All Airlines articles – Page 87
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Airline BusinessWhy Aegean Airlines is prioritising scheduled business in bid to ride out GTF disruption
Aegean Airlines aims to grow scheduled capacity by around 7% this year despite the pressure the Greek carrier faces on aircraft availability due to ongoing maintenance issues related to the Pratt & Whitney GTF engines that power its Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
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NewsChilean authority confirms it is leading LATAM 787 upset inquiry
Chilean authorities have clarified that they will lead the investigation into the in-flight upset involving a LATAM Boeing 787, after initially indicating delegation to New Zealand counterparts. Several occupants were injured after the twinjet experienced the upset en route from Sydney to Auckland, as flight LA800, on 11 March. Chile’s ...
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NewsFrontier to create new cabin class by blocking middle seat in first two rows
US ultra-discounter Frontier Airlines is again taking cues from European carriers by guaranteeing open middle seats in the two front rows of all its aircraft.
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News‘Boeing needs to become a better company’: Southwest CEO
Boeing’s 737 Max delivery delays have drawn sharp criticism from Southwest Airlines’ chief executive Bob Jordan, who described on 12 March the carrier’s highly constrained 2024 growth plan.
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NewsLufthansa Technik plans investments of €1.2bn in the next four years
Lufthansa Group’s engineering unit Lufthansa Technik plans to invest €1.2 billion ($1.31 billion) in the next four years to support its “Ambition 2030” strategic growth plan.
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NewsUnited considering A321neo order as 737 Max 10 certification stalls
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby acknowledges that the US carrier is considering a potential order of Airbus A321neos to replace the Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft it no longer expects to be delivered.
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NewsLufthansa braced for fresh strike disruption
German carrier Lufthansa and regional unit CityLine are braced for fresh strike disruption on 12 and 13 March, this time as cabin crew represented by the UFO union have called a stoppage.
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NewsEarliest A380s to undergo checks for wing-rib foot cracks linked to storage
Operators of early Airbus A380s are set to be instructed to check internal wing-rib feet for cracking linked to long storage periods. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency is proposing repetitive examination of feet attached to 24 metallic alloy ribs. It refers to a trend of “an increasing number of ...
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NewsIndonesian regulator puts Batik Air on notice following in-flight sleeping incident
Indonesia’s civil aviation regulators will carry out “special investigations” into Batik Air Indonesia following a safety incident involving two pilots who slept simultaneously for a time while operating a service to Jakarta.
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NewsUnited 737 Max 8 runs off taxiway in Houston
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 ran off the taxiway on 8 March after landing at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental airport, coming to rest with a wing tilting into the grass.
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Airline BusinessAirlink takes stock after making its name in South African market
While regional carrier Airlink has long been an established player in the market, it has under founding chief executive Rodger Foster taken the chance created by rivals’ troubles in South Africa to expand into new markets in its own right
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NewsUnited 777 diverts after losing tire on take-off
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 diverted from its route to Japan after losing a tire on take-off from San Francisco International airport.
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Airline BusinessAsia key opportunity as Lufthansa aims to catch-up on capacity
Recovering Asia-Pacific markets will be a key part of Lufthansa Group plans for a 12% in capacity in 2024, even if ongoing supply chain challenges have prompted it to tone down its growth plans for the year.
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NewsCold-soaked servo could have led to ‘stuck’ rudder pedals on United 737 Max 8
Rudder pedals that became stuck in neutral position during the landing of a Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by United Airlines may have been related to a cold-soaked rudder roll-out guidance servo.
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NewsEurowings posts landmark profit but remains work in progress: Spohr
German leisure carrier Eurowings turned round a protracted period of losses to post record profits in 2023, though Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr still sees work needed to further improve its profitability.
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NewsSwiss remains Lufthansa’s crown jewel with record profit and double-digit EBIT margin
Swiss International Air Lines posted a record operating profit for 2023 as healthy demand for air travel and disciplined cost-cutting allowed the airline to “definitively master the corona crisis and the major challenges that it posed”.
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NewsSpohr still optimistic on ITA, but will look ‘rationally’ at cost of deal concessions
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr insists the carrier will make a rational decision over the cost of any concessions attached to approval for its planned acquisition ITA Airways, but is encouraged by the approach to global competition of the incoming European Commission.
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NewsLufthansa posts €2.7bn full-year operating profit and expects similar in 2024
Lufthansa Group expects continued strong demand and double-digit capacity growth this year to help it match the €2.7 billion ($2.9 billion) operating profit it posted for 2023.
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NewsAir India, Vistara merger one step closer with Singapore approval
One of the final steps before Air India’s pending merger with Vistara has been completed, with Singapore’s competition authority giving its conditional approval for the deal.
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NewsJetBlue drops DOT complaint against Dutch government over Schiphol slots
JetBlue Airways has withdrawn its complaint against the Dutch government after securing favourable summer take-off and landing slots at Amsterdam’s Schipol airport, but warns that it will continue to fight for access if necessary.