumers reevaluate vacations due to the coronavirus, executives say 5 March during discussions at the US Chamber of Commerce aviation summit in Washington, DC. Air Canada chief executive Calin Rovinescu says that “cash ...
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NewsUK transport minister urges slot co-ordinator to ease rules amid coronarvirus
UK transport minister Grant Shapps has written to national slot co-ordinator Airport Co-ordination Limited (ACL) to “explicitly” take into account the impact on the environment of airlines flying empty aircraft in taking its decision on slot rules alleviation.
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NewsCommissioner invites interest in Alitalia businesses
Alitalia’s extraordinary commissioner has formally invited parties to express interest in all or parts of the airline, setting an 18 March deadline for submissions. Giuseppe Leogrande detailed the invitation in a document, dated 5 March, covering Alitalia and Alitalia Cityliner – both of which are in administration. Offers for various ...
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Airline BusinessSpirited Flybe fails to conjure another great escape
Possibly the only surprise over the collapse of UK regional operator Flybe is that its demise had taken so long, given that the carrier had experienced uncomfortably close brushes with failure over the previous two decades. Analysis of the airline’s financial statements show it made pre-tax losses in seven of ...
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NewsNorwegian slashes transatlantic capacity as coronavirus hits demand
Norwegian is cutting 22 long-haul flights between Europe and the USA between 28 March and 5 May, as passenger numbers dive as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsIATA flags up to $113 billion revenue hit from coronavirus ‘crisis’
Airlines globally could see lost revenues of between $63 billion to $113 billion in 2020, depending on the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, says IATA, as it labels the impact “a crisis”.
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NewsEtihad reports $870 million annual loss
Etihad Airways narrowed its loss in 2019, to $870 million from $1.28 billion the year before, as the Abu Dhabi carrier cut capacity 6% as part of its transformation programme.
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Airline BusinessBunk-beds to lounges: ultra-long haul interiors straddle comfort and economics
As Qantas nears its decision on undertaking ultra-long-haul flights, what should it pay heed to, in designing its cabin features?
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NewsEx-Hawaiian chief Dunkerley among new Airbus board candidates
Airbus is proposing former Hawaiian Airlines chief Mark Dunkerley and ex-Lufthansa Group finance head Stephan Gemkow to join the airframer’s board of directors. The manufacturer has previously disclosed that chairman Denis Ranque is stepping down from his post as chairman, after seven years, following the company’s annual general meeting on ...
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NewsCoronavirus dealt fatal blow to embattled Flybe: shareholder
Impact of the coronavirus outbreak sealed the fate of struggling UK regional carrier Flybe, shareholder Virgin Atlantic has claimed. Virgin Atlantic was one of three investors in the Connect Airways consortium which took over Flybe a little more than a year ago and intended to develop the airline as a ...
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NewsStruggling UK carrier Flybe reportedly set to cease operations
Troubled UK regional carrier Flybe is widely reported to be set to cease operations and file for administration.
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NewsUS airlines ask President Trump to reassure virus-weary travellers
US airline chief executives met with President Donald Trump and other officials in Washington, DC on 4 March to discuss their industry’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. They also urged Trump to assure the American public that air travel remains safe – a request coming as the industry reels from sagging demand and virus-spooked travellers.
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NewsCoronavirus hits US airlines as United slashes 10% of US flight schedules
United Airlines has slashed North American flight schedules 10% starting this spring, implemented a hiring freeze, offered staff unpaid leave and postponed some salary increases – all in response to sagging demand from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsImpeded descent preceded 747’s false glideslope crash
Investigators have given greater insight into the initial altitude deviation by a descending Boeing 747-400 freighter which preceded the aircraft’s capturing a false glideslope and fatally crashing at Bishkek. The inquiry into the accident, at night on 16 January 2017, had already established that the aircraft had been too high ...
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NewsVirus prompts Delta to slash Japan capacity
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has led Delta Air Lines to slash capacity to Japan and delay a plan to launch flights from Seoul to Manila.
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NewsLufthansa to make Brandenburg switch in November
Lufthansa Group intends to transfer its mainline operations from Berlin Tegel to the German capital’s new Brandenburg airport a week after the long-delayed opening on 31 October.
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NewsChina launches funding scheme to keep services flying through coronavirus
China has detailed plans for a funding scheme aimed at incentivising airlines to continue or restore services in the light of heavy network cuts amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsSustainable fuel advances must parallel electric aircraft evolution: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce’s chief technology officer, Paul Stein, believes that revenue passenger flights with electric aircraft are possible by 2029, but insists that substantial advances in sustainable aviation fuel production must accompany the drive towards such technology. While hybrid-electric aircraft could potentially be in service by the end of the decade, Stein ...
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NewsIATA steeled for ‘tough times’ after January fall in cargo demand
IATA is warning that “tough times are ahead” after cargo tonne-kilometres declined 3.3% in January.
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NewsFinnair, Wizz latest European carriers to extend cuts to counter coronavirus
Finnair and central European budget carrier Wizz have become the latest European carriers to detail more plans for cuts in response to the coronavirus outbreak.